Correctly identified. Flora of Lahaul-Spiti says common in glacial moraines and on moist rocks - I find the former habitat rather surprising, indeed likely to be an error.
Stewart recorded Bergenia stracheyi as very common at high altitudes growing on rocks in the open usually 3000-4200m (not typically the altitude of glacial moraines) in Kashmir. That fits with my experience. He recognised a variety which was smaller from Ladakh & Spiti - I have seen photos of it in Ladakh. It is found commonly near passes in the Kulu Valley. Flowers of the Himalaya say the common alpine species of the W. Himalaya from Afghanistan to Uttarakhand. Flowers pink, white or greenish. Leaves often colour up reddish in autumn. On Friday, July 24, 2009 at 3:22:07 PM UTC+1, satish phadke wrote: > Very few of these observed plants were flowering (in Last week of Jun > 2009.) > This plant was just at the base of a huge rock few km further from Rohtang > Pass. > I had to request the driver to stop the qualis suddenly when I spotted > these flowers, which were higher up from the road. > Everybody was eager to reach the first camp site in Chhatru in Lahaul > after tiring journey from Manali to Rohtang which took us 7 hours due to > traffic jams and bad condition of roads. > Dr Satish phadke > > -- > > http:// satishphadke.blogspot.com > -- 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.
