Very touching story. Congratulations and hats off to you and your excursions!
Dr Satish Phadke On 11 July 2013 20:48, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> wrote: > Congratulations on this great find! > I can imagine the excitement you would have experienced. > Regards, > Aarti > > > On Thursday, July 11, 2013 5:59:26 PM UTC+4, D.S Rawat wrote: >> >> *Arenaria curvifolia* Majumdar (Caryophyllaceae) was collected by >> J.F.Duthie, an elglishmen, in 1885 from Kuari Pass (a notch in high ridge >> connecting Nandakini Valley and Dhauli Valley at an altitude of about >> 3800m) area. Based on these specimens housed at FRI Dehradun N.C.Majumdar >> described this species in 1980. Despite of numerous botanical explorations >> in Garhwal Himalaya by various Taxonomis this species eluded all. >> >> In 2006 we (I and Dr C.S.Rana) conducted a through search in its type >> locality. On third day at the final stage of our futile search rain started >> at this altitude of 3600m and we decided to make a cup of tea along a >> rivulet. While Dr Rana was preparing tea on stove I walked towards a steep >> rock just in frustration of failure. Just as a joke to reduce this tension >> of failure I said to Dr Rana that we have to call soul of J.F.Duthie to >> guide us to the spot. Afterwards, I reached just below this moss laden >> dripping rock and my eyes glued to a white flowered herb suspecting it as >> *A.curvifolia*. Few meters closer and I jumped in euphoria, hey Rana >> ji! we have found it. Elated by my call he ran towards me while our >> kerosene stove and boiling tea tumbled down on steep slope. We hugged each >> other for this unexpected success at this juncture. The first picture show >> Dr Rana with plant later. >> >> Joy of finding a presumed extinct species or a species not recorded for >> the last one century is exhilarating to a Taxonomist and such moments are >> few in life. >> >> A little more information and image can be seen at following link: >> >> >> http://www.flowersofindia.**net/catalog/slides/Chamoli%**20Sandwort.html<http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Chamoli%20Sandwort.html> >> >> DSRawat Pantnagar[image: Inline image 3][image: Inline image 4][image: >> Inline image 5][image: Inline image 2] >> > -- > 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. > 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
