Really excellent photographs. Thanks for sharing. Regards Prashant On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Excellent shots Rawat ji. Yet to see this in bloom despite of our 3 visits > to Munsiyari area. Thanks for Showing > > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 3:57 PM, D.S Rawat > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *Rhododendron campanulatum* is a timberline Krumholtz (crooked wood) >> species making impenetrable thickets. It blooms after *R.arboreum* and * >> R.barbatum* in Uttarakhand. Interestingly, *R.arboreum* (Blood red >> Rhodo) grow at 1500-2500m altitude, *R.barbatum* (Pink Rhodo) at >> 2400-3400m and *R.campanulatum* (White-blue Rhodo) at 3000-4400m in >> Uttarakhand and flowering pass from lower species to higher one. >> >> *R.campanulatum* has started flowering with its white-blue flowers in >> comparatively smaller trusses. Petals have distinct nectar guides (spots). >> These trees are flowering while the snow was seen still persisting over the >> ground below trees. >> >> Photographed near Khalya Top (3400m), Munsyari area Uttarakhand on >> 25.3.2013. >> >> 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. >> >> >> > > > > -- > 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.
