A reply: " THE PICTURE [POSTED ON RHODODENDRON, IF TAKEN IN OOTY HILLS, IS RHODODENDRON NILIGIRICUM Zenk.
it is found growing in nilgiris, , palnis and hills of s. kerala above 1666 m in open places. please see my book ' forest trees of the western ghats'. it is not found in karnataka. The flowers of the climber posted appear to be of thunbergbgia mysorensis, which is quite common in the western ghats. S.G.Neginhal IFS (Retd) #643, 9th Main, 2nd Cross, 3rd Stage, 3rd Block, Basaveshwarnagar, BANGALORE 560079 09341634765 080 23223981" On 18/03/2012, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > A reply: > "Supporting PankajJi: Azalea sp > Santhosh" > > On 17/03/2012, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >> >> Some earlier relevant feedback: >> >> “Its a *species of Rhododendron*, most probably the type species >> *Rhododendron >> ferrugineum* of Ericaceae” from Sid ji. >> >> >> >> “This *looks like Azalea* to me !!” from Pankaj ji. >> >> >> >> “I got a doubt. I never seen Rhododendron at Coorg. Is it available in >> those areas? >> Regards” from Kannan ji. >> >> >> On 3 March 2012 08:44, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Pink Haut - Flower from Mudigere 03Mar2012AR01 >>> Leaf -5cms approx, Whorl, elliptic to linear, Flower-3-4cms >>> Habitat Home garden in a coffee estate >>> Mudigere, Chikkamagalur, Karnataka, Western ghats >>> 13 Dec 2011 05:40PM >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> raghu ananth >>> >>> Chennai >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg ([email protected]) >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* >> & >> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >> alphabetically & place-wise): >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use >> them >> for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1820 members & >> 1,10,000 messages on 29/2/12) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of more than 6000 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1820 members & > 1,10,000 messages on 29/2/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 6000 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1820 members & 1,10,000 messages on 29/2/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 6000 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'.
