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Le pavot bleu de l'Himalaya, aussi appelé pavot bleu du Tibet et coquelicot bleu de l'Himalaya (Meconopsis betonicifolia, aussi Meconopsis baileyi, tibétain : Utpal Ngonpo ) est une plante vivace de la famille des Papavéracées. Elle a été décrite la première fois par en 1886 par Pierre Jean Marie Delavay. En 1912 (ou 1913), un spécimen fut collecté par Frederick Markham Bailey (mission d'exploration Bailey-Morshead des gorges de Tsangpo). Il s'agit d'une plante de la médecine tibétaine traditionnelle risquant de disparaître en raison d'une commercialisation trop importante.
Description
Taille : de 1 m à 1,5 m de hauteur
Taille des fleurs : entre 10 et 20 cm de diamètre
Floraison : juin / juillet
Port : en rosette et hampe florale
Rusticité : zone 5
Exposition : à mi-ombre ou au soleil si le sol est maintenu humide
Sol : humifère, frais voire humide, et plutôt neutre.
Originaire des gorges du Yarlung Tsangpo, dans le sud-est du Tibet, le pavot bleu pousse à une altitude de 3120 à 4000 mètres.
En 1886, les longues marches de Delavay vers le plateau tibétain l'amenèrent à découvrir des pavots d'un bleu lumineux, mais la plante fut peut-être découverte avant lui et dénommée Meconopsis napaulensis.
Cette vivace est très capricieuse, elle peut devenir envahissante autant que disparaître du jour au lendemain si les conditions ne lui plaisent pas. Elle est appréciée par les escargots et limaces ... et sujette au mildiou.
Cette fleur est l'emblème des Jardins de Métis en Gaspésie au Québec.
La floraison au Québec s’étale approximativement sur un mois, de la fin juin jusqu’à la fin juillet. Elle atteint généralement son apogée les deux premières semaines de juillet.
D'après diapositive. Dans le Comté de Lhozhag au Tibet.
Localisation approximative.
The alarm chimes in at 3:00 am at our Dzongri campsite. I slowly slither out of the tight strait jacketed sleeping bag, yes like a snake shedding its skin & wonder who else wakes up at this unearthly hour. My tent-mate Sanjay Hosali is still asleep but his aircraft idling on the runway like snores makes me jump outta the tent in a flash. Complete darkness surrounds me. I realize it is our Hindu New year & I whisper Happy New year to my family a good 1200 kilometers away. The Mercury reads a few notches below freezing and I pull my four layers of clothing closer to the skin. The sky has cleared up all the fog & mist of the earlier evening & the hike to the Dzongri Top to have our first eyeful of the grand Mount Kanchenjunga looks promising.
Our group assembles in half an hour & we start the early morning grind up to the Dzongri Top. The long line of headlight-bearing zombies silently walk in a single file up the mountain. No one is talking or singing like the previous noon hike. It is too freaking cold & spooky. I stop periodically, get my racing pulse rate down, inhale & exhale ten times & continue to climb up the mountain. The younger lot slowly overtakes me one by one. In spite of the Type A Personality that I am otherwise, here on the mountain I do not get annoyed at them outdistancing me. The mountain teaches you to be patient! It does! :D
The double hill climb is a long drawn one & needs some careful steps as there is a deep fall on the left. The dawn slowly glows from the eastern banks of the Himalaya. It is almost an hour & a half or maybe more. I hear the squeals of joy as our group has summited the Dzongri Top. I stop for the last time, look at the light around, wipe the frozen sweat, or maybe the nose dribble off my lips & pump up that last bit of Adrenaline & Testosterone through my engorged veins & speed up.
13,630 feet. Dzongri Top at last. The mighty Kanchenjunga & his family of massifs break into applause. I take a bow in front of these majestic mountains as I quickly set my tripod.
Lots of photographs quickly get registered on the memory card but the one that will stay with me for a long time is this photo of two trekkers returning back from the frosty top, somehow symbolizing the ups & downs of life.
