Rong Chu SE Tibet. Fred Hunt.   Typical glossy green leaves with few spines and very pinnatifid foliage. Beima Shan, Yunnan. 2009. Hilary Birks   Lovely image of a difficult to grow plant. Beima Shan Hilary Birks.   Plant showing flower pedicels agglutinized into a flowering scape. This appears to be an altitude effect in many species intermediate between totally scapose plants at high levels. Beima Shan, 2009. Hilary Birks                     A perfect flower on this beautiful species. Galang La, Tibet. John Mitchell   Rather less completely lobed leaves. It is I suppose possible that this species hybridises with the M. horridula group, since a whole range of species within the Aculeatae group grow in the various provinces of China. They certainly hybridize in cultivation but their hybrid nature is often rather obscure. Galang La, Tibet. John Mitchell.