Bergenia x Schmidtii from California, the Indian connection

[Gurcharan Singh]

This species of Bergenia I found here in California and was slightly surprised to see it resembling our both Himalayan species B. ciliata and B. stracheyi. I ultimately identified it as B. x Schmidtii, a popular ornamental here considered to be a hybrid between Himalayan B. ciliata and Siberian B. crassifolia.  The species has often also gone under the name Saxifraga ligulata (old name for our Himalayan plant) var. speciosa.

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

[tanay bose]

I appriciate the flower closeup

Tanay

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Tanay Bose

Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant.
Department of Botany.
University of British Columbia .
3529-6270 University Blvd.
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada)
Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile)

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