Flowers of Bhutan
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The multiple colours of Bhutan's 5500 vascular plants grace meadows, roadsides and forests, especially in the rainy season, when most plants flower and few visitors are around to enjoy them. Information on each flower is based on Flowers of the Himalaya by Oleg Polunin and Adam Stainton. Any wrong identification is clearly my fault (unfortunately I am not a botanist). Let me know, so I can improve the reliability of the information. A few flowers, such as the blue poppy, Bhutan's national flower, are protected.
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Piet van der Poel has worked in Bhutan as farming systems specialist and natural resources manager for some 6 years between 1993 and 2004. He was based in the capital Thimphu and in Trashi Yangtse in the east and has travelled, hiked and biked across most of the country.
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| Aster © Piet van der Poel |
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| Berginia © Piet van der Poel |
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| Common cosmos © Piet van der Poel |
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| Daphne © Piet van der Poel |
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| Delphinium © Piet van der Poel |
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| Edelweiss © Piet van der Poel |
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| Gentian © Piet van der Poel |
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| Jack in the pulpit © Piet van der Poel |
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| Mussaenda © Piet van der Poel |
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| Orchid © Piet van der Poel |
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| Primrose © Piet van der Poel |
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| Himalayan rhubarb © Piet van der Poel |
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| Tree rhododendron © Piet van der Poel |
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| Rhododendron © Piet van der Poel |
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Piet van der Poel has worked in Bhutan as farming systems specialist and natural resources manager for some 6 years between 1993 and 2004. He was based in the capital Thimphu and in Trashi Yangtse in the east and has travelled, hiked and biked across most of the country.
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