Tibetannet

After seven years of research, Meconopsis is growing well at the Tibetan medicine artificial plant cultivation technology research base, xinhua reported.

This marks that Tibet is seeing success in artificial cultivation of the endangered plant species, Meconopsis.

Meconopsis is an endangered alpine flower species in China. It’s famous for being an ornamental plant and some species can be used in medicine. The whole genus has about 50 species and, apart from one species that is made in Western Europe, the rest are distributed in the Himalayas and Hengduan Mountains, but most are currently endangered.

According to Tashi Tsering, deputy director of Pharmacognosy Department of Tibetan Medicine Hospital, during the artificial cultivation process the research team established an environment imitating wild cultivation habitats. They used seed propagation methods and systematically analyzed the physiological status of the seeds.

There are currently six endangered Meconopsis species that have been artificially cultivated with success, including Meconopsis Grandis, Meconopsis Betonicifolia and others.

The next step for researchers is to continue solving the problem of artificially cultivating other Meconopsis species. At the same time, follow-up on the growing habitats and characteristics of successfully cultivated species lay a foundation for future large-scale planting.