Sir, I was saying because, it seems you missed Cypripedium himalaicum there !!! Its just 20-30 m on the above, lot of it... Pankaj
On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 2:44 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Pankaj ji, Tanay ji, Prashant ji & Nidhan ji. > Pankaj ji, I appreciate your keen eye for judging the place correctly. > > > On 2 January 2011 13:38, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> isnt this one of the streams coming from the left hand side of trail >> somewhere in the middle of Valley of Flowers? >> Pankaj >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Prashant awale <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Well narrated your experience Garg ji. I was closely following your >> > posts >> > from this region and was wondering which one you will chose among so >> > many >> > beautiful photographs for the Flower pic of the year. Thanks for sharing >> > this totally new photograph from yr collection. >> > regards >> > Prashant >> > >> > On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 12:52 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> 2010 had a new surprise in the form of Valley of Flowers. I was lucky >> >> to >> >> go with Eastern Railway Trek Team officially in August' 2010. Due >> >> to landslides we got stuck up at a number of points enroute to Govind >> >> Ghat >> >> on two days. But I took this as an opportunity to capture Wild Flora & >> >> Fauna >> >> enroute. From Govindghat to Ghangharia, Valley of Flowers & Hemkund >> >> Sahib, >> >> it was a four day trek. I enjoyed the journey like never before- >> >> capturing >> >> all the beauty on the way in the form of landscapes, butterflies, birds >> >> & >> >> Plants. Most of the time it was raining- but that in no way hampered my >> >> spirits. I was lucky to have a good supporting team (who always took >> >> inspirations from me & learnt to appreciate wild Flora & Fauna) & a >> >> porter >> >> with me, which enabled me click the beauties even in the rainy weather >> >> (I >> >> think it was the normal weather). I moved slowly with my tripods & one >> >> SLR >> >> body on the shoulder & another in my neck. We started early & reached >> >> every >> >> destination only by evening time doing a 10 to 12 hours trek. By the >> >> end of >> >> the trip I had clicked around 5000 pictures of around 400 species. >> >> These >> >> will take more than a year even to process & post/ identify/ upload >> >> somewhere like Wikimedia Commons. Everything else seem mundane if you >> >> compare this trip. This is evident that from the fact for a number of >> >> identified pictures, you even don't find a single picture on net for >> >> that >> >> species. Sheer beauty is so encompassing that I am unable to choose any >> >> single picture from so many beautiful ones. However, I had attached one >> >> from >> >> The Valley of Flowers which shows it's mountains, valleys, rivers, >> >> flora, >> >> weather conditions etc. >> >> Despite seeing so much of beauty everywhere, one awaits a great >> >> surprise >> >> on reaching the Vally of Flowers. >> >> It is a sight which can hardly be recreated anywhere else in India. >> >> Thus >> >> the choice for the Flora picture of the year 2010 from my side. >> >> -- >> >> With regards, >> >> J.M.Garg ([email protected]) >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species >> >> & >> >> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >> >> alphabetically & place-wise): >> >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use >> >> them >> >> for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. >> >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >> >> Flora, >> >> please visit/ join our Google e-group- >> >> Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than >> >> 1475 >> >> members & 57,000 messages on 16/12/10 & with a database of around 4400 >> >> species on 30/11/10) >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> *********************************************** >> "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 > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Google e-group- > Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1475 > members & 57,000 messages on 16/12/10 & with a database of around 4400 > species on 30/11/10) > > -- *********************************************** "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
