Nice Shot Garg Ji. In summer and rainy season Leeches are a big danger in Himalayas also
On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 12:21 PM, D.S Rawat <drdsrawat.alpin...@gmail.com>wrote: > Many pictures become very special because of memories associated with > them. I can understand the situation when leeches are crawling over the > body since I have faced it many a times in Himalayan forests. The fine > wounds made by the leeches either remain bleeding for long duration or > remain itching for many weeks, as I found them. > But then, to see many species, we have to go through these experiences > which makes them memorable. > It is a new plant to me as it does not grow in Uttarakhand; thanks for > showing and sharing the experience. > DSRawat Pantnagar > > > On Friday, January 17, 2014 4:29:48 PM UTC+5:30, JM Garg wrote: >> >> Dear friends, >> Possibly this is my first post after a dry year of 2013 (mainly because >> of paucity of time due to different priorities). It is Habenaria >> longicorniculata<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/o/orchidaceae/habenaria/habenaria-longicorniculata> >> as I >> knew it from the first glance while moving on a narrow road through >> Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary on way to Kemmanagundi from Chikmaglur in >> Oct'2013. >> >> I requested the driver to stop the vehicle & hurriedly got down to click >> it. I didn't bother for 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 leaches 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> >> -- >> 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 (largest in the >> world): http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2200 >> members & 1,78,400 messages on 31/12/13) or Efloraofindia website: https >> ://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more >> than 9000 species & 1,80, 000 images). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
