Mahadewara ji ... got this book from "The Shoppe" in the premises of the "Kodagu Valley Resort" of Club Mahindra ... about 8 kms away from Madikeri town.
Wildflowers of Kodagu Dr T Ananda Rao published by Coorg Wildlife Society 1999 Price: Rs 160, 48 pages. 106 plants briefly described along with colour photo, common name in English (if any) and local name (if any) Of the 106 plants, 44 are orchids. Putting the resort contact details: (getting in touch may need lot of patience !!) Contact Person: Vikas Syal (General Manager) Address: Club Mahindra Kodagu Valley Galibeedu Road Kalakeri Nidugane Village Madikeri, Dist. Coorg Karnataka 571204 Tel : 91–8272-221114 Mobile : 9686662213 Fax : 91-8272-221882 Email : [email protected] Regards. Dinesh On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Mahadeswara <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for sharing the photos. I will watch out for this rose when I > visit Madikeri. Sir, can you give the details of the book > "Wildflowers of Kodagu" by Dr T Ananda Rao, you have quoted. I would > like to purchase this book. > > On Apr 11, 11:27 pm, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear friends, > > > > Attached (cropped) photos are of one of the rare rose found in the high > > altitude wilderness of southern and central Western Ghats ... most > probably > > endemic. > > *Rosa leschenaultiana* Red. & Thory ex. Wight & Arn ... *Rosa > sempervirens*var. > > *leschenaultiana* Thory (basionym) > > Not much is discussed about this plant on the internet. > > > > Used "Wildflowers of Kodagu" by Dr T Ananda Rao as reference for ID ... > he > > mentions local name as ಕಾಡು ಗುಲಾಬಿ ಹೂವು *kaadu gulaabi huvu*, translated > > would mean: wild briar (OR brier) flower > > A Badaga-English dictionary by Paul Hockings, Christiane Pilot-Raichoor > has > > an entry for this plant with English names as Nilgiri cluster-rose, > Nilgiri > > dog-rose. > > > > Will be glad to know the Tamil name of this plant OR the local name used > by > > people of Nilgiri ... would it be *semmati* OR *cemmati* ? > > > > Date/Time : March 30, 2011 at 5.59pm IST > > Location Place : outskirts of Madikeri town, Karnataka ... 12.450505, > > 75.711958 on Google maps <http://goo.gl/maps/9b5F> > > Altitude : 3606 ft (above mean sea level) > > > > Regards. > > Dinesh > > > > PS: Please bear with the quality of photos ... all the 3 days at Coorg > were > > overcast. > > > > P1360193_CROPPED.jpg > > 194KViewDownload > > > > P1360183_CROPPED.jpg > > 194KViewDownload
