Thanks, Chadwell ji. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: C CHADWELL <chrischadwell...@btinternet.com> Date: 16 February 2017 at 17:20 Subject: Re: Fwd: Fwd: Primula malacoides Franch. (accepted name) or Primula forbesii (accepted name) To: "J.M. Garg" <jmga...@gmail.com>
I remain curious as to how Primula forbesii, a native of China, reached and became naturalised around temples in Nepal? In the UK we have many naturalised plants both intentionally introduced for their ornamental merit and the escaped (as was the case for Impatiens glandulifera) whilst others arrived accidentaly. I have seen quite a number of British "cottage garden" type plants growing in gardens in the hills of India which presumably were introduced by the British (most are not British native species). Some of these are found in Nepal but Primula forbesii whilst pretty enough and of interest to Primula enthusiasts, surely would be of minimal to zero interest to most garden-lovers in Nepal. Does the explanation lie in their proximity to temples? I do not think too many plants have been introduced from China into Nepal for their ornamental merit. Could the seed of P.forbesii have arrived amongst a product from SW China? Richards in his PRIMULA tome mentions Forrest's observations about P.malacoides (closely related to P.forbesii) which was then a weed of cultivated fields around 2000m, who considered it had become much more widespread owing to the cultivation of beans, as bundles of these were carried into villages with fruiting sprays of the primula attached. Primulas are utilised in Tibetan Medicine but I was not aware anything like P.forbesii is utilised nor that they are cultivated in temple gardens. Best Wishes, Chris Chadwell 81 Parlaunt Road SLOUGH SL3 8BE UK www.shpa.org.uk ------------------------------ *From:* J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> *To:* efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> *Cc:* chrischadwell...@btinternet.com; Saroj Kasaju <kasajusa...@gmail.com> *Sent:* Wednesday, 8 February 2017, 10:15 *Subject:* Fwd: Fwd: Primula malacoides Franch. (accepted name) or Primula forbesii (accepted name) Thanks a lot, Richards ji. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *JOHN RICHARDS* Date: 8 February 2017 at 15:30 Subject: Re: Fwd: Primula malacoides Franch. (accepted name) or Primula forbesii (accepted name) To: "J.M. Garg" <jmga...@gmail.com> This plant is P. forbesii, a winter-flowering annual from China which is extensively naturalised around Kathmandu. John Richards On Friday, 27 January 2017, 6:06, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi, Richards, May I seek your assistance in the matter pl. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Saroj Kasaju* <kasajusa...@gmail.com> Date: 14 January 2017 at 22:53 Subject: Primula malacoides Franch. (accepted name) or Primula forbesii (accepted name) To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups. com <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com>>, "J.M. Garg" <jmga...@gmail.com>, C CHADWELL <chrischadwell261@btinternet. com <chrischadwell...@btinternet.com> > Dear Members, Location: Godawari, Nepal Altitude: 5000 ft. Date: 10 January 2017 Non of above guess is listed in Nepal . Thank you. Saroj Kasaju -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the world- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). 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