Several species of Iris including I. kashmiriana, I. germanica, I. aurea, I. spurea and I. nepalensis are commonly grown in Kashmir to decorate graveyards.
Gurcharan Singh ----- Original Message ----- From: Sushmita Jha To: Gurcharan Singh-sify Cc: J.M. Garg ; indiantreepix Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 12:29 AM Subject: Re: [indiantreepix:15168] Re: Fwd: [indiantreepix:13562] Ladakh Plants - ID Request1 - 20Jun09:SJ Thank you, Gurcharan-ji. Its interesting to know that I.germanica is grown in graveyards, though the one I photographed was in a hotel garden. Any idea why they are grown in graveside? regards, Sushmita Jha On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Gurcharan Singh-sify <[email protected]> wrote: Iris, more probably I. germanica. It is commonly grown on graveyards in Kashmir valley and Ladakh. Gurcharan Singh ----- Original Message ----- From: J.M. Garg To: indiantreepix Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 8:51 PM Subject: [indiantreepix:15166] Fwd: [indiantreepix:13562] Ladakh Plants - ID Request1 - 20Jun09:SJ Forwarding again for Id assistance pl. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sushmita Jha <[email protected]> Date: 2009/6/20 Subject: [indiantreepix:13562] Ladakh Plants - ID Request1 - 20Jun09:SJ To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> Dear all, thank you very much for your prompt help in identifying yesterday's posts of Ladakh plants. Continuing with a few more garden plants. I had seen photos of this Iris so it was thrilling to see the real one. Please help with the sp, of this Iris. Thank you. Sushmita Jha -- With regards, J.M.Garg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' Image Resource of thousands of my images of Birds, Butterflies, Flora etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Indiantreepix:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