Another old colour slide rescue job! Thus was in poor shape, but nowhere near as bad as the Brisbane shot. We have no record, but are guessing it to be around 1960, and taken at Outer Harbour in Adelaide, South Australia. Original camera and film unknown. Probably taken by my wife's father.
Although I was probably not even born when this was taken, I was lucky enough to do a full line voyage on this ship from Melbourne to London back in 1969. Wonderfully exciting for a nine year old and I have heaps of memories of the journey.
A rough and ready scan with the Sony RX10 mark 4.
The beauty of the Himalayas captivated us. We could not resist and again this year we set out on a journey into the world's highest mountains. There is nothing in the world more beautiful than the local sky-high peaks, glaciers, waterfalls, turquoise lakes, rivers flowing through deep canyons, picturesque valleys and also smiling and humble people.
More photos from the expedition "Himalaya" is available here:
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So I'm back. My expedition under the highest mountain in the world - Mt. Everest in Nepal ended. My biggest dream came true .
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I've always been a huge fan of the LEGO Orient Expedition theme, espcecially of the Himalaya sets.
From left to right:
Ngan Pa, Sam Sinister, Pippin Reed, Johnny Thunder, Dr. Kilroy, Buddhis Monk, Sherpa Sangye Dorje
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So I'm back. My expedition to the highest mountain in the world - Mt. Everest in Nepal ended. My biggest dream came true .
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All images are exclusive property and may not be copied, downloaded, reproduced, transmitted, manipulated or used in any way without expressed, written permission of the photographer.
Some parts of life touched by sun rays others not, yet they are beautiful. Morning view of Kausani , clouds are covering the valley below. View is like i am on 9th cloud.
I LOVE SOUTHALL!
We are promised, 'Most luxurious 3 screen cinema', showing all the latest Bollywood and
Lollywood blockbusters. It was once the very busy and popular Liberty (Lee-burr-tee, as pronounced in Lahore!) Cinema where I spent nearly every Sunday afternoon with my family watching all the latest releases; I distinctly remember watching Bobby, Pakeezah, and a few loud Pakistani Punjabi fillums here, as well as running up and down the stairs in the halls! The other two, both further down the road, were the Century and the Dominion cinemas.
All the shows were sold out, every weekend, and whole families would turn out. During
the Interval, we would always eat samosay and jalebi, and were always excited to drink Coke from a can. The current cinema was restored in the late 1990s for £3 million, and does a good trade since reopening in 2001, although nothing like the 1970s, where
there were crowds and crowds of cinema-goers thronging the pavements at show times.
I would definately recommend a visit to Southall if you're ever in town; there is fantastic shopping here for all things desi (not matched anywhere in London, not even in Green Street, imho), you can even speak to the shopkeepers in any desi language, Punjabi being the lingua-franca around here! There are numerous mouth-watering and unforgettable food places to eat, and ample places for you to worship, whether you are Muslim, Hindu, Sikh or Christian. And every religious day is celebrated with gusto, Eid, Diwali and Holi, and all the Gurus' birthdays. The Southall Mela draws hundreds every summer to Southall Park, as well as for Baisakhi and Basant celebrations. Parking and traffic is horrendous and rush-hour lasts all day long, seven days a-week. But, you are promised a total desi experience in the the west of London. It's not called Little India for nothing y'know!
From here you can see the Island Peak which local name is Imja Tse (6189 m) - the snow peak to the left - and the Makalu (8463 m) - the big pyramide that emerges at the bottom
More photos from expedition " Himalaya 2010 " you can see here:
hellen.webgarden.cz/levy-sloupec/fotogalerie/himalayas
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All images are exclusive property and may not be copied, downloaded, reproduced, transmitted, manipulated or used in any way without expressed, written permission of the photographer.
More photos from " Expedition Himalaya 2010 " you can see here:
hellen.webgarden.cz/levy-sloupec/fotogalerie/himalayas
All rights reserved - Copyright © Helena Bilkova
All images are exclusive property and may not be copied, downloaded, reproduced, transmitted, manipulated or used in any way without expressed, written permission of the photographer.