Wow, Nice photographs. Thanks a lot Rawat ji for sharing the pics and the information. I liked the composition of first photograph showing Habitat.. Thanks again.. Regards Prashant
On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 7:36 PM, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected]>wrote: > Very nice information > thank you > any comprehensive review that is accessible on the net? > > usha di > > On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 2:59 PM, D.S Rawat <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Sir J.D.Hooker, well known Taxonomist, when visited the Himalaya he was >> amazed by the tree form Rhododendrons here. Later he carried many of them >> to Kew, UK for cultivation and large numbers of ornamental Rhododendrons in >> Europe now have a Himalayan blood too. Maximum numbers of Rhododendron >> species in the world occur in the Himalaya but their diversity reduces when >> one moves from Eastern Himalaya to Western Himalaya. In Uttarakhand only >> six species are known to occur. These are *Rhododendron anthopogon, >> R.arboreum, R.barbatum, R.campanulatum, R.lepidotum* and *R.nivale*. Of >> these *R.arboreum* and *R.barbatum* are trees, *R.campanulatum* is a >> tall shrub and rest are dwarf shrubs. >> >> Rhododendrons will unfurl their trusses of flowers only from >> late Feb. – May in Himalayan highland. Meanwhile I am enclosing pics of one >> of them taken last year. >> >> This species* Rhododendron campanulatum*, known as “Simru” in Garhwal, >> is found at timberline areas (3000-3600m) in almost all the alpine zones of >> Uttarakhand, including Valley of Flowers. When fully flourishing >> extensively branched plants make an impenetrable fence. It is a major >> source of firewood to the Shepherds occupying alpine zones in Uttarakhand >> on account of its ability to burn even when it is wet in rain. >> >> DSRawat Pantnagar >> >> >> -- >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
