Jungle Ke Liang

1 AM at Kew Jodrell Laboratory, I finally finished the first round of lab work on the ‘Primroses Tree of Life’ samples, and was thrilled to see that only TWO of the over 300 specimen samples were unusable. The next step is to return to Asia to start this year's Primula hunting fiedlwork!!!

Primula tongolensis, now, Yunnan

Photographed by Chaonan Liu

Primula zhexiensis, March, Zhejiang

Primula jiugongshanensis, March, Hubei

Great honor to receive the directors of the Kunming Botanical Garden, Beijing Botanical Garden and Southwest China Germplasm Bank of wildlife for their visit to @rbgkew.bsky.social today.

Primula tardiflora, April, Sichuan

Primula oreodoxa, April, Sichuan

Dionysia involucrata, adorable species that will brighten my mood when I see them.

A small wildflower, growing in wet, mossy sand, along a sandstone alcove wall. The flowers are violet-pink, with white to yellow centers. The top a single slim, green stem, with a rosette of small light green leaves at the base of the plant.

Primula specuicola (Easter-flower or Cave primrose).

Moab, Utah, USA.

A close-up macro photograph of hoary primrose (Primula incana) in bloom. The tiny flowers, about a centimeter in diameter, have delicate purple petals with a bright yellow center. Some flowers are fully open, while others are in various stages of wilting. The stem and buds are covered in a fine, powdery white coating. The background is softly blurred, emphasizing the details of the blossoms.

Hoary primrose (Primula incana)—a small but striking wildflower found in damp meadows and along streams in Interior Alaska. Photographed in mid-July.

More info in my Alaska Wildflower Guide: www.lwpetersen.com/alaska-wildf...

#bloomscrolling #alaska #wildflowers #FlowerReport #NativePlants

Isotrema spp. (Aristolochiaceae). I just chekced on POWO, Isotrema is a synonym of Aristolochia😳, is that correct?

❶ I. manshuriense ❷ I. caulialatum
❸ I. hainanense ❹ I. gongchengense

Meconopsis punicea (Papaveraceae)
July, SW. Gansu

❶ Gentiana algida ❷ G. trichotoma
❸ G. tongolensis ❹ G. duclouxii

Primula tangutica 🐙

❶ Corydalis pinnata (April, Sichuan)
❷ Corydalis nobilis (May, Xinjiang)
❸ Corydalis calcicola (June, Yunnan)
❹ Corydalis trachycarpa (July, Qinghai)

Today's Dim Sum: an undescribed new species of Aspidistra (Asparagaceae)

My second favorite after Primula😬

Meconopsis speciosa subsp. cawdoriana
(Papaveraceae)
July, Galong & Seji La, Tibet

Androsace bisulca var. aurata (Primulaceae)
June, Sichuan

The only yellow Androsace in the East Asia, very fascinating in the wild

k.liang@kew.org, I got your email address, I'll write to you about any updates of my fieldwork plan.

I wish to go there to see and sample some Primulaceae taxa in the near future, especially for the conservation genetics study of Dionysia population. If our fieldwork plan to Iran is approved, would you mind joining us? We can help cover your some fieldwork costs.

Scientist at work in Kew Herbarium

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Have some flowers 💐
Androsace are among my alltime favourits. I just can't get enough of them 😍
Androsace alpina
#wildflowers #botany #Alps

Once snow starts melting these ones come out. Their flowers sometimes even pierce the snow 👉 Soldanella pusilla.
#wildflowers #botany #Alps

Hello👋 Do you know if vulgaris subsp. vulgaris is also found in N. Africa?

wow wow

Ruby 🔴 and Sapphire 🔵

Primula valentiniana & Gentiana phyllocalyx
July, Doshong La, Tibet

Eutrema scapiflorum (Brassicaceae)
July, Doshong La, Tibet

Swertia spp. (Gentianaceae)

❶ S. cordata ❷ S. bimaculata
❸ S. angustifolia var. pulchella ❹ S. cincta