Yes right, there are many indeed.....but it was one rare plant we found in that particular area. The worst thing about VoF (that may be good ecologically) that they dont allow people to stay inside the park for night, and weather is very unpredictable too, otherwise we could have made a huge collection of photographs. Pankaj
On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 2:55 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > 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) > > -- *********************************************** "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
