Lovely Shots and Good Information Rawat Ji On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 4:10 AM, Sukla Saha <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Excellent pictures!! Thanks for sharing one of my favourite plants. The > journy through the Singba Rhododendron Santuary in Yumthang valley of > Sikkim during spring seems like heaven. Mora than 25 spp of Rhodo are found > here & there is a festival during April-May called "Rhododendron Festival". > > Thanks & Regards, > Sukla Chanda > On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 8:53 AM, Prashant Awale <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. >> >> >> > > -- > > --- > 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. > > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology & Horticulture Incharge Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964 -- --- 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.
