Thanks a lot Gurucharan sir for this very useful key. Thanks Kishanlal ji for the ID.
Best regards, Ritesh. On Monday, October 22, 2012 7:22:32 PM UTC+9, JM Garg wrote: > > Thanks, Dr. Istvan. > Though I am not aware of these, I am forwarding it to the efloraofindia > e-group, in case anybody else can help in the matter pl. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: <[email protected] <javascript:>> > Date: 22 October 2012 15:44 > Subject: A conifer tree in the west Himalayas > To: [email protected] <javascript:> > > > Dear Mr. Garg, > I read on the web that you are an experienced naturalist and photographer. > As part of the Dendrological Atlas Project team I briefly visited Himachal > Pradesh a couple of > times (2003, 2004) to document the native conifers, and the photographs > were published in > Conifers Around the World (see www.conifersaroundtheworld.com). I am > still searching for a > conifer which is not Abies pindrow, and not Abies gamblei (these are > native on Mt. Churdhar, for > example, you may have seen them before) - but a different one. Some photos > are on the web here: > http://conifersaroundtheworld.com/blog/abies_pseudochensiensis_kamon_fir > Prof. Debreczy and myself suspect that this tree might be there hiding > somewhere in the W. > Himalayas. Do you recognise this plant? Didi you see it anywhere in your > tours? > With best regards, > Istvan Racz Ph.D. > Hungarian Natural History Museum > Budapest > > > [email protected] <javascript:> > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > 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 1980 members & > 1,33,000 messages on 30/9/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > --

