Sir ji, Really very beautiful. When I visited Pahalgam in Sept,11, I was able to photograph the plant when the flower had fallen off. You had identified it then as Paonia emodi, the Himalayan Peony. I was eager to see the flower. Thanks for sharing. Regards, Aarti
On Friday, May 18, 2012 6:36:26 AM UTC+4, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > > This year I had planned an early visit to Kashmir to capture some early > flowering plants, especially bulbous plants, Prunus, Salix and Populus. I > got delayed by nearly fifteen days to miss many of these but am being well > compensated by many interesting captures. Yesterday while driving towards > Pahalgam, a few kilometres before, I noticed a huge patch of this profusely > flowering Himalayan Peony, across the river. While returning back I asked > my Bhabi who has huge interest in garden plants to keep watch on our side > of the river, and finally was able to capture this Himalayan beauty, my > last capture yesterday. Paeonia emodi Wall. ex Royle, Ill. bot. Himal. > Mts. 1(2):57. 1834 > Common name: Himalayan peony > Hindi: Ud-salap > Punjab: Mamekh, chandra > Kashmir: Mid > > Robust perennial often up to 1 m tall; leaves alternate, 30-60 cm long > with 3 leaflets, each commonly 3-parted into up to 15 cm long lanceolate > entire segments; flowers 7-12 cm across, white, each on long stalk; sepals > 5, orbicular, green, persistent; petals 5-10, ovate, concave; stamens > numerous with yellow anthers; carpels 1-3, hairy; follicle usually 1, 3-4 > cm long. > > Photographed from hilly slope on way between Aishmuqam and Pahalgam. > > > > > -- > 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > >
