Thank yoi Chris ! On 17 Jan 2017 09:45, "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks, Chadwell ji. > > On 16 January 2017 at 22:06, C CHADWELL <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> The common xerophytic rose in Ladakh in Rosa webbiana. >> >> Dickore & Klimes only record this pink-flowered species (plus >> some yellow-flowered ones) in Ladakh. There is a prominent yellow- >> flowered rose in the Miyah Nullah, Lahoul during the treks I led there >> in the mid-1980s, which I understood to be R.foetida but has been >> confused with R.eglanteria. Will need to check what the current thinking >> is? >> >> I think these images fit satisfactorily this species but one has to be >> aware of the possibility of Rosa macrophylla (like Rosa sericea, this >> varies a good deal when growing under different conditions). >> >> Stewart describes R.webbiana as the beautiful, pink, very spiny >> xerophytic rose of >> N.Pakistan & Ladakh (he does not record it from Kashmir Valley) @ >> 1500-4050m. >> He found it sometimes hard to distinguish from R.macrophylla. Koelz >> stated that >> R.webbiana does not spread by suckers but that R.macrophylla does. >> >> I have seen what I consider to be Rosa macrophylla on the Rohtang >> and above Koksar in Lahaul. >> >> I must admit to wondering if the xerophytic rose I came across in the >> Mustang >> District of the Upper Kali Gandaki, on my first visit to Nepal was a form >> of Rosa >> webbiana I was unfamiliar with - *it was in fact Rosa sericea.* >> >> The forms of Rosa webbiana in the Kashmir Valley look a bit different to >> those >> in Ladakh and there is a dwarf variant which I saw on the hill (mountain) >> above >> Dal Lake, known at one time as Rosa nanothamnus Boulenger but included >> with R.webbiana >> by some authors, to consider. Stewart lists this from N.Pakistan & >> Kashmir @ 1500-2700m, >> saying it is replaced by R.webbiana in the dry inner valleys. >> >> There are a number of roses both cultivated and perhaps wild, in Kashmir >> I am uncertain >> about. >> >> Since a link was provided to Rosa webbiana entries on eFI, I think it >> will be worthwhile if >> I take a quick look at these and give my INITIAL thoughts. >> >> I suspect it may be worthwhile me posting what images I have of roses in >> the Himalaya. >> >> >> Best Wishes, >> >> >> Chris Chadwell >> >> >> 81 Parlaunt Road >> SLOUGH >> SL3 8BE >> UK >> >> www.shpa.org.uk >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* J.M. Garg <[email protected]> >> *To:* efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> *Cc:* Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Monday, 16 January 2017, 12:20 >> *Subject:* Fwd: Rosa webbiana Wall. (accepted name) ??? >> >> Forwarding again for Id assistance please. >> Some earlier relevant feedback: >> efi page on Rosa webbiana >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/r/rosaceae/rosa/rosa-webbiana> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: *Saroj Kasaju* <[email protected]> >> Date: 3 January 2017 at 20:32 >> Subject: Rosa webbiana Wall. (accepted name) ??? >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, "J.M. Garg" < >> [email protected]> >> >> >> Dear Members, >> >> Location: Nubra Valley, Leh >> Altitude: 10000 ft. >> Date: 22 August 2014 >> >> 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'. >> >> >> > > > -- > 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). 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