Thanks Dr. Rawat for enriching me about this plant. Thanks Nidhan ji for appreciation!
Thanks, Sukla ------------------------------------------------ Sukla Chanda, PhD Science & Education, The Field Museum, Chicago IL. On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 12:07 AM, D.S Rawat <[email protected]>wrote: > Yes the most beautiful flowering tree in the Himalaya. Sir J.D.Hooker was > amazed by the beauty of this tree and carried it to kew. Many ornamental > Rhodos developed in Europe have blood of this tree in them. > The specific epithet is always changed to "arboretum" by computers, it is " > *arboreum*". > Regards. > DSRawat Pantnagar > > > On Thursday, February 27, 2014 10:27:02 AM UTC+5:30, Sukla Chanda wrote: >> >> >> *Rhododendron arboretum Sm. (Ericaceae) * >> >> It is an evergreen shrub or small tree with a showy display of bright red >> flowers. >> >> Rhododendron arboreum is the national >> flower<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_flower>of >> Nepal <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal> and the state >> tree<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_tree>of >> Uttarakhand <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttarakhand>. >> >> Place of photography: *Shingba Rhododendron Sanctuary*, Lachung valley, >> *North >> Sikkim.* >> >> Date: May, 2008 >> >> >> Thanks, >> Sukla >> ------------------------------------------------ >> Sukla Chanda, PhD >> Science & Education, >> The Field Museum, Chicago IL. >> > -- > 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.
