Thanks, Dr. Rawat. More details from efi site on Valler of Flowers<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/general-eposts/treks-walks-trips-talks-etc---details>
On 21 January 2013 17:07, D.S Rawat <[email protected]> wrote: > With my experiences in high Himalaya I found these two timings for VoFl > most appropriate. Lokpal Teerth (now known as Hemkund Sahib) will reopen in > first week of June with which starts the boarding/ lodging facilities at > Ghangaria (Govind Dham). June is good for many Ranunculus, Caltha, > Oxygraphis, Gentians, Primulas, Potentillas, Anemones etc. Please inform > the participants that Forest Department charges a fee for carrying still > cameras/ video cameras etc in VoFl from all tourists. Night stay in VoFl > are not allowed and no plant material can be collected as per the rules. > August is a month when maximum alpine flowers can be seen in bloom. But it > is also the time when monsoon showers are heaviest, so be ready with all > gears to thwart this downpour. For landscape photography September is a > better choice. > GOOD LUCK TO ALL PARTICIPANTS for flowerful journey in Frank Smythe's > Valley! > DSRawat Pantnagar > > > On Thursday, January 3, 2013 7:57:27 PM UTC+5:30, matherana.rajeshii wrote: >> >> Dear efI members, >> I am sorry for cross posting but this may be of interest to few among >> you. >> >> We did Valley of Flowers National Park in 2012 and covered with more then >> 180 species of flora, 20 species of butterflies, one mammal and 10 species >> of birds. This was the first experiment which brought a very good response >> with 23 participation from all parts of the country. Now in 2013 we are >> doing it again. In two batches . June and August. June is the time to see >> the flowers freshly blooming . This is also the time when tourism in this >> Himalayan protected area is little away to start. Probably less crowd >> and more sightings. Precisely orchids, climbers and trees are the target >> for this batch. For more details, click on the link. >> >> http://www.rajesh-sachdev.**blogspot.in/2013/01/valley-of-** >> flowers-national-park-june13.**html<http://www.rajesh-sachdev.blogspot.in/2013/01/valley-of-flowers-national-park-june13.html> >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> Rajesh Sachdev >> https://www.facebook.com/**matherana.rajeshii<https://www.facebook.com/matherana.rajeshii> >> https://www.facebook.com/**groups/indianflora/<https://www.facebook.com/groups/indianflora/> >> > -- > > > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2030 members & 1,42,000 messages on 31/12/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 7500 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. --
