Enjoyed your images of *Rhododendron lepidotum* which I last photographed in Nepal near to Muktinath, a few years back. It certainly occurs over a wide altitudinal range, from some 2400 to 4500m and in both high rainfall districts and in drier, more exposed areas in the Tibetan borderlands such as upper Mustang. There is no record in the Kathmandu Valley, though a few of the 'mountain' tops are high enough - just. *Well worth, on future occasions photographing the undersides of the petals and leaves, showing the scales.* This is a fairly typical colour variant but others occur incl. pale yellow (not that I have seen these). Known from Pakistan through to SW China, one of the 4 species found in the NW Himalaya (I am not including Uttarakhand within this region, which also has *R.barbatum* and a species described in recent years as new by one of this group's leading members).
Back in N.Pakistan & Kashmir, Stewart described it as a plant of the birch zone in many places with a similar altitudinal range - though not recorded from Ladakh. It is found on the Rohtang in HP, though usually at lower elevations that *R.anthopogon* var. *hypenanthum* (which does reach into Ladakh, just). On Wednesday, 5 October 2016 16:50:57 UTC+1, Saroj Kumar Kasaju wrote: > Dear Members, > > Sharing some pictures of > *Rhododendron lepidotum *Wall. (accepted name) > shot at Kalinchowk Nepal > on 25 July 2014 > at 12000 ft. > > Thank you. > > Saroj Kasaju > -- 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.
