You also bring the beauty of the place live. Thanks, Anurag ji. On 20 May 2017 6:43 p.m., "Ashwini Bhatia" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I trekked to Kareri lake on Monday with friends and was glad to find the > pink rhododendron, our state flower. I have been looking for this for a > while and found hundreds of them growing near the lake at 3300m. I saw the > first shrub at about 2900m. > > I am very familiar with *R. arboreum* and noticed the differences between > that and *R. campanulatum*; > > The first is a tree that can sometime be quite large while the second is a > shrub. > The first has more elongated leaves with silvery undersides, the second > more oval with woolly brown undersides. > The first has no discernible aroma, the second has a delicate pleasing > smell. > The maturing ovaries are hairy on the first and smooth on the second. > The first has red flowers but can sometime bear light pink flowers while > the second has nearly white to dark pink flowers. > > *Rhododendron campanulatum* > Kareri Lake and just below > 2900-3300m > 15-16 May 2017 > > > Thanks. > Ashwini > > > -- > 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 email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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.
