Re: China

Jan Schlauer (Jan@pbc-ths1.pci.chemie.uni-tuebingen.de)
Tue, 23 Jan 1996 15:15:09 +0100

Dear Gilles,

> I have planned to go in China next summer, and more especially in Beijing.
>Would anyone have information on the chinese CPs ? Is there any CP
>collection in China ?

Unfortunately, Beijing is rather boring as far as cps are concerned. The
(known) interesting Chinese elements are either from the Himalayas, from
their E border, or from subtropical Guangxi, all rather far away from
Beijing:

_Drosera oblanceolata_ (ENDEMIC, Guangxi)
_Utricularia forrestii_ (ENDEMIC, Yunnan, NW Tengyneh)
_U.muticaulis_ (SUBENDEMIC, Tibet/Xizang)
_U.peranomala_ (ENDEMIC, Guangxi)
_U.salwinensis_ ((?SUB)ENDEMIC, Yunnan)
_U.warburgii_ (ENDEMIC, Zhejiang)

> So I went to the library, so as to find serious informations on the local
>CPs, and I found out that there were D. spathulata, D. burmanii, some
>Utricularia species, and Nepenthes mirabilis, which was said to be "common".
>Unfortunately I did not find any of those plants in the wild.

All species you mentioned are very widespread in SE Asia and in
cultivation. These do not merit a trip to China.

Kind regards
Jan