Can you please let me know the elevational details of the sanctuary? Himachal is very much unexplored with respect to orchids. I remember in one week of my stay in Himachal we found 4 new records for the state. Unfortunately we couldnt publish them somehow. Would certainly like to meet you sometime and do some exploration in the nearby areas of Chamba, if you dont mind. Regards Pankaj
On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Alok & Isabelle <[email protected]>wrote: > Thank you Pankaj ji, > Sorry I could not reply back too... we've been without electricity.. > totally cut off from the world since last three days... After reading about > the calanthe description on the net that it grows at the end of winter and > early spring, I went searching today... Guess it is too early, did not find > a trace.. > maybe little later.. It was the only orchid I found of it's type in the > sanctuary... > Sincere regards > Alok > > On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 20:04 +0530, Pankaj Kumar wrote: > > Sorry for the delay. I somehow skipped this. > Pankaj > > > > > -- > Himalayan Village Education Trust > Village Khudgot, > P.O. Dalhousie > District Chamba > H.P. 176304, Indiawww.hive.interconnection.orgwww.hivetrust.wordpress.com > www.forwildlife.wordpress.com > > -- *********************************************** "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
