Chopta itself is a nice place and you might need lot of time to spend on it. You might like going up to Tunganath if you wish. Below the lower gate of Tunganath there are scatterred forests around which is good. On the moss covered rocks you might find Pleione flowering in these days and on ground Goodyera viridiflora. If you go up and if you are lucky to find the spot then you can find Dactylorrhiza, Gymnadenia and also three species of Slipper Orchids, Cypripedium cordigerum, C. elegans and C. himalaicum in flower. In the lower part you will find lot of Dendrobiums, Eria, Coelogyne etc. If you check the streams in the evening you might see the cascade frog, Amolops formosus. Best wishes Pankaj
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 2:43 PM, <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Today's Topic Summary > > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/topics > > [29052013] AP2- location Patel Park,Ambala Cantt, dated 26th april 2013 [2 > Updates] > [29052013] AP1- location Patel Park,Ambala Cantt, dated 26th april 2013 [2 > Updates] > Ipomoea indica : Confirm ID : Lalbagh,Bangalore : 280513 : AK-2 [1 Update] > Hooghly Yesterday : Curculigo orchioides Gaertn.. i think [2 Updates] > Hooghly last week : Ixias pyrene on Momordica monadelpha Roxb. [Coccinia > grandis (L.) Voigt] [1 Update] > Pisonia alba flowering in Mumbai [2 Updates] > 29052013 ASP 34 [1 Update] > Hooghly 3 weeks ago : might be Loranthus ampullaceus Roxb. [2 Updates] > 29052013 ASP 33 [1 Update] > 29052013 ASP 32 [1 Update] > [efloraofindia:156138] Wild Plant For ID : Uttarakhand : 280513 : AK-4 [2 > Updates] > Avicennia marina [1 Update] > Requesting ID of this plant with yellow white flowers - Chicago, Illinois, > USA : 29052013 : ARK-02 [3 Updates] > [efloraofindia:156120] Unidentified Ornamental Shrub from Uttarakhand [1 > Update] > Requesting ID of this plant with pink flowers Asteracea - Chicago, Illinois, > USA : 29052013 : ARK-01 [2 Updates] > Over to mini Switzerland in Uttarakhand [1 Update] > > [29052013] AP2- location Patel Park,Ambala Cantt, dated 26th april 2013 > > Ankush Prakash <ank.p...@gmail.com> May 28 09:53PM -0700 > > *Dianthus chinensis* > > > > Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> May 29 12:12PM +0530 > > Yes Dianthus chinensis > Nice photographs > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > > [29052013] AP1- location Patel Park,Ambala Cantt, dated 26th april 2013 > > Ankush Prakash <ank.p...@gmail.com> May 29 10:16AM +0530 > > *Dianthus barbatus* > > > > Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> May 29 12:06PM +0530 > > Yes Dianthus barbatus, nice photographs. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > > Ipomoea indica : Confirm ID : Lalbagh,Bangalore : 280513 : AK-2 > > Mahadeswara <swamy.c...@gmail.com> May 28 11:33PM -0700 > > *Ipomoea nil*. > > On Tuesday, May 28, 2013 12:59:08 PM UTC+5:30, Aarti S. Khale wrote: > > > > Hooghly Yesterday : Curculigo orchioides Gaertn.. i think > > Mahadeswara <swamy.c...@gmail.com> May 28 10:55PM -0700 > > Excellent posting. > > On Tuesday, May 28, 2013 9:29:55 PM UTC+5:30, surajitkoley wrote: > > > > surajitkoley <surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com> May 28 11:28PM -0700 > > Thank you Sir > Have a nice day :) > > Regards, > surajit > > On Wednesday, 29 May 2013 11:25:35 UTC+5:30, Mahadeswara wrote: > > > > Hooghly last week : Ixias pyrene on Momordica monadelpha Roxb. [Coccinia > grandis (L.) Voigt] > > surajit koley <surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com> May 29 11:50AM +0530 > > > > Pisonia alba flowering in Mumbai > > Shrikant Ingalhalikar <shrikant.ingalhali...@gmail.com> May 28 08:41PM -0700 > > Dear Viplav, > > I am visiting Mumbai this Sunday to see some flowering trees at Ranibaug. I > am keen to see this tree as well which does not flower in Pune. Pls send me > precise location so that I can photograph this. Pls keep me updated on > similar rare trees flowering in near future. Thanks and with regards, > > On Monday, May 27, 2013 11:20:02 PM UTC+5:30, Viplav Gangar wrote: > > > > siva siva <asivapa...@hotmail.com> May 29 03:36PM +1000 > > Hi All > > I have never seen Pisonia alba with flowers. It is grown in widely Sri Lnka > as a live fence tree and the leaves are a popular vegetable. Can you please > forward an image of it. > > Thanks and regards > > Sivaplan > > From: nmk....