Respected Sir You can see Paphiopedilums in North East, none are reported from Western Himalaya. You can see three species of Cypripedium instead, easy location is Valley of flowers or Tunganath. Thanks for your appreciation. Best regards Pankaj
On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 1:38 PM, D.S Rawat <drdsrawat.alpin...@gmail.com> wrote: > A graceful orchid with flowers standing tall above rosette showing its > emminence on forest floor. Never seen this genus in wild. > Your treasure has numerous unseen gems! > DSRawat Pantnagar > > > On Wednesday, December 31, 2014 6:47:29 PM UTC+5:30, Dr Pankaj Kumar wrote: >> >> Dear all >> Please find my entry for the Flora Picture of the Year 2014 attached. >> This is Paphiopedilum purpuratum (Lindl.) Stein. This is supposed to be >> rare and known to be originally described from collections from Hong Kong. >> Recently it has been discovered in Vietnam and mainland China. >> In Hong Kong this plant is highly threatened due to poaching and >> development works. >> Hope you all will like it. >> Best regards >> Pankaj >> >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DuovQynolBk/VKP3HLpPkRI/AAAAAAAACbg/2mHGTc2DkAM/s1600/DSC_8540_1.jpg> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/zCh9kbp9uSo/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/d/optout. > -- ****************************************************** **************************************************************** *Pankaj Kumar*, Ph.D. *IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia* *Office*: Conservation Officer Orchid Conservation Section Flora Conservation Department Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. *Residence*: House no. 39, 2nd Floor, Shui Wo Tsuen Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. *email*: pku...@kfbg.org; sahanipan...@gmail.com *Phone*: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 (mobile); *Fax*: +852 2483 7194 -- 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 an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
