>From HIMALAYA to DOON VALLEY, crossing SHIVALIKS, across the ARAVALLIS, jumping over the ARID ZONE into the WESTERN GHATS, and now at the base of AGASTAMALAYA HILLS......home for the famous endemic Paphiopedilum druryii.........saw tonnes of Orchids today. I think..........I AM LOVING IT......
Met my MAHAGURU, Dr. C. Sathish Kumar and also met Dr. E.S.Santhosh Kumar one of our eflora members. Will be spending one week here and then back to doon. This is one of my dream trips. Reaching Dehradun by 2nd Feb and on 18th flying to Sikkim. Thats another of my dream trips. Regards Pankaj -- *********************************************** "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
