Thank you Garg Ji and Gurcharan JI. Thanks are also due to Dr. Chadwell. With regards,
NS Joshi On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 10:45 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: 4 October 2016 at 20:33 > Subject: [efloraofindia:252943] Re: Kailash-Mansarovar Yatra:: Wild flower > for ID NSJ-OCT 16/03 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > I agree with Dr Singh that this is likely to be *Pedicularis bifida*. > One always needs to be ultra cautious with such a taxonomically difficult > genus as *Pedicularis*. > But this appears fairly distinctive with, as 'Flowers of Himalaya' states, > "distinguished by its entire, not lobed, leaves which are narrow-elliptic > with coarse rounded teeth and by its pink flowers... the upper lip with a > slender straight beak enlarged below into a curved base 2-3 times as long" > Flowers in a lax leafy spike. They give an altitudinal range of > 1000-2700m. From Himachal Pradesh to Bhutan. > > Stewart noted that in FBI its range was given as from Kashmir to Sikkim > (not much access to Bhutan in 19th Century) but he had only seen it in the > Mussorie Hills. > > There is a line drawing of it in 'Flora Simlensis' but under a synonym of > *Pedicularis > carnosa*. Collet found the plant at Shimla and Mushobra. There is no > photo in 'Flowers of the Himalaya'. > > I first came across it when shown a pressed specimen made by Narsim, who > lived beside the Naryanawamy Ashram in Kumaon (close to the border with > Nepal). Narsim arrived here aged 17, from S.India, long before the Ashram > was built. I met him in 2000 by which time he was an old man. He had > botanised for 50+ years. He lived along what was the old pilgrimage route > to Mt. Kailash. So the location of this plant fits well. > > > On Monday, 3 October 2016 18:44:12 UTC+1, raj wrote: > >> Dear Members, >> >> Wild flower for ID. Photo taken near Sirkha camp Aug 12, 2016. Altitude >> around 7500 feet. >> >> -- >> With Regards, >> Narendra Joshi >> > -- > 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 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- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 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'. > -- With Regards, Narendra Joshi -- 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.
