Thanks, Pankaj ji. But there were so many lovely flowers (I was not looking for any particular one) & so little time.
On 2 January 2011 14:52, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- 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)
