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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Claire Cockcroft on August 23, 2017, 12:09:16 AM

Title: Sikkim: ophiopogon sp.
Post by: Claire Cockcroft on August 23, 2017, 12:09:16 AM

From this summer's trek in Sikkim, something that doesn't quite fit the description of Ophiopogon intermedius.  Over 4,000m, north of Lachung.  Boot in picture gives the scale.  :-)
Help is appreciated.  Thank you!

Title: Re: Sikkim: ophiopogon sp.
Post by: shelagh on August 23, 2017, 02:11:59 PM

It's lovely whatever you call it. Flowers seem much larger than the ones we grow.

Title: Re: Sikkim: ophiopogon sp.
Post by: arisaema on August 24, 2017, 02:27:13 AM

It looks a lot like an Aletris...

Title: Re: Sikkim: ophiopogon sp.
Post by: Afloden on August 24, 2017, 03:20:49 AM

I would agree with arisaema that it looks somewhat Aletris like. Do you have other images? My second option would be Theropogon, but for both close-ups of the flowers and bracts on the stem would be needed to confirm.

Title: Re: Sikkim: ophiopogon sp.
Post by: Claire Cockcroft on August 24, 2017, 05:15:38 PM

Aletris.  Of course!  Thank you.  Here is another photo.  It's not too clear, because the afternoon mist was swooping in.