Kunming Institute of Botany
(Yunnan Province, China)
Bergenia purpurascens 岩白菜 yan bai cai
Betula luminifera 亮叶桦 liang ye hua
Buddleja davidii 大叶醉鱼草 da ye zui yu cao (Butterfly Bush) ‘Black Knight’
Caltha palustris 驴蹄草 lu ti cao
(Latin name for marigold//growing in marshes)
Cardiocrinum giganteum (Wallich) Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo). 27: 125. 1913. 大百合 da bai he (Giant Lily)
Cimicifuga yunnanensis 云南升麻 yun nan sheng ma (Bugbane)
Clematis montana var. sterilis Handel-Mazzetti, Symb. Sin. 7: 320. 1931.
小叶绣球藤 xiao ye xiu qiu teng
Cornus 山茱萸属 shan zhu yu shu
Cotoneaster conspicuus 大果栒子 da guo xun zi
Crataegus chungtienensis 中甸山楂 zhong dian shan zha
(ancient Greek name for a flowering thorn used by Theophrastus//??)
Fraxinus chinensis ssp. rhynchophylla 花曲柳 hua qu liu
Geum aleppicum 路边青 lu bian qing
(common Latin name//of or from Aleppo, in northwestern Syria near the Mediterranean Sea)
Ginkgo biloba 银杏 yin xing
Hemerocallis forrestii 西南萱草 xi nan xuan cao
Hydrangea aspera 马桑绣球 ma sang xiu qiu
Iris laevigata 燕子花 yan zi hua (Snowdrift)
Jasminum humile 矮探春 ai tan chun
Lilium formosanum aff. var. pricei 台湾百合 tai wan bai he
Liriope platyphylla 山麦冬属 shan mai dong shu (Lilyturf - the name of the water nymph generally regarded in Greek mythology as the mother of Narcissus + greek - leirion, lily//broad-leafed)
Malus hupehensis 湖北海棠 hu bei hai tang (Crab Apple)
Metasequoia glyptostroboides 水杉 shui shan
Notholirion bulbuliferum 假百合 jia bai he (flase?//bulb-bearing)
Nymphaea alba 白睡莲 bai shui lian
Nymphoides peltata 'Bennettii' 荇菜 xing cai
Ophiopogon aff. japonicus 麦冬 mai dong
Ostrya carpinifolia 铁木属 tie mu shu
Paeonia delavayi 滇牡丹 dian mu dan
Paris polyphylla var. pubescens 七叶一枝花 qi ye yi zhi hua
Philadelphus purpurascens 紫萼山梅花 zi e shan mei hua
Phyllostachys flexuosa 曲竿竹 qu gan zhu
(zigzag bamboo - Greek phyllon = leaf, and stachys = a spike//tortuous, zigzag)
Physalis alkekengi 酸浆 suan jiang (Chinese Latern) (Bladder Cherry, Winter Cherry)
Picea likiangensis 丽江云杉 li jiang yun shan
Pieris formosa var. forrestii 美丽马醉木 mei li ma zui mu (Airy Shaw)
Pittosporum glabratum cf. var. neriifolium (Tom Thumb) 光叶海桐
guang ye hai tong
Pleurospermum 棱子芹属 leng zi qin shu Pan Zehui (潘泽惠); Mark F. Watson
Polygonatum verticillatum 轮叶黄精 lun ye huang jing (Whorled Solomon’s seal)
Potentilla fruticosa 金露梅 jin lu mei
(potens meaning "powerful" in reference to the medicinal properties of some species//frutex - a shrub)
Primula pulverulenta 粉被灯台报春 fen bei deng tai bao chun (Latin primus or primulus, "first," and referring to early-flowering//powdery – dust covered)
Prunus 李属 li shu
Pterocarya tonkinensis 越南枫杨 yue nan feng yang
Pyracantha crenulata var. crenulata 细圆齿火棘 xi yuan chi huo ji
Rhododendron yungningense 永宁杜鹃 yong ning du juan
Ribes stenocarpum 长果茶(艹鹿灬)子 chang guo cha biao zi(Ribes is said to be derived from the Persian or Arabic word ribas, meaning acid-tasting//narrow-fruited)
Rosa multiflora var. cathayensis 粉团蔷薇 fen tuan qiang wei
Rubus lineatus 绢毛悬钩子 juan mao xuan gou zi
Salvia digitaloides 毛地黄鼠尾草 mao di huang shu wei cao
(Latin salveo, I am well//fingers)
Spiraea bella 藏南绣线菊 zang nan xiu xian ju
Syringa yunnanensis 野桂花 yun nan ding xiang
Tricyrtis formosana var. glandosa
the images, sounds and text on this website are taken from the two locations (KIB+RBGE) together with information/objects that were only displayed on this website whilst the exhibition was running. It now acts as an archive for the project as a whole.