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General Subjects => Alpines => Topic started by: arisaema on July 16, 2010, 07:37:23 AM
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Is that what this little thing is? Pic from around Kangding, 4000m
Also, anyone know if Hemiphragma is difficult (or perhaps weedy?) in cultivation? I have a ton of seedlings popping up.
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Found this picture (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.daikoku-sama.com/rhodo/photo/96ne07-005.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.daikoku-sama.com/rhodo/pre-gallery/gallery96.htm&usg=__aSp57IT5pOgmOjs4NUc1vg1obUo=&h=375&w=500&sz=28&hl=en&start=4&itbs=1&tbnid=sJdDXz1vFYvaLM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhemiphragma%2Bheterophyllum%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26rlz%3D1T4GUEA_enNO332NO332%26tbs%3Disch:1), so it has to be that species.
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Had to look that one up, to find out what it is,... it's a scroph! In this Flora of China link there are some good photo links... it also describes three varieties of your plant. It's a curious little plant, isn't it?
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200020668
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I was intrigued by the smart red fruits that are shown in the picture from the first link.....http://www.daikoku-sama.com/rhodo/photo/96ne07-005.jpg
Great contrast to the pink flowers.
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It is indeed a curious little thing, thought it was an Androsace when I photographed it, didn't connect it to the red-berried plant with lush green leaves I had ordered seeds of... I'm also not sure if I should fear it becoming a weed (the seedlings seem a bit too vigorous - and they germinated like cress), or if I should expect it to croak from too much winter wet?
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Ah, if only some of those plants which germinate well WOULD become a pest!! So many start that way and then die so fast you haven't time to put your black hat on!
I don't think they'll be a problem....... if they do, then I never said this! ;D :-X
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Are you saying that the pink flowers are the Hemiphrapma? I think they're two different things. It's a long time since I grew Hemiphragma heterophylla but I recall it as having very tiny, insignicant flowers, almost invisible in fact and the plant was grown for its fruit. I found it less than hardy and I think it was lost to frost eventually. It was probably 30 years ago though so memory could be at fault.
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Lesley;
The flowers are really tiny and insignificant, probably no more than 3-4mm wide... I think hardiness should be OK as the Chinese plants grow well above 4000m, but it apparently also occurs in India, Nepal, Indonesia and the Phillippines.
Did you get the needle-like leaves in winter, or did it stay green?
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Mine stayed quite green. I never saw anything like your first picture. It is likely, because of the hardiness issue that mine - what was in NZ at that time - was an Indian or Indonesian collection, goodness knows where or who from. Perhaps the flowers from countries other than China are variably coloured. I'm sure mine were greeny/white rather than pink. Maybe the fruit were orangey too as I remember at one time thinking it was a form of Nertera depressa. ???