Dear Chris/ Mr. Garg, It was not flowering then but plant was not there today at the spot. However, keeping in mind the flowering season and leaf structure I guessed it to be G. capitata.
Thank you. Saroj Kasaju On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 6:32 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Chadwell ji > > On 11 Nov 2016 1:04 am, "[email protected]" < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> It is difficult as the flowers are only in bud and I am not that familiar >> with flora at these lower elevations in the Eastern Himalaya but a quick >> looks suggests this is not Gentiana pedicellata (which is known from such >> elevations in Nepal). Appears closer to Gentiana capitata - cannot locate >> too many images claiming to be this from internet - though there are line >> drawings of both species in 'Flowers of the Himalaya'. There is an image >> in Alok's blog which you will all know but IF that is correct, it >> represents a NW extension of its range. Previously only known from Kumaon >> to Bhutan, Assam, Myanamar. Flowers of Himalaya say Uttarakhand to SE >> Tibet @ 1500-4500m (which is quite an altitudinal range). They say >> flowering December to April. >> >> I also checked with efI which has a number of postings thought to be this >> (mostly in fruit). Would be useful to see it in flower. *What do >> others think? I am uncertain (not ready yet to comment on Gentianaceae on >> efI* - still occupied with Primulaceae and then would cover other >> families before facing the gentians). >> >> >> On Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at 2:06:32 PM UTC, Saroj Kumar Kasaju >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Members, >>> >>> Location: Pilot Baba Ashram, Bhaktapur , Nepal >>> Altitude: 5500 ft. >>> Date: 26 September 2016 >>> >>> *Gentiana capitata *(accepted name) ??? >>> >>> 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.