@gmail.com > Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 17:55:41 +0530 > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:156128] Re: Pisonia alba flowering in Mumbai > To: swamy.c...@gmail.com > CC: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com > > I have never seen this tree flowering although very common. Thanks for > sharing the flowers. > > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Mahadeswara <swamy.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Thanks Viplav ji for posting the flowers of P.alba. Yes, it is very rare. > This plant is very very common in Chennai also, rather very popular shrub / > a small tree. Most commonly used for hedges (live fence) alternatively with > red Acalypha, which gives a stunning effect to the onlookers. I have never > seen it in flowering, though I was very keenly observing the plant in around > Chennai for more than 20 years ! Though I knew that it would flower, I was > not fortunate enough to see the plant in flowering in Chennai. Let me try > out now in Mysore city. > > > It is called sule sappu in Kannada and lachaikottei in Tamil. > The leaves are used for cooking in Chennai. The leaves have medicinal > properties too (elephantiasis). > > On Monday, May 27, 2013 11:20:02 PM UTC+5:30, Viplav Gangar wrote: > > > An uncommon instance of Pisonia alba in flower. It is a very popular > ornamental in Mumbai but is seldom seen flowering / fruiting. Clicked today > morning in a traffic island in South Mumbai. > > > > > > > > It is intriguing to note that G. Carstensen, the Danish superintendent of > the Victoria Gardens in Mumbai, remarked upon the distinctive appeal of this > tree way back in 1890. In a meeting of the Bombay Natural History Society on > 3rd December 1890, he gave a talk on the gardens of Bombay and had some > flattering things to say about this tree: > > > > > > "The most striking tree of our gardens is perhaps the Lettuce-tree (Pisonia > alba), which cannot fail to attract attention by the splendid effect of its > bright yellow foliage, nowhere I believe so perfectly developed as in > Bombay". - G. Carstensen, Bombay Gardens, p. 410, Journal of the Bombay > Natural History Society, Vol. V, 1890. > > > > > > Best wishes, Viplav > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Care Earth Trust#15, second main road,Thillai ganga nagar, > Chennai - 600 061Mob: 0091 96268 33911 > > > www.careearthtrust.org > > > > > > -- > > 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > 29052013 ASP 34 > > siva siva <asivapa...@hotmail.com> May 29 03:30PM +1000 > > Can you please ID this short annual ornamental plant that grows to about > 0.5m high with clusters of bright yellow > flowers. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Dec 2011 > > Thanks and regards > > > > Hooghly 3 weeks ago : might be Loranthus ampullaceus Roxb. > > surajit koley <surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com> May 29 10:51AM +0530 > > > > surajit koley <surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com> May 29 10:58AM +0530 > > This is the bird, possibly Tickell's flowerpecker, which loves the fruits > of this plant. But, in these pictures the bird collected fruit of another * > Loranthus*. > > > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:51 AM, surajit koley < > > > > 29052013 ASP 33 > > siva siva <asivapa...@hotmail.com> May 29 03:27PM +1000 > > Can you please ID this ornamental climber with large pink flowers. It trails > on other trees and fences. Photo was taken in a private property in Dec 2012 > > Thanks and regards > > > > 29052013 ASP 32 > > siva siva <asivapa...@hotmail.com> May 29 03:24PM +1000 > > Can you please ID this tall ornamental tree with clusters of yellow flowers > and large pink pods. Photo was taken in a Botanic garden (with no names) in > Dec 2011 > > Thanks and regards > > > > [efloraofindia:156138] Wild Plant For ID : Uttarakhand : 280513 : AK-4 > > Prabhu kumar KM <prabhumkris...@gmail.com> May 29 09:32AM +0530 > > Yes Aartiji, > To me also *Lepidagathis* > The last image DSCN6731 look like *Lepidagathis incurva* Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don > * > * > > -- > *Prabhu Kumar K M* > Scientist > Plant Systematics & Genetic Resources Division > Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR) > & 'CMPR' Herbarium > Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala > Kottakkal, Malappuram > *E-mail: prabhumkris...