Dear All reached just now in haridwar at 1:00 Am Staying in Haridwar and will move towards Chopta in Morning. Thanks Nidhan Ji for Best wishes and Rawat ji for further suggestions. Thanks
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 2:12 PM, D.S Rawat <[email protected]>wrote: > Sir > I have suggested to Dr Balkar Sir about it. > In this area some very good oak forests (Q.semecarpifoila and > Q.leucotrichophora) exist below Chopta (around Dugalbitta) where temperate > orchids will be abundant. If you take another route for return, via Mandal > - Gopeshwar - Chamoli- Rudraprayag; it is rewarding with dense foreests > between Chopta to Mandal. > On way to Tungnath Rhododendron campanulatum will be in bloom near > timberline. May found Corydalis diphylla, Trillium govanianum, Primula > sessilis, P.edgeworthii, P.denticulata too in this route. However, a > typical habitat of three species of Cypripediun (as Dr Pankaj has > mentioned) is difficult to approach as it is behind temple on very steep > slope. > If visiting Tungnath an alpine garden of Garhwal University may be visited > for few important medicinal plants, it is visible from the route. > As always in the high altitudes, rain or hail may greet in the afternoon. > DSRawat Pantnagar > > > On Wednesday, May 29, 2013 9:39:32 AM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: >> >> 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/> >> http://people.du.ac.in/~**singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/> >> > -- > 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]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
