Yes these are superb images of this high alpine mat-forming species. Here in Uttarakhand I have never seen this species below 4000m elevation. DSRawat Pantnagar
On Monday, December 19, 2016 at 11:31:49 AM UTC+5:30, JM Garg wrote: > > Thanks, Chadwell ji, for superb images. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: C CHADWELL <chrischadwell...@btinternet.com> > Date: 19 December 2016 at 11:20 > Subject: Christmas Gift for eFI google group members Part III: Saxifraga > jacquemontiana 'Jacquemont's Saxifrage in H.P. > To: "J.M. Garg" <jmga...@gmail.com> > > > Following advice from Mr Garg, it has been decided that members will be > able to view the > > > images I submit better, if I re-size them as 'Large Documents' rather than > compress, as I was > doing previously. > > As a 'Britisher' I am marking the festive period in the UK > by sending images of selected plants from: > Part I Kashmir; Part II Ladakh; Part III Himachal Pradesh; Part IV Nepal > to celebrate > the mountain flora of the Himalaya - and, hopefully, inspire members to > take LOTS of photos > of Himalayan plants during 2017. Especially, as in my present > circumstances, I cannot afford to travel > to the Himalaya to take any more shots myself! > > See attached images taken on the exceptional Sach Pass, Himachal Pradesh > > Stewart found this to be common on high passes and ridges in Kashmir also > widespread in Ladakh @ 3600-4800m; > it was certainly abundant on the Sach Pass as well. > > The plant honours Victor Jacquemont, a young French botanist who was the > first to gain permission to visit Kashmir, > almost 200 years ago - he died of Malaria a year later, never making it > back home from India. > > May I also take this opportunity of acknowledging Mr Garg and all those > who contribute to eFI. This project > seems to me to very much be in line with the admirable sentiment's of > India's first Prime Minister inscribed > below his statue in Manali, H.P. > > <https://sites.google.com/a/shpa.org.uk/main/home/14.png?attredirects=0> > > The world would be a better place if every nation and individual citizen > of the world adopted such an approach..... > > > Best Wishes, > > > Chris Chadwell > > > 81 Parlaunt Road > SLOUGH > SL3 8BE > UK > > www.shpa.org.uk > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > 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 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). > > 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. > > 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 an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