@gmail.com* > > > > "Aarti S. Khale" <aarti.kh...@gmail.com> May 29 09:13AM +0400 > > Santhosh ji, Prabhu ji, > Thanks for supporting my possible id. > Navendu ji has identified a similar looking Lepidagathis from Uttarakhand > on flowersofindia. > Hope he is able to help with my id. > Regards, > Aarti > > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Prabhu kumar KM > > > > Avicennia marina > > Sushant More <sushantmor...@gmail.com> May 29 10:10AM +0530 > > Today visited Bhandup pumping station got this beautiful Mangrove tree > > Grey Mangrove > > Avicennia marina, (Acanthaceae), तीवर In Marathi > > 29/5/2013 , Bhandup Pumping station, Mumbai, Maharashtra > -- > > *Sushant More* > *Student * > > > > Requesting ID of this plant with yellow white flowers - Chicago, Illinois, > USA : 29052013 : ARK-02 > > Alka Khare <alka...@gmail.com> May 28 08:23PM -0700 > > Hello friends > > Requesting to please ID this plant with yellow white flowers captured in > Chicago, Illinois, USA in May 2013. > > Thanks and Regards > Alka Khare > > > > Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> May 29 09:42AM +0530 > > Some leaves please? > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > > Alka Khare <alka...@gmail.com> May 28 09:36PM -0700 > > Unfortunately, Gurcharanji, I did not take a picture of the leaves... > > Further googling indicated Nemesia cheiranthus.....but still waiting for > confirmation.. > > Thanks and Regards > Alka Khare > > On Wednesday, May 29, 2013 9:42:15 AM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > > > > [efloraofindia:156120] Unidentified Ornamental Shrub from Uttarakhand > > "D.S Rawat" <drdsrawat.alpin...@gmail.com> May 29 10:01AM +0530 > > Thank you very much Sir. > After your ID I checked the literature (FoC) to compare specimen with > description. It matches with description perfectly. > DSRawat Pantnagar > > > > > > > Requesting ID of this plant with pink flowers Asteracea - Chicago, > Illinois, USA : 29052013 : ARK-01 > > Alka Khare <alka...@gmail.com> May 28 08:16PM -0700 > > Hello friends > > Requesting to please ID this plant with pink flowers (Asteraceae) captured > in Chicago, Illinois, USA in May 2013. > > Thanks and Regards > Alka Khare > > > > Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> May 29 09:41AM +0530 > > I hope Osteospermus ecklonis > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > > Over to mini Switzerland in Uttarakhand > > Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> May 29 09:39AM +0530 > > Dear members > Due to uncertainty of programme with possible election duties of Balkar ji, > this could not announced on the group, but finally we have managed a short > trip to Uttarakhand starting today evening and coming back on 3rd June. Our > main focus would be Chopta, considered as mini Switzerland, We may explore > surrounding areas spending some time at Rishikesh, Lansdowne and Srinagar. > Hope to get some good photographs, especially of orchids as our orchid > expert Smita ji is joining us. Myself, my wife, Balkar ji and Smita would > be visiting the area, Nidhan ji having to cancel due to some health > problem. Any suggestions about areas to focus, especially from Rawat ji, > Tiwari ji and Pankaj ji who know the area very well, are welcome. > I won't be able to participate in Asteraceae Fortnight for first > three days, but possibly try to compensate 4th onwards. Nidhan ji, Rawat > ji, Dinesh ji, I am sure will keep you busy with uploads in our absence. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group > indiantreepix. > You can post via email. > To unsubscribe from this group, send an empty message. > For more options, visit this group. > > -- > 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- *********************************************************** Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D. IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia Office: Conservation Officer Orchid Conservation Section Flora Conservation Department Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. 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