Garg Ji, Such a delicate flower you have been able to capture beautifully. Regards, Aarti
On Friday, May 20, 2022 at 9:44:18 PM UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote: > Dear friends, > This is my first upload after a long long time (mainly because of paucity > of time due to different priorities). It is *Habenaria longicorniculata* as I > knew it from the first glance while moving on a narrow road > through Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary on the way > to Kemmanagundi from Chikmagalur in Oct '2013. > > I requested the driver to stop the vehicle & hurriedly got down to click > it. I didn't bother with anything else. I also took the pictures of the > basal leaves and many other pictures from many angles, a few while almost > sitting. After the photo session with this & a few other flowering herbs > was over, I returned back to the vehicle. As we moved a bit I could see > blood on my pants. As I looked further, I saw many leeches on my legs, > shirt & on the vehicle. It was, as if, it was a great attack of leeches. I > quickly removed them by heavily shaking my hands & legs one by one. Finally > all of them (around six) were gone but not without leaving their temporary > scars. I knew they did no long term harm. One of them was later found to > have left a mark on the toes of my daughter. > It certainly was a great encounter with Habenaria longicorniculata > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/o/orchidaceae/habenaria/habenaria-longicorniculata> > > I really miss such adventurous moments in the wild these days. > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/931f9792-c152-4391-93da-d5c3352154bfn%40googlegroups.com.
