On Saturday, October 22, 2011 5:15:24 PM UTC+1, PlantaholicSheila wrote: > > I hope I am doing this correctly. My first post here! > > Please can you identify this large rather straggly shrub. > It was found along the road to Tiger Hill near Darjeeling. > Many thanks. > > The message is ready to be sent with the following file or link > attachments: > 006 02-04-2011 09-12-44 > 006 02-04-2011 09-12-56 > 006 02-04-2011 09-13-48 > 006 02-04-2011 09-14-00 > 006 02-04-2011 09-14-14 > 006 02-04-2011 09-15-13 > 006 02-04-2011 09-15-52 > 006 05-05-2011 13-55-16 > > Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent > sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. Check your e-mail > security settings to determine how attachments are handled. > I have been trying AGAIN to id this and think at long last I may have it! It has been suggested in the past it was Leycesteria. How about Leycesteria stipulata??? It used to be Lonicera stipulata. (The way it was growing reminded me very much of a shrubby honeysuckle.) I even found a link to say it is common in Ghoom. However, the only really good pics on www are on a Chinese web site that I cannot copy to here as they must be private. Expert opinion please. *http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022275*<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022275> . http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RQ-tItJSi60C&pg=PA286&lpg=PA286&dq=leycesteria+stipulata+ghoom&source=bl&ots=em5_bLh5Xz&sig=r2lb7SabWeUN0PdhySV0ek2HA8c&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aNEeUL3wJKWL0AWAtoGICw&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=leycesteria%20stipulata%20ghoom&f=false . http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=OI8&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=np&biw=1184&bih=594&tbm=isch&tbnid=PT5p-RwlOGJxgM:&imgrefurl=http://showyourplant.com/Leycesteria_stipulata/&docid=VCtgRqcq1h9EWM&imgurl=http://showyourplant.com/plant_breed_photos/Leycesteria_stipulata_photos_b258f5c4b5dca5fe8326ac56.jpg&w=417&h=600&ei=y9EeUJLQL6rB0QXG9ICADg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=210&vpy=109&dur=2101&hovh=269&hovw=187&tx=100&ty=158&sig=103993066338538128134&page=1&tbnh=129&tbnw=90&start=0&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:76
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