Simply superb catch Suresh ji. Unique one. Had been seeing so many of your high altitude plants but this one is some thing special. Thanks for sharing.
Regards Prashant On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Suresh ji for sharing this unique high altitude plant. I can > imagine your joy on having photographed this plant. > > > -- > 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 Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 6:45 PM, Suresh Kumar Rana > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Respected All >> I am sharing the photograph of Saussurea hopefully *Saussurea >> gossypiphora *as my Flora of year 2011. >> During the month of August 2011 I was in alpine regions of my area with >> my cousin for field study. We spent many nights in the natural caves and >> that was an unforgettable experiences. On 6th August 2011 we stayed in a >> cave at an altitude of 4800 meters asl and decided to spend the whole day >> of 7th August above the altitude of 5000 meters asl in order to collect the >> high altitude species of Saussurea, Rhodiola, Saxifraga etc. But >> unfortunately it started raining at 4 a.m. and we were unable to >> decide whether to go higher or come down. At last we waited till 12 p.m >> when the rain stopped and we went higher. At the higher altitude we found >> many beautiful plants among which this one was the most beautiful growing >> in the crevices rocks at a height of 5200 meters asl. >> >> -- >> Warm regards >> Suresh Rana >> >> > > >
