Cephalanthera longifolia (family: Orchidaceae). Apologies for wrong spelling. Pankaj
On Dec 22, 9:16 pm, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for sharing. This is an orchid > Cephlanthera longifolia....available in VoF. I think I can make out > from the pic where U have seen this. > BTW VoF is not located at 4000m but at around 3600m. Hemkunt is at 4100-4200m. > > Regards > Pankaj > > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Rakesh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Valley of flowers is at an altitude of around 4000 mtrs. and having an > > extremely cold snowy weather. The photo was taken in June 2007. Normally the > > flowering season is August onwards. > > > Rakesh > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India
