Part 135 - Halt days and move to Chendebi en route to Bumthang; weather and plant collecting notes

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SUMMARY:
The diarist halts for two days, then travels via Chendebi toward Bumthang, noting persistent rain and brief clear periods. They collect a little seed of P. Boothii and discuss an uncertain Primula (specimen 3052), comparing it with P. tenella and noting that seed is not yet ripe.

CONTENT:
be back just in time. I will now have two days halt here, do some photos, write a mail and then go off via Chendebi to the north for a few days before going on to Bumthang.

28th June. Halt. Rained all afternoon and a good deal last night. Fine this morning till 10:30, then heavy rain.

29th June Halt. Rained at night, and all afternoon and evening.

30th June. Chendebi. Rained up till 7:00, then fine till 2:30 pm and rain all evening. We found a few things on the way down here, got a little seed of P. Boothii, but nearly all has been thrown.

I had hoped to collect seed of 3052 the primula thought to be new, just near here. But I find it still in flower. A good deal is over, but much still remains. I cannot make this primula out. It appears to be very near P. tenella, but we were finding that up to 15,000 ft and this is only 8,000. Also P. tenella as seen by us at its best about 12,500 ft (top end of abies zone) had only one flower, whereas this has two in about 50% of cases. Seed of these flowers we saw on 14th May are not yet ripe. Beside it grows a great deal of Notholirion hy