Fordiophyton jinpingense 金平异药花 is a new species described by Chinese botanists in 2020 in Jinping County SE Yunnan. It has distinctly dimorphic stamens(4 long 4 short) and the connectives are basally not calcarate.

The photos of Davidia involucrata. Should have shared it last month when it was in still flower, but too busy…

In China, most Gentiana species occur in alpine meadows, but some hide in forests, for example, this Gentiana leucomelaena grows in a mixed forest of Minshan Mountain Range in northern Sichuan.

Chinese alpine plant: Lloydia oxycarpa 尖果洼瓣花, 4,300m, Baimaxueshan Yunnan.

Two Rosa species from western Sichuan.

Chinese alpine plant: Incarvillea compacta, 密生波罗花, 2600-4100m.

Another unusual gentianaceae plant from the Chinese alpine area: 大钟花 Megacodon stylophorus. Tianchi Shangri-la Yunnan, about 4,000m.

Pedicularis oederi is not a rare species, it can be found throughout the alpine and subarctic regions of Asia, Europe and North America. In NW Yunnan, they sometimes grow in (not next to) #Chionocharis hookeri.

White-bellied sea eagles (Icthyophaga leucogaster) and their massive nests. Kakadu National Park Northern Territory.