Cold swirling clouds shrouded us as we slid out of the dark undergrowth at a highland trail. On one side we were protected from a possibly limb-breaking drop by stunted trees and shrubs ; at the other side was a mossy slope full of white stars ......
..... this floriferous population of
Argostemma (
elatostemma ?) would be one of the justifications of our folly.
Argostemma is large genus consisting of about 100 species, most of them in Asia but there are a couple of anamolous species in Africa also.Not all of them are highland type of course but the lowland varieties tend to be less eye catching. The genus as a whole are not commonly grown, which is a pity.
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I do not know Argostemma can be so beautiful - usually they look like weeds to me - haha.
Argostemma.. we called it Genus 雪花(snowflower) in Flora China.
Beauutiful..
http://www.nhpe.org/pdf/71(1)/180.pdf
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