Dear Gurcharan Singh ji, Nice set of Photographs. Regards Prashant On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]>wrote:
> Gurcharan ji > Thanks a lot for the locations. > When we visited in September, there was a lot of mist and a few showers, > so we could not go beyond Kondoor. The second stage of cable car could be > seen going in the mist. > Due to this, we could hardly explore the place. > Hoping to visit sometime during flowering season. > Regards, > Aarti > > > On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear Tanay >> I am still managing with my extension tubes, mostly 36 mm >> >> Aarti ji >> >> It is above the first stop of Gandola cable car, known as Kondoor. about >> 500 m to its right is famous Khillenmarg meadow, and mountain slopes above >> are Apharwat. The second stage cable car goes to the top of Apharwat >> mountain. We have Gulmarg (2400 m), Khillenmarg (3000 m) and top of >> Apharwat mountain about 4000 m. Just below this peak on the other side is >> famous Ahlpathar lake. >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Tanay Bose <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Sir Ji did you get new lens? >>> The macros came out really great! >>> Tanay >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 9:33 PM, Aarti S. Khale >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Gurcharan ji, >>>> Beautiful pictures. >>>> Where exactly is Apharwat? >>>> Is it the same place you go further up from Gulmarg? >>>> Aarti >>>> >>>> On Dec 18, 8:56 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > *Silene cashmeriana* (Royle) Majumdar, J. Indian Bot. Soc. 42: 649 >>>> 649 , >>>> > 1963 >>>> > Syn: *Lychnis* *cashmeriana* Royle ; *Melandrium* *cashmerianum* >>>> (Royle) >>>> > Walp. ; *Silene indica* var. *cashmeriana* (Majumdar) Y. Nasir >>>> > >>>> > Similar to Silene indica but with more robust habit, scaberulous >>>> ovate to >>>> > ovate-lanceolate leaves, flowers larger in contracted cymes, calyx >>>> larger >>>> > 18-25 mm long, green with purplish veins, distinct acute lobes; >>>> petals are >>>> > distinct from both S. indica var. indica and S. indica var. >>>> edgeworthii; >>>> > limb as long as var. indica but lobes much more and deeply cut, half >>>> as >>>> > long as var. edgeworthii but not fimbriate; carpophore 1/4 as long as >>>> > capsule. >>>> > >>>> > Photographed from Apharwat mountain slopes alt. 3200 m in Kashmir. >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>>> > Retired Associate Professor >>>> > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>>> > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>>> > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>>> > >>>> > Silene-cashmeriana-Apharwat-Kashmir-1-P1110224.jpg >>>> > 257KViewDownload >>>> > >>>> > Silene-cashmeriana-Apharwat-Kashmir-1-P1110226.jpg >>>> > 392KViewDownload >>>> > >>>> > Silene-cashmeriana-Apharwat-Kashmir-2-P1110227.jpg >>>> > 341KViewDownload >>>> > >>>> > Silene-cashmeriana-Apharwat-Kashmir-3-P1110223.jpg >>>> > 311KViewDownload >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *Tanay Bose* >>> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. >>> Department of Botany. >>> University of British Columbia . >>> 3529-6270 University Blvd. >>> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) >>> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) >>> 604-822-2019 (Lab) >>> 604-822-6089 (Fax) >>> [email protected] >>> *Webpages:* >>> http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html >>> http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html >>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >
