Really nice photograph Rajesh ji
-- 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 Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Rajesh Sachdev <[email protected]> wrote: > Name of the Species: Ceropegia vincaefolia > > Common Name: Forest Flytrap (English), Kharchudi Kandil (Marathi) > > Photographed on: 7th August, 2011 > > Location : Jummapatti, Matheran-Neral Route, Maharashtra. > > Habitat: Hill slope, open forest. > > Description: Termed as endemic (Western Ghats) and rare/threatened > plant of the region, we (Sushant & me) were not expecting to see it in > Matheran. Matheran although resembles most of Sahyadri (Western Ghats) > but is not literally connected to the main ridge and perhaps that is > the reason that we were not actually expecting this at the said > location. This record has inspired me, by and large, to prepare the > check-list of flora of this hill station. The documentation, field > work, is likely to start soon and would go on for couple of years. > > > -- > Regards > Rajesh Sachdev > http://www.facebook.com/leopardguy >
