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General Subjects => Travel / Places to Visit => Topic started by: Philip MacDougall on November 24, 2009, 02:02:58 PM

Title: Taiwan
Post by: Philip MacDougall on November 24, 2009, 02:02:58 PM

Some photos of Taiwan, random selection.
The Eupatorium is a favorite, it blooms in my garden until hard frost, still going strong now.
Corydalis ochotensis
Cirsium sp.
Dianthus superbus
Disporopsis taiwanensis
Eupatorium formosanum
Fatsia polycarpa

Title: Re: Taiwan
Post by: Philip MacDougall on November 24, 2009, 02:32:14 PM

Titanotrichum oldhamii
Gaulteria itoana
Gentiana scabrida
Gentiana arisenensis
Goodyera sp
Gordonia axillaris
Hibiscus taiwanensis
Hydrangea angustipetala
Rhododendron rubrospilosum
Osmanthus kaoi

Title: Re: Taiwan
Post by: shelagh on November 24, 2009, 02:36:33 PM

Lovely pictures Philip please keep them coming.  Are you in Taiwan for business or pleasure?

Title: Re: Taiwan
Post by: Philip MacDougall on November 24, 2009, 02:42:11 PM

More randomness
Rhododendron pachysanthum
Pieris taiwanensis
Photinia niitakamayensis
Rhodea watanabe
Rhododendron oldhamii
Rhododendron rubrospilosum
Rosa sericea v. morrisonense

Title: Re: Taiwan
Post by: Ewelina Wajgert on November 24, 2009, 02:58:11 PM

Beautiful place. I didn't suppose that Taiwan can be so beautiful.

Title: Re: Taiwan
Post by: Philip MacDougall on November 24, 2009, 03:05:47 PM

I think I'm attracted to Taiwan because of the food.
The presense of a dead hardy Schefflera doesn't hurt.
Rubus taiwanicolus
Rubus taiwanicolus
Scabiosa lacerifolia
Schefflera formosanum
Sedum morrisonense
Asarum taipinshanensis
Shortia exappendiculata
Silene morrison-montana

Title: Re: Taiwan
Post by: Maggi Young on November 24, 2009, 04:04:47 PM

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The presence of a dead hardy Schefflera doesn't hurt.

 clarification, please .... you mean by "dead hardy", that this Schefflera is VERY hardy?  ::)

Title: Re: Taiwan
Post by: Philip MacDougall on November 24, 2009, 04:42:32 PM

For some reason I thought dead hardy was an expression from England, but yes, it means the thing is very hardy. Picture is from one of the highest populations, just under 3000 meters , the tree line is not far above. I expect this is the hardiest Schefflera on the planet.
Spirea morrisonicola
Titanotrichum oldhamii
Veratrum formosanum
Viburnum parvifolium

Title: Re: Taiwan
Post by: Philip MacDougall on November 24, 2009, 04:58:10 PM

Last 4 pics. All seen at the entrance to the hike up Nanushan, where Rhododendron pachysanthum occurs.

 Asarum cardigerum
 Asarum crassusepalum
 Asarum epigynum
 Asarum maranthum

Title: Re: Taiwan
Post by: cohan on November 24, 2009, 06:52:55 PM

great stuff! i was only aware of the lower, more tropical areas...
so, just how 'hardy' is something from those altitudes? what would the low temps be?

Title: Re: Taiwan
Post by: Luc Gilgemyn on November 24, 2009, 07:03:43 PM

Wonderful selection Philip !  :o
I'm also quite surprised by the diversity of geography and flora in Taiwan !!
Thanks so much for posting !!

Title: Re: Taiwan
Post by: Lvandelft on November 26, 2009, 06:29:18 AM

Thanks for posting Philip. Interesting to see the Rubus taiwanicolus with fruits.
Here they just flower, but nothing more. (And is very rampant too  ::) )

Title: Re: Taiwan
Post by: fermi de Sousa on December 03, 2009, 04:49:37 AM

Thanks for posting these pics, Philip.
I particularly like the asarums - almost like cyclamen foliage!
cheers
fermi