Thank you Mr. Chadwell. On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 10:37 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: 7 October 2016 at 01:22 > Subject: Re: Rhododendron lepidotum Wall. (accepted name) > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > > > 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 >> > > > > -- > 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'. > -- 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.
