Excellent shots Rawat ji. Yet to see this in bloom despite of our 3 visits to Munsiyari area. Thanks for Showing
On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 3:57 PM, D.S Rawat <[email protected]>wrote: > *Rhododendron campanulatum* is a timberline Krumholtz (crooked wood) > species making impenetrable thickets. It blooms after *R.arboreum* and * > R.barbatum* in Uttarakhand. Interestingly, *R.arboreum* (Blood red Rhodo) > grow at 1500-2500m altitude, *R.barbatum* (Pink Rhodo) at 2400-3400m and * > R.campanulatum* (White-blue Rhodo) at 3000-4400m in Uttarakhand and > flowering pass from lower species to higher one. > > *R.campanulatum* has started flowering with its white-blue flowers in > comparatively smaller trusses. Petals have distinct nectar guides (spots). > These trees are flowering while the snow was seen still persisting over the > ground below trees. > > Photographed near Khalya Top (3400m), Munsyari area Uttarakhand on > 25.3.2013. > > DSRawat Pantnagar > > -- > > --- > 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 [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology & Horticulture Incharge Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964 -- --- 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
