#floraofchina

today in Sicuan, 4100m. China

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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