What a nice inspiring write up and life's experience Thanks for the picture... i'll never get to see this other than here...
Appreciate your comment about the analog camera its negatives etc... same here.. Usha di On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Dr. G. S. Rawat <[email protected]> wrote: > Hearty Congratulations, Dharmendra! Keep it up!! > I had the privilege of botanizing in parts of Tungnath with Jitendra and > Avanindra. We all are proud of you. > > Best regards - G S Rawat > -- > > > On Saturday, January 3, 2015 12:10:42 PM UTC+5:30, D.S Rawat wrote: > >> My flora picture of the year 2014 is: >> >> *Pegaeophyton purii* (D.S.Rawat, L.R.Dangwal & R.D.Gaur) Al-Shehbaz >> (Brassicaceae) >> >> >> >> The genus has only seven species in the world, most of them described in >> last 30-40 years, occurring in alpine Himalaya and adjacent China. >> >> This species was described by us in 1996 though the specimens were >> collected much earlier by me from Roopkund area in Uttarakhand. This area >> is a high Himalayan terrain with hostile climate and strenuous tracks. I >> trekked to Rupkund and adjacent areas as early as in 1987 as a B.Sc. >> student to participate in the Asia’s longest religious on foot journey (20 >> days, *+* 200kms) “Nanda Devi Raj Jat 1987”. This area made a deep >> impression in my mind and called me back in 1990s twice as a research >> student. I missed the Nanda Devi Raj Jat in 2000 but collected all my >> energy and strength to join this journey in 2014. The objective was to see >> and photograph the flora of this area (photographs and negatives of optical >> cameras shot earlier have become a history and of little use) in addition >> to religious reverence. >> >> *Pegaeophyton purii* is a tiny perennial herb (rosettes 2-3 cm across >> only) with sparse population restricted to Roopund area (a point endemic) >> in the world. After a long gap of nearly two decades I was sceptical about >> our encounter with it. BUT the hard toil proved worthy as I was able to >> photograph this species first time in the world. The tiny beauty rising up >> from the rock crevices and between small boulders greeted us at least at >> 5-6 places, still persisting in its native land. >> >> I have added two more pics to show the area, one depicting the type >> locality and other showing panorama behind the ridge. This entire area >> sustains some splendid alpines, breathtaking views of Himalayan peaks and >> rich flora. The love for these landscapes had rewarded me one new species >> and few, collected this year, are to be published as new. >> >> I have posted it earlier too >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/b/brassicaceae/pegaeophyton/pegaeophyton-purii> >> . >> >> Who knows when I will be able to visit this area once again? >> >> Dr D.S.Rawat >> Department of Biological Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & >> Technology Pantnagar-263 145 Uttarakhand, INDIA >> >> -- > 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. > -- Usha di =========== -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
