A major website update should make it easier for you to use, and it is easier for us to keep it up to date.

You can now read about significant changes made to the website. At the bottom of the yellow News panel on the web Home page there is a blue section. Click anywhere on the panel and the Web changes information will be shown on the main panel, which will be blue. Click on the yellow panel at the bottom to return to the News.

There are quite a few significant changes listed there. You will always be able to see the 10 most recent items. Have a look at them!

The Plant Photo Bank of China has tens of thousands of photos, including very many of Meconopsis. This link goes to the whole collection of plants, and this link goes directly to Meconopsis.

You can search for a particular species or sub-species using the search box at the top left. Start typing Meconopsis and the first few letters of the species name, and then select from the drop-down box. Then click on the magnifying glass, and a page with all the thumbnails will open. Under the name of the plant are some Chinese characters with a number; that is the number of images for the species.

Under each thumbnail there is some text. In the bottom line before the @ sign is the photographer’s name; after the @ there is some location information – not very precise. If you copy it and paste it into Google translate or similar you can get an English translation.

Clicking on an image opens a new window with a full-size image, which you can expand, rotate, etc. At the right is some more information, including the date taken, which may be useful information about flowering times.