Thanks for sharing. This is an orchid Cephlanthera longifolia....available in VoF. I think I can make out from the pic where U have seen this. BTW VoF is not located at 4000m but at around 3600m. Hemkunt is at 4100-4200m.
Regards Pankaj On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Rakesh <[email protected]> wrote: > Valley of flowers is at an altitude of around 4000 mtrs. and having an > extremely cold snowy weather. The photo was taken in June 2007. Normally the > flowering season is August onwards. > > Rakesh -- *********************************************** "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
