Same to you, raghu ji. Wonderful shot!!! On 15 August 2011 11:14, raghu ananth <raghu_...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Happy Independence Day to everybody!!!! > > /* Kaadu Gulabhi Hoovu (Wild Rose flower) > > This wild rose flower endemic to Coorg thrives in the midst of the Cauvery > river (Here its a small river: - 15-25 feet wide, 2-4 feet deep, flows > merrily through out the year.). Height of the plant - 5-6 feet, Part of > the long stems of the plant ( 3-5 meters lenght) were found submerged in > the water. > Number of wild rose plants witnessed along the river (1.5 kms walk) - 3 > (Pls check my next mail for more details on the plant. As per the group > policy its one plant per mail) > > Thanks to Dinesh Valke's earlier EFI mail on the same species. > > https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/3677609455bcd172/ab8c2f27dea6d9f8?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=Rosa+leschenaultiana+#ab8c2f27dea6d9f8 > > Common name: Nilgiri Cluster-Rose, Nilgiri dog-rose, Evergreen rose • > Coorgi Kaadu gulaabi huvu; Coorg Wild rose flower Botanical name: Rosa > leschenaultiana Family: Rosaceae (Rose family); > Rosa sempervirens var. leschenaultiana > > Bhagamandala, Coorg > Habitat: Midst of the Cauvery river > 27 July 2011 > > > Regards > Raghu > > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) 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 1680 members & 75,000 messages on 31/7/11) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 5000 species)