Sha-U La SE Tibet Margaret Thorne   Habitat Sha-U La SE Tibet Margaret Thorne   Habitat Sha-U La, SE Tibet Martin Walsh   Sha-U La. Although not well shown in this image there is a flat disc immediately above the ovary (seed pod) through which the style and stigma projects. This places the species in Discogyne - see M. discigera Martin Walsh                     Sha-U La. Wonderful image of a superb plant. Harry Jans   Sha-U La. Highly desirable plant but like the rest of this group of the Discogyne will probably prove difficult to cultivate. Harry Jans.   A good close-up of the defining criteria of a disc between the style and stigma and the spiny ovary. Compare to the very similar and closely related M. torquata. Plant at 4,600m. on the Sam Chung La, S.E Tibet. Margaret Thorne mid August 2009   Habitat shot with some plants approaching 1 metre in height. Margaret Thorne - the photographer- took a series of detailed measurements of flowering and non flowering rosettes as well as details of numbers of seed pods. This sort of data is invaluable since herbarium specimens are always scarce and collecting them should only be done by serious botanists with permission but archives of photographs and measurements will be become an increasingly important taxonomic tool. This data can be stored by the Meconopsis group in Edinburgh                     These plants were photographed near the Sam Chung La in the Everest National Park in SE Tibet. They occured from 4,600m. down to 4150 in the valley of the lakes below Tsonama. Margaret Thorne