Swertia bimaculata

[WimB]

Anyone an idea where I could find a plant (or seeds) of Swertia bimaculata?

[WimB]

Nobody 

[Maggi Young]

Maybe it is all being used for medicines, Wim?

[WimB]

Maybe it is all being used for medicines, Wim?

Probably  Not in cultivation, I guess!!

[ronm]

Seems Hillkeep  did list it Wim, maybe they can give you a lead?

http://www.hillkeep.ca/per%20gentiana%20gentianopsis%20swertia.htm

[WimB]

Seems Hillkeep  did list it Wim, maybe they can give you a lead?

http://www.hillkeep.ca/per%20gentiana%20gentianopsis%20swertia.htm

Thanks, Ron. I'll send them a mail!

[Stephen Vella]

Hello Wim,

 I might be able to help you there but Im not sure if its bimaculata. Are you still looking? I will look to seed if the seed has not shed.

cheers

[WimB]

Hello Wim,

 I might be able to help you there but Im not sure if its bimaculata. Are you still looking? I will look to seed if the seed has not shed.

cheers

Hi Stephen,

I'm still looking, if you have some, that would be great!

[arisaema]

With so many nice, annual Swertia out there I'm a bit curious as to why you'd like to grow the ugliest of the bunch? Can keep an eye out for seeds when I'm back in China this autumn, pretty sure I've seen it grow wild near Kangding.

[WimB]

With so many nice, annual Swertia out there I'm a bit curious as to why you'd like to grow the ugliest of the bunch? Can keep an eye out for seeds when I'm back in China this autumn, pretty sure I've seen it grow wild near Kangding.

Tastes differ, Bjørnar 

I agree that the plant on your picture is nicer, but it's not a Swertia, isn't it?

[arisaema]

I agree that the plant on your picture is nicer, but it's not a Swertia, isn't it?

It's a Swertia, but I see that I've misspelled the name

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=3&taxon_id=210002148

 Swertia tetrapetala Pallas, Fl. Ross. 1(2): 99. 1789.


Description from Flora of China

Ophelia tetrapetala (Pallas) Grossheim; Swertia wilfordii A. Kerner.

[WimB]

I agree that the plant on your picture is nicer, but it's not a Swertia, isn't it?

It's a Swertia, but I see that I've misspelled the name

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=3&taxon_id=210002148

 Swertia tetrapetala Pallas, Fl. Ross. 1(2): 99. 1789.


Description from Flora of China

Ophelia tetrapetala (Pallas) Grossheim; Swertia wilfordii A. Kerner.

Okay, maybe I like that one a bit more