Ashwini ji, Your photographs are extremely beautiful. Congrats.
On Thursday, 25 February 2016 12:15:40 UTC+5:30, ashwini wrote: > > Thank you Mr Garg for your encouragement. I look forward to sharing more > from my travels. > > Regards, > Ashwini > > On 25-Feb-2016, at 12:03 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Wonderful presentation, Ashwini ji > > On 24 February 2016 at 19:40, Ashwini Bhatia <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I was away for about two weeks and in my absence Rhododendrons appeared >> and almost vanished (locals collect them for various delicacies and I have >> had chutney, pakoras, wine and sherbet made from theses flowers). I had >> seen some trees flowering early this year—as early as late December. Before >> leaving I had collected a couple of flowers to study closely and today I >> photographed some trees in the evening. Here are the results; >> >> *Rhododendron arboreum*—Rose Tree, and locally *Brah* and *Brans* >> 1750m and above, pure forests above 2000m >> Above Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP >> Photos through February >> >> Full bloom; >> <_MG_0834_24Feb2016.jpg> >> <_MG_0836_24Feb2016.jpg> >> >> Lovely pink-brown bark; >> <_MG_9578_08Feb2016.jpg> >> >> Flowers appear in cluster such as this. The black spots on the inside are >> clearly visible; >> <_MG_0864_24Feb2016.jpg> >> >> Stamens (x10) with tube like anthers to contain pollen; >> <_MG_9826_10Feb2016.jpg><_MG_9830_10Feb2016.jpg> >> >> Black spots at the base of fused petals; >> <_MG_9839_10Feb2016.jpg> >> >> One long pistil coated in pollen which is also seen spilling out of the >> anthers; >> <_MG_9851_10Feb2016.jpg> >> <_MG_9975_10Feb2016.jpg><_MG_9981_10Feb2016.jpg> >> >> The whole pistil with ovary which is ridged and hairy; >> <_MG_0003_10Feb2016.jpg><_MG_0020_10Feb2016.jpg><_MG_0025_10Feb2016.jpg> >> >> Shades of leaves through the season; >> <IMG_5639_12Jan2016.jpg> >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 2500 members & 2,25,000 messages on 18.6.15) or > Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 11,000 species & 2,00,000 images). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
