Thursday, May 11, 2006
Also back from the brink, is Podophyllum veitchii (also called delavayi), a mayapple native to the forests of western China; a couple of weeks ago I told of the disappearance of my treasured bulb of this species down a mole hole, assumedly never to be seen again. Today I ran across this little plant of P. veitchii some distance from where the original plant was... either these are seedlings, or the bulb that disappeared down the mole hole was dragged a distance down the tunnel, and popped up here. Either way, it is a striking plant; the leaves arise out of the ground almost entirely rufous, with spots, then become blotched red and green, finally fading to slightly blotchy green. 
// posted by IBOY @ 10:14 AM 
