#floraofchina

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Cypripedium tibeticum - Orchids-

today in Sicuan, 4100m. China

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Fordiophyton jinpingense 金平异药花 is a new species described by Chinese botanists in 2020 in Jinping County SE Yunnan. It has distinctly dimorphic stamens(4 long 4 short) and the connectives are basally not calcarate.

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Another unusual gentianaceae plant from the Chinese alpine area: 大钟花 Megacodon stylophorus. Tianchi Shangri-la Yunnan, about 4,000m.

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Among all the Maianthemum species I have seen, this is the rarest one, saw it once only, in NW Yunnan's Shangri-La County, about 3000m.

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Pedicularis oederi is not a rare species, it can be found throughout the alpine and subarctic regions of Asia, Europe and North America. In NW Yunnan, they sometimes grow in (not next to) #Chionocharis hookeri.

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Bulbophyllum funingense, 富宁卷瓣兰。This is a lithophytic orchid native to Southeastern Yunnan and Northern Vietnam. Grows in limestone forests with many other orchid species.

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The photos of Davidia involucrata. Should have shared it last month when it was in still flower, but too busy...

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Chinese alpine plant: Hemilophia sessilifolia, a small #Brassicaceae perennial endemic to the alpine #screes of SW Sichuan and NW Yunnan, 4,300-4,600m.