Just wanted to add one more thing. I couldnt find any collection of D. umbrosa from Kashmir at Kew's Herbarium Catalogue. So thats the problem with research, every one doesn't have access to every reference at a given point, so people tend to miss. You took the specimen to UK, but may be if you had left one specimen at Dehradun. your finding could have appeared in the Orchids of NW Himalaya.
On Tuesday, 7 February 2017 16:17:58 UTC+8, JM Garg wrote: > > Thanks, Chadwell ji > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "C CHADWELL" <[email protected]> > Date: 7 Feb 2017 12:38 p.m. > Subject: Dactylorhiza umbrosa was not FIRST found in 2012 near Vishensar > Lake, Kashmir but by Chris Chadwell's team in Ladakh in 1980! > To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> > Cc: > > I am currently preparing a posting about New Records for Ladakh found > during the University of Southampton Expedition to Ladakh in 1980 when I > was team-leading of the botanical project which was a botanical survey of > the Suru Valley. > > We collected a Marsh Orchid: Dactylorhiza umbrosa (Kar. et Kir.) our > collection number SULE 16 - which was deposited in the herbarium of the > University of Kashmir. *This was 32 years before 2012... According to > the article it represents an ADDITION TO THE FLORA OF INDIA....* > Duplicate specimens went to Kew; triplicate specimens to University of > Southampton. > > See: > https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304498649_Dactylorhiza_umbrosa_Kar_Kir_Nevski_Orchidaceae_an_addition_to_flora_of_India_from_Kashmir_Himalaya > > > My team collected this at Panichar, 3300m, grassy verge between Chalang > Nullah and irrigation channel; wet sandy loam in marshy area with > Trifolium, Euphrasia, grasses. To 35cm, deep mauve with purple markings on > lower petals; occasionally white forms. > > *I noted in the Report of the Expedition that Dactylorhiza umbrosa was > considered by some authors to be only part of the Dactylorhiza hatagirea > complex. * > > *Stewart in his Annotated Catalogue lists both D.hatagirea and D.umbrosa > (collected in Chitral) observing it was probably distinct but part of the > D.hatagirea complex.* > > *In my recent postings about Dactylorhiza I had assumed our 1980 > collection was part of this complex but as D.umbrosa appears to be* > *an accepted name and the specimens were identified at Kew one presumably > can trust their determination.* > > *Thus, it appears, my team found this orchid for the first time in Indian > territory back in 1980.* > > *I would naturally welcome the thoughts of our orchid specialist.* > > > > Best Wishes, > > > Chris Chadwell > > > 81 Parlaunt Road > SLOUGH > SL3 8BE > UK > > www.shpa.org.uk > > > > > -- 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.
