Dear Anil
I first came across Lilium polyphyllum in Kashmir. My small team in 1983
camped on a small island in the Lidder river onthe way to Aru from Pahlgam -
this lily grew here. The crossing to the island consisted of a tree trunk.
Sadly, just 2 years latera wooden bridge had been made to allow vehicles across
- no sign of the lily!
Members of a botanical tour found a good colony of this lily in forest above
Manali and told me of it - I was able to locate this.Unfortunately, the colony
may have expired. There is a great deal of house building and planting of both
apple orchards andother crops - there were some such fields before. Presumably
this is the explanation. Cardiocrinum giganteum was still visible.
Stewart knew it from N.Pakistan and Kashmir @ 2100-3000m. Even then (some 50
years back) he observed that possibly due to pickingthis lily is nowhere
abundant.
You mention NBPG - is this The National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources?
Best Wishes,
Chris Chadwell
81 Parlaunt Road
SLOUGH
SL3 8BE
UK
www.shpa.org.uk
From: Anil Thakur <[email protected]>
To: J.M. Garg <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]; efloraofindia
<[email protected]>; Nidhan Singh <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, 28 October 2016, 19:22
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:255124] Re: Hatoo (Narkanda, Shimla, H.P.) AT
OCT2016/12
Yes, Garg Ji and Chadwell ji
There are many problems like over grazing, excessive human
interference and development. I have never come across Lilium
polyphyllum till date. A conservation project on this plant was
awarded to NBPG, but they have to return the money as they were unable
to collect the plant from this area.
Shali is another area rich in plant diversity. That is approximately
50km away from this place.
Regards
On 10/28/16, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks, Chadwell ji.
>
> On 28 Oct 2016 5:11 pm, "[email protected]" <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Another place worth visiting (have any of this group's members botanized
>> there, I wonder) mentioned by Collet is 'The Chor' located at 30 52' and
>> 77
>> 32'
>> to the South-East of Shimla rises to some 3600m. I did see a book about
>> a
>> survey of this area in a book-shop at Shimla some years back but this was
>> beyond my tight budget. As Collet says this and Hatugarh (Hatu) are the
>> only elevations in the district on which there is subalpine vegetation.
>>
>> I noted over-grazing on Hatu so some of the plants mentioned as growing
>> there in Collet's time are probably no longer present - just as *Lilium
>> polyphyllum* which is the Frontispiece in 'Flora Simlensis' was once
>> common in Shimla woods but is surely rare or its colonies have been
>> trampled, over-grazed, plucked or its habitat destroyed by construction.
>>
>> And one should not forget Shali 'Peak' which has records for species not
>> recorded elsewhere in the district.
>>
>> On Monday, October 24, 2016 at 6:16:14 PM UTC+1, Anil Thakur wrote:
>>
>>> Hatoo is a place frequently mentioned in Collett's 'FLORA SIMLENSIS'.
>>> It is about 75km away from Shimla (H.P.) on Rampur road and rich in
>>> plant biodiversity.
>>> It was a nice experience to visit Hatoo alongwith Dr. Nidhan Singh and
>>> his students. Although we were quite late as most of the plants had
>>> died, still we got some in our collection.
>>>
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>>> With best Regards,
>>>
>>> Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur
>>>
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