horizon of nature: the prettiest and most fragrant winter flower of the siming mountains -和记娱乐平台在线

in winter, very few flowers in the mountains are in bloom, but there is one plant that defies the norm: the opposite-leaved asian virginsbower, a perennial vine belonging to the clematis genus of the ranunculaceae family. their distribution is limited to creeksides in mountainous areas. most species in the clematis genus are alternate-leaved, but opposite-leaved virginbowers are an exception, hence the name. when the flowers bloom, they look like tiny white bells hanging from the vine and give off a subtle fragrance. recently, i ventured into the hills of longguan township, haishu, to seek out the beautiful opposite-leaved virginbowers.

video: zhang haihua, cai ke
narration: yu keqiu
translator: zhou juexiao
editor: pang jinyan
senior editor: lei junhu
editorial director: xu ye
chief editor: liu xiongfei