Wonderful find, and beautiful picture, Girija !! Finding something new is a different joy altogether !! Regards. Dinesh
On Monday, 23 May 2022 at 05:43:46 UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote: > Thanks a lot, Thingnam ji, for the wonderful details and analysis. > You remain one of the top flower hunters. > -- > With regards, > J. M. Garg > > On Sun, 22 May, 2022, 10:32 pm Thingnam Girija, <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> In June 2013 we (Tabish and I) were returning from Bumla Pass, in Tawang >> area, and were at altitude of 4000-4500 m, and we came across this >> captivating sight. The story emerged much later after Tabish thoroughly >> analyzed the pictures taken by us. *Primula strumosa* is a beautiful >> primrose with pale yellow flowers, with a golden eye at the center. *Primula >> calderiana* is a tall primrose with dark purple flowers with a golden >> eye. It was conjectured and later verified that the two species hybridize >> freely at altitudes where their distributions overlap. The result is >> natural hybrids of virtually every color flowers! We were fortunate to come >> across this phenomenon where we saw a large expanse with *Primula >> strumosa* and various hydrids with *Primula calderiana* with flowers of >> many different colors. I was awestruck by the beauty of the landscape, and >> the story turned out to be even more exciting. I thought of sharing this >> with you all. >> Best wishes >> Girija >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "eFloraofIndia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/e24fc64e-0a62-478c-be77-14d831708524n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/e24fc64e-0a62-478c-be77-14d831708524n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/50e42e7d-0787-43bc-9f33-37526adb7837n%40googlegroups.com.
