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These beauties are Fritillaria frankiorum! Native to Turkey and Syria and only formally described in 2003. Fritillaries are known for their large genome sizes.
#PlantsAreCool #Botany #Liliaceae #KewGardens #KewAlpine
Narcissus flavus at #KewGardens last April! Native to Portugal and Spain. What a wonderful little daffodil!
#PlantsAreCool #Botany #KewAlpine
Asarum sieboldii is a birthwort found across Asia and has been used in traditional folk medicine to treat dental caries and periodontal disease. I love the way the flowers hide beneath the leaves, shy but remarkable!
#KewAlpine #KewGardens #PlantsAreCool #Botany
Iris lutescens (Crimean Iris) at #KewAlpine last year. It’ll be flowering now as well. There is also a purple morph and the flowers use nectar deception to attract pollinators but without actually providing nectar, sneaky!
#PlantsAreCool #Botany #KewGardens #Iridaceae
Oxalis adenophylla is native to Chile and Argentina. A gorgeous example of compound peltate leaves and you’ve got to love a spiral flower bud.
#PlantsAreCool #Botany #Oxalidaceae #KewGardens #KewAlpine
Corydalis henrikii is endemic to Turkey and only described formally in 1991! Despite this it already seems very common in horticulture.
#PlantsAreCool #Botany #Papaveraceae #KewGardens #KewAlpine
Tropaeolum beuthii is endemic to Chile and found in what are wonderfully termed, desert fog oases or lomas. These provide a constant water supply amongst the otherwise parched desert.
#PlantsAreCool #KewGardens #KewAlpine #Tropaeolaceae
And just as stunning from two years ago! Tropaeolum beuthii at #KewGardens first described by Johann Klotzsch a German botanist in 1850.
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Another Tropaeolum from my recent visit to #KewGardens, this one beuthii. It obtains most of the water it requires from condensation of fog rather than rain in northern Chile.
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Number three for #sixonsaturday is Corydalis chionophila ssp. firouzii! Native to Iran and part of the #Papaveraceae family that also includes poppies.
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My second for #sixonsaturday is Corydalis caucasica! This genus contains about 470 species with a centre of diversity in China and the Himalayas.
#PlantsAreCool #Botany #KewAlpine #KewGardens
I’m going Corydalis crazy for #sixonsaturday starting with this Corydalis afghanica! Native to Afghanistan (as the name suggests) and seen at #KewAlpine!
#PlantsAreCool #Botany #KewGardens
Corydalis henrikii from two years ago at #KewGardens! Native to Turkey and only described in 1991 by Lidén, a Swedish botanist currently working in Uppsala! A delightful addition to #KewAlpine, hopefully be able to see them soon!
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The colours and shapes of these #flowers are just gorgeous: Iris leptorhiza and I. popovii
In flower now at #KewAlpine, these are from the @BritishIrisSoc show at #RHS Wisley last year!
#PlantsAreCool #Botany #KewGardens
Some more irises for you! These are Iris aff. pseudocaucasica and Iris popovii both once again from #KewAlpine but seen at #RHS Wisley.
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@teabreakgarden1 @AlpineGardenSoc @ScottishRockGC I love the architecture of the one at #KewAlpine and excited by the new landscaping and planting from @tfreeth and his team. Also the @RHSWisley Alpine House is stunning and I love all the pots sunk into the sand @kewgardens
These Iris planifolia were part of the #KewAlpine display at the @BritishIrisSoc show at #RHS Wisley last February. Although I don’t remember this, they apparently have a light spicy scent to the flowers!
#PlantsAreCool #Botany
Totally unexpected to see this Dorycinum fulgurans in flower at #KewGardens in June. I’ve walked passed it many many times and admired the geometric stems but the time pale pink flowers were equally stunning!
#KewAlpine #PlantsAreCool #Fabaceae #Botany
The irises are flowering at #KewAlpine, like this #Iris sari taken last year! Native to stony hills in the Middle East, it grows 15-30cm high, a third of which may be made up of the flowers!
#PlantsAreCool #Botany #KewGardens
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