For those who dont know. Page mam is one of the very very or only 3 members in this group who has been to Roopkund which is supposed to be one of the toughest trek in the Himalaya. Roopkund is also called the Lake of the Skeletons. Hats off to her!!! Not only that, she also found one rare orchid from there.... Epipogium.... Please do share that pic on eflora.
Other three being my boss Dr. G.S.Rawat and my other two friends Umesh Kumar Tiwari and Ninad Raut whoa re a part of this eflora Apologies if I missed some one from eflora!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roopkund Regards Pankaj On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 6:25 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > P9250348.JPG= Saussurea simpsoniana > P9240305.JPG & P9240313.JPG = Saussurea obvallata > > Tanay > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 1:15 PM, ushaprabha page <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: ushaprabha page <[email protected]> >> Date: Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 1:09 PM >> Subject: id pl. >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> Besides Hemkund and Valley of Flowers I have seen few other species of >> Saussurea >> at the base of `Roopkund` in Gadhaval Himalaya., >> what are other sps? id pl. >> first 3- S. nepalensis? >> 4 th -S.gossipiphorea or graminipholia? >> 5 th &6th -S.obvallata. >> >> >> What are the other sites where they grow? Nepal? >> > > > > -- > Tanay Bose > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > Department of Botany. > University of British Columbia . > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > [email protected] > > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
