Nepali Name : भोटे गुलाफ Bhote Gulaaf Thank you.
Saroj Kasaju On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 11:41 AM Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote: > 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). 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'. >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAEf%3DytQN_5yL9_%3Do_y3OF9-d8Jj7SYvJrgNR67Zn-C%2B-dexKzw%40mail.gmail.com.
