Yunnan May 26th to June 12th 2012
Yunnan lies in the south-west of China and borders Vietnam, Laos, Burma and Tibet. We visited the north-western part of Yunnan province which is Tibetan and was once part of the ancient Tibetian province of Kham. This dramatic area has three rivers - the Yangtse, the Mekong and the Salween - emerge from the heart of Tibet and cut their way through 6000m mountains on their way to the sea.
This Naturetrek trip to Yunnan was titled 'A Plant-hunters Paradise'. It was in the early 20th century that the intrepid plant hunters Ernest Wilson, George Forrest and Frank Kingdon-Ward found many of our classic garden plants which adorn our gardens and parks to-day.
Here are my photographs of the wildlife we saw. As our aim was to concentrate on plant life I have started with them and added at the end 'Other Wildlife'.
Details and photographs taken on the route may be seen by clicking HERE
I have tried as a general rule to follow the order found in 'A Guide to the Flowers of Western China' by Grey-Wilson and Cribb.
This is Page One - Nelumboaceae to Solms-laubachia
Page Two - Ericacae to Saxifraga
Page Three - Legumnosae to Rubiaceae
Page Four - Caprifoliaceae - Oreorchis
Plants of South West China Part Four
CAPRIFOLIACEAE
LONICERA
Lonicera chaetocarpa possibly
Lonicera mitis probably
Lonicera quinquelocularis probably
DIPELTA
Dipelta yuannensis probably
SAMBUCUS
Sambucus adnata
VIBURNUM
Viburnum nervosum
Viburnum betulifolium
ASTERACEAE
CIRSIUM
Cirsium sp.
SAUSSUREA
Saussurea medusa
LEONTOPODIUM
Leontopodium sp.
LIGULARIA
Ligularia lankongensis
ERIGERON
Erigeron multiradiatus
CREMANTHODIUM
Cremanthodium sp.
SOROSERIS
Soroseris glomerata
ZINGIBERACEAE
ROSCOEA
Roscoea cautleyana ssp. caulleyana
Roscoea cautleyana ssp. sinopurpurea
Roscoea tibetica possibly
ARACEAE
ARISAEMA
Arisaema elephas
Arisaema consanguineum
JUNCAGINACEAE
TRIGLOCHIN
Triglochin maritimum
IRIDACEAE
IRIS
Iris forrestii
Iris chrysographes
Iris ruthenica
Iris bulleyana
Iris goniocarpa probably
LILIACEAE
LILLUM
Lilium souliei
NOMOCHARIS
Nomocharis aperta
FRITILLARIA
Frtillaria cirrhosa
LLOYDIA
Lloydia oxycarpa
MEANTHIACEA
ALETRIS
Aletris pauciflora
CONVALLARIACEAE
POLYGONATUM
Polygonatum hookeri
Polygonatum cirrhifolium
Polygonatum stewartianum probably
MAIANTHEMUM
Maianthemum sp. possibly
OPHIOPOGON
Ophiopogon intermedius possibly
TRILLIACEAE
PARIS
Paris polyphylia
ALLIACEAE
ALLIUM
Allium sp.
ORCHIDACEAE
CYPRIPEDIUM
Cypripedium flavum
Cypripedium guttatum
Cypripedium tibeticum
Cypripedium yunnanense
CEPHALANTHERA
Cephalanthera longifolia
OREORCHIS
Oreochis erythrochrysea
Maidenhair Fern
