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I am not sure what this is but it is not Strobilanthes atropurpurea, which has a glabrous corolla. It might be S. lachenensis (which is very variable) but I am doubtful. The altitude suggests that is a good possibility.Have you got a photo showing the whole plant I particular the complete inflorescence showing how it is branched.
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I think this is a form of Strobilanthes lachenensis. It is not Strobilanthes atropurpurea which has a glabrous corolla and subequal calyx lobes. The plant in the photographs has a hairy corolla and one calyx lobe is clearly longer than the others.
Strobilanthes lachenensis is very variable in size and inflorescence development and I have puzzled over some specimens in the past (see my comments in Edinburgh Journal of Botany 51 (2): 246 in 1994) but without seeing a specimen this is my best guess at the identity of these photographs.
I know S. lachenensis and S. attenuataa hybridise when cultivated together and some of the variation might be explained by hybridization with another Strobilanthes species growing in the same area.
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Subject: Fwd: Strobilanthes atropurpureus