Wao.............. Sir, this is another great catch. Regards
Prasad On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Prashant Awale <pkaw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Gurcharan Singh ji, > Nice set of Photographs. > Regards > Prashant > > > On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Aarti S. Khale <aarti.kh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Gurcharan ji >> Thanks a lot for the locations. >> When we visited in September, there was a lot of mist and a few showers, >> so we could not go beyond Kondoor. The second stage of cable car could be >> seen going in the mist. >> Due to this, we could hardly explore the place. >> Hoping to visit sometime during flowering season. >> Regards, >> Aarti >> >> >> On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Dear Tanay >>> I am still managing with my extension tubes, mostly 36 mm >>> >>> Aarti ji >>> >>> It is above the first stop of Gandola cable car, known as Kondoor. about >>> 500 m to its right is famous Khillenmarg meadow, and mountain slopes above >>> are Apharwat. The second stage cable car goes to the top of Apharwat >>> mountain. We have Gulmarg (2400 m), Khillenmarg (3000 m) and top of >>> Apharwat mountain about 4000 m. Just below this peak on the other side is >>> famous Ahlpathar lake. >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>> Retired Associate Professor >>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Tanay Bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Sir Ji did you get new lens? >>>> The macros came out really great! >>>> Tanay >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 9:33 PM, Aarti S. Khale >>>> <aarti.kh...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Gurcharan ji, >>>>> Beautiful pictures. >>>>> Where exactly is Apharwat? >>>>> Is it the same place you go further up from Gulmarg? >>>>> Aarti >>>>> >>>>> On Dec 18, 8:56 am, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> > *Silene cashmeriana* (Royle) Majumdar, J. Indian Bot. Soc. 42: 649 >>>>> 649 , >>>>> > 1963 >>>>> > Syn: *Lychnis* *cashmeriana* Royle ; *Melandrium* *cashmerianum* >>>>> (Royle) >>>>> > Walp. ; *Silene indica* var. *cashmeriana* (Majumdar) Y. Nasir >>>>> > >>>>> > Similar to Silene indica but with more robust habit, scaberulous >>>>> ovate to >>>>> > ovate-lanceolate leaves, flowers larger in contracted cymes, calyx >>>>> larger >>>>> > 18-25 mm long, green with purplish veins, distinct acute lobes; >>>>> petals are >>>>> > distinct from both S. indica var. indica and S. indica var. >>>>> edgeworthii; >>>>> > limb as long as var. indica but lobes much more and deeply cut, half >>>>> as >>>>> > long as var. edgeworthii but not fimbriate; carpophore 1/4 as long >>>>> as >>>>> > capsule. >>>>> > >>>>> > Photographed from Apharwat mountain slopes alt. 3200 m in Kashmir. >>>>> > >>>>> > -- >>>>> > Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>>>> > Retired Associate Professor >>>>> > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>>>> > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>>>> > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>>>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>>>> > >>>>> > Silene-cashmeriana-Apharwat-Kashmir-1-P1110224.jpg >>>>> > 257KViewDownload >>>>> > >>>>> > Silene-cashmeriana-Apharwat-Kashmir-1-P1110226.jpg >>>>> > 392KViewDownload >>>>> > >>>>> > Silene-cashmeriana-Apharwat-Kashmir-2-P1110227.jpg >>>>> > 341KViewDownload >>>>> > >>>>> > Silene-cashmeriana-Apharwat-Kashmir-3-P1110223.jpg >>>>> > 311KViewDownload >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *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) >>>> 604-822-6089 (Fax) >>>> ta...@interchange.ubc.ca >>>> *Webpages:* >>>> http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html >>>> http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html >>>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> > -- Prasad Kumar Dash Ecologist, Orissa, India email: prasad.dash2...@gmail.com ph. 09437444241
