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Flowers of BhutanThe Eastern Himalayas have long been renowned for the wealth of their flora. Botanists the world over have traveled to this region to study. Many of the most prized garden flowers in the West today, like several species of the rhododendron, clematis, lily, and poppy were bred from plants and seeds collected in the Eastern Himalayas by legendary plant hunters like Joseph Hooker, Kingdom Ward, George Taylor, and Ludlow. Today, Western and Central Bhutan are the best areas to see this region's incredibly rich variety of alpine flora. Soon after Losar, the Bhutanese New Year (in February), the glories of Bhutan's flora slowly begin to unfold. The landscape still has its winter starkness, but up at the Dochula Pass (40 minutes drive from Thimphu) , two varieties of Primula Denticulata emerge through the frost covered ground. The bold magenta and purple varieties of Primula Gracilipes adorn the steep banks of the road where snow has just begun to melt. These early flowers are like shy harbingers of the more spectacular blooms that will soon follow. For, by early March, the first rhododendrons begin to bloom. |
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