"Spring amongst the Clouds" - Gianpiero Ferrari - Leicester Lit and Phil Natural History Section

A seventeen day botanical journey from Dali in Yunnan through Shangri La, part of Tibet, finishing in Chengdu in Sichuan. Many of our garden plants originated from this special area, and to see them growing abundantly and to photograph them in their native habitat is something special. Starting from colourful valleys and high mountains covered with many different Rhododendrons in full flower, followed by Lady’s Slipper orchids, Primulas (over 700 species in China), Giant Lily, numerous Iris, Menocopsis, Incavillea just to name a few. Some of these flowers are special, and reaching them required a climb to almost 15,000 ft. Other subjects included are a few butterflies, birds, Buddhist temples, landscape and culture. 

Gianpiero is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and as been a member of the ARPF and FRPS assessment panel for four years.  He is a keen naturalist and a member of several societies.