Wonderful colour! Sirji I think these belong to Rhododendron arboreum Sm. ssp. delavayi! Ok. I will come back very soon after verification
Pandaji On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Attaching now > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *Rhododendron arboreum* Sm., Exot. Bot. t. 6,. 1805. >> Local name: Buras >> Tree rhododendron >> >> Evergreen tree up to 12 m tall, leaves leathery, up to 15 cm long, >> lanceolate to oblong, glabrous on upper surface, silvery scales beneath, >> usually clustered at ends of branches; flowers crimson red, in dense >> terminal clusters, pedicels and bracts covered with hairs; sepals ovate; >> corolla campanulate, 4-6 cm long; stamens 10; capsule up to 2.5 cm long, >> cylindrical, woolly. >> >> Photographed from Ukhimath, Uttarakhand on 31 May, 2013 >> >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> > > -- > 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]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
