Roscoea tibetica
18th July 2007
Roscoea tibetica has recently been imported in quite large quantities from nurseries in China
and as a consequence has become widespread in cultivation recently. It is a splendid little plant, and
imports have arrived in a number of different forms bearing many wonderful and imaginative names. This
picture shows a more or less typical form. There is a form recorded as "red" or R.yunnanense "red"
which is perhaps slightly redder than this.
10th July 2005
This is the "red" form, which is attractive, and possibly indicates scope for further selection.
29th August 2005
This picture shows a group of seedlings approximately six months old, starting to flower in their first year.
Approximately 60% produced flowers and then set viable seed before the end of their first season. The seed was
produced by self pollination of the plant in the top picture, and the seedlings were remarkable for their uniformity.
12th September 2006
16th June 2006
8th August 2007
8th August 2007
26th July 2008
10th July 2009
29th July 2012
20th July 2017