Thanks a lot, Chris Fraser-Jenkins sir, for your detailed insights and information on S. adunca and S. pulvinata. Regarding your question about S. adunca cultivation, yes, I have managed to keep it going for over a year now. I planted it in August 2022 after collecting it from a habitat where it was abundant. It indeed proves to be tricky to cultivate; growth is slower in cultivation compared to its rapid growth in the natural habitat.
Thanks again for providing information about S. pulvinata. It sounds like a fascinating species to explore. Best regards, Nishant Chauhan On Sun, 7 Apr 2024 at 11:00, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks a lot, Chris ji > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Chris Fraser-Jenkins > Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2024 at 23:01 > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:463934] Selaginella adunca: Rare and Endemic > NW Himalayan Species > To: J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> > > > Yes, that's right!. Don't worry the e-flora is far from complete and they > are gradually assimilating the information from my 3 volumes of the > Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes (though they often don't like > to admit it!), where of course S. adunca is treated. So it will be in in > due course, one assumes. It is locally common N. of Mussoorie and there > is a very slightly different vicariant of it in China, the typical > bicentric distribution of species that like rather dry conditions and can't > stand the central Himalayan wet climate (from C. Nepal to Sikkim). > > Now I suggest going to Pithoragarh to look for the superb S. pulvinata, > another and much rarer dry-zone species: > > c. 1700 m., on open, S.-facing, dry rock-ridge by grassy slope beside new > road N. to Malpa from Tawaghat, c. 1 km. N. of Pangola, c. 15 km. N. of > Tintola, c. 25 km. (by new road) N. of Tawaghat, N. of Darchula and > Pithoragarh, on west side of Kali river valley, Pithoragarh District, > Uttarakhand, India. CRFJ, 23.11.1994. > > 21723 (FN 390). Selaginella pulvinata (proposed to be the original > "Sanjeevani" herb of Valmiki's *Ravanala*, see Fraser-Jenkins, Indian > Fern J. (2010), I find it has a slightly bitter taste, CRFJ 2012). PC. > Mostly dried and curled up to form brown tennis-ball-like spheres, but > soaking opened them up to form flat rosettes. My photos 283 (200-02): > 0845-0868. > > If you are able to cultivate S. adunca, you may well manage with S. > pulvinata as well. A bit naughty naughty to show it in a pot? But S. > adunca is locally abundant, so no harm done. > > Have you managed to keep it going through a whole year? Those dry-loving > species are rather tricky to cultivate I imagine. > > Best wishes, > Chris Fraser-Jenkins, at RBG, Edinburgh > > > > On Saturday, 6 April 2024 at 12:01:58 BST, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Thanks, Nishant ji > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: *Nishant Chauhan* <nishant287...@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2024 at 16:27 > Subject: [efloraofindia:463934] Selaginella adunca: Rare and Endemic NW > Himalayan Species > To: eFloraofIndia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > > > Respected members, > > I am sharing a few pictures of Selaginella adunca, a rare and endemic > species of the NW Himalayas from the Selaginellaceae family, which has not > yet been discussed or listed on the eFlora of India group/site. > > Botanical Name: Selaginella adunca A.Braun ex Hieron. > Distribution: India(H.P. and U.K.) and Nepal > Habitat: Rock crevices, both open and shady semi-moist/dry slopes. > > Place of Shot: Bilaspur, H.P. (Cultivated at Hamirpur, H.P.) > Date: 04 April, 2024 > > With regards, > Nishant Chauhan > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/f86d0610-13a6-4edf-ab14-3a6d4c392736n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/f86d0610-13a6-4edf-ab14-3a6d4c392736n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAE%3Dk9mhkuEKfh5iy6V4O5OZm3EmOkCTu%3D1F26FHKJsj6_xijPg%40mail.gmail.com.
