Lovely picture. Thanks Balkarji for calling back thrilling memories of Tirthan Valley. With your kind permission let me post a picture with the beautiful backdrop of the waterfall where we saw this rare plant. Waiting for the announcement of 2015 trip.
On Wednesday, 31 December 2014 15:24:09 UTC+5:30, Balkar wrote: > > Dear All > This Year in June we planned to visit Great Himalayan National Park and > Banjar valley in Himachal. Just near the scheduled plan, only we two > members me and Shrikant Ingalhalikar ji were ready to go. During this 7-8 > days event we visited many places like Chehni Kothi, Shringi Rishi Ashram, > Shikari Devi Temple Jalori Pass, Naldehra, Narkanda, Banjar, Tirthan Valley > etc. Also this time we faced the two big problems, one is Brake Failure of > Our Car while climbing Down from Jalori pass and Accommodation and Food > Problem on last night of visit. > Despite of all such things, this tour will always be remembered for the > exciting wonderful flora we could get during this visit, Hospitality > provided at Brahmkumari's Guest House Near Tirthan and above all excellent > colors of nature spreading over the entire Banjar, Tirthan Valley and > around Shikari Devi Temple. The two most exciting findings were *Cardiocrinum > giganteum* and *Capparis spinosa. *I saw Giant Himalayan Lily first time > and it was in full bloom. *Capparis spinosa* we could find in flowering > at only one place and on only a single plant in that non flowering season > for that plant. > One plant *Cardiocrinum giganteum, *The Giant Himalayan Lily, I am > sharing as my flora picture of the year 2014. > Thanks > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany & > 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

