The following pictures were taken by Anne Chambers in the autumn of 2002.


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Primula elizabethae

This primula was previously found by Ludlow in 1938 on the Lo La, to the north of this area. This species has not been flowered in cultivation.

 


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Primula dickieana

"The association of P. elizabethae and P. dickieana in this area is interesting - on the Doshong La, P. dickieana is associated with a close relative of P. elizabethae, namely the equally delectable P. falcifolia."

 


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Primula vaginata ssp normaniana

"... we first saw it low down in dense forest where it was lax and the out-of-season flower had been nibbled ... But as we ascended - it went up to about 11,000 ft - the plant got much smaller and the leaves more degenerate ..."

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