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Specific Families and Genera => Primula => Topic started by: Johan Nilson on November 25, 2009, 12:22:42 PM

Title: Primula dickieana from north east sikkim
Post by: Johan Nilson on November 25, 2009, 12:22:42 PM

We came across a lot of Primula species during trip to north east sikkim this spring. including P. dickieana.
I just saw this Plant Portrait (http://www.srgc.org.uk/pport/pdick.html) and thought it could be of some interest.

Here is some pictures:
1-4 P. dickieana
5-6 P. elongata
7 P. calderian
8 P. atrodentata?

Title: Re: Primula dickieana from north east sikkim
Post by: Maggi Young on November 25, 2009, 01:25:08 PM

Hello, Johan, Greetings from Aberdeen!
Yes, it is most interesting to see these primula species in the wild. When was your trip?

Title: Re: Primula dickieana from north east sikkim
Post by: Johan Nilson on November 25, 2009, 01:45:14 PM

Hi Maggi,
23 of May-5 ofJune. I guess the time was about right. At least we got to see a lot of great things in flower.

Title: Re: Primula dickieana from north east sikkim
Post by: Maggi Young on November 25, 2009, 03:32:30 PM

Thanks, Johan. The growth ( foliage)  looks pretty young and fresh.

Title: Re: Primula dickieana from north east sikkim
Post by: Lesley Cox on November 25, 2009, 07:21:05 PM

Thanks for these lovely portraits Johan. I notice in the 4th picture of P. dickieana, it is the different colouring described by Admin Fred in the link you gave. It's a bit hard to tell from your pics but do you remember whether all the pin eyes were of that colouring and all the thrum, of the yellow throat colour? If so that characteristic must be quite unusual in primulas. It would be helpful if many others were of similar disposition, helping us to choose plants specifically for seed production (if they were available of course. :)

Title: Re: Primula dickieana from north east sikkim
Post by: Zdenek on November 25, 2009, 08:33:58 PM

Wonderful plants, Johan. Himalayan Primulas are very close to my heart, immediately after himalayan Androsaces. What a pity that all of them are not so easy growable as Primula denticulata is.

Title: Re: Primula dickieana from north east sikkim
Post by: Lesley Cox on November 25, 2009, 09:27:34 PM

But we know you love a challenge Zdenek. :)

Title: Re: Primula dickieana from north east sikkim
Post by: Paul T on November 26, 2009, 01:30:32 AM

Beautiful pics.  It must be lovely to be able to see things like this in the wild.

Title: Re: Primula dickieana from north east sikkim
Post by: admin on November 26, 2009, 09:37:00 PM

Now that’s a blast from the past!  The Primula dickieana in that plant portrait  are long gone – they just sort off fizzled out…………… as Himalayan primulas  often do………. :-[

Title: Re: Primula dickieana from north east sikkim
Post by: Johan Nilson on November 27, 2009, 11:24:11 PM

Lesley,
I don't know much about that, didn't see more of P dickieana then the ones I've posted here.

Paul,
The Himalayas is just fantastic and a place I wish for all plant interested people to see!

Admin
I collected seeeds of a couple of Primula species on an earlier trip to Sikkim and I hope to keep them :) at least for a while!!

Some Primulas that have flowered for me from Sikkim collected seeds:

1 -2 Primula macrophylla
3 -4 Primula (please give me a name)

Title: Re: Primula dickieana from north east sikkim
Post by: Lesley Cox on November 28, 2009, 10:15:08 PM

The leaves look rather like those of flaccida but the flowers certainly don't ???

Title: Re: Primula dickieana from north east sikkim
Post by: Zdenek on December 02, 2009, 10:58:47 AM

Quote from: Lesley Cox on November 25, 2009, 09:27:34 PM

But we know you love a challenge Zdenek. :)

Yes Lesley, I know it too, very well.