A reply: "Seems to me is R. arboreum only." from Dr. B S Adhikari.
Thanks, Dr. Adhikari. On 15 April 2014 19:20, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > Wonderful colour! Sirji I think these belong to Rhododendron arboreum > Sm. ssp. delavayi! Ok. I will come back very soon after verification > Pandaji > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Date: 8 April 2014 13:52 > Subject: [efloraofindia:185846] Re: Ericaceae (incl. Vacciniaceae) > Fortnight: Rhododendron arboreum from Ukhimath, Uttarakhand -GSAPR12 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > 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. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & > Fauna'<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image > Resource<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of > more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, > Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest > in the world- around 2300 members & 1,85,250 messages on 28/2/14) or > Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 9500 species & 1,90,000 images). Winner of > Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for > efloraofindia<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia> > . > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna'<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> The whole world uses my Image Resource<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the world- around 2300 members & 1,85,250 messages on 28/2/14) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 9500 species & 1,90,000 images). Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia> . 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 [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.
