Thanks for the wonderful write up and pictures. Dr Satish Phadke
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > > -- --- 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.
