Thingnam Ji, Such a beautiful picture of Primulas blooming in a valley full of flowers. Really beautiful sight. Regards, Aarti
On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 10:32:42 PM UTC+5:30 Thingnam Girija 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/73912e88-7152-4b52-8079-efe08679bc3an%40googlegroups.com.
