Thanks, Rajesh ji, Very nice & well presented. On 5 January 2012 14:02, Rajesh Sachdev <[email protected]> wrote:
> Name of the Species: Ceropegia vincaefolia > > Common Name: Forest Flytrap (English), Kharchudi Kandil (Marathi) > > Photographed on: 7th August, 2011 > > Location : Jummapatti, Matheran-Neral Route, Maharashtra. > > Habitat: Hill slope, open forest. > > Description: Termed as endemic (Western Ghats) and rare/threatened > plant of the region, we (Sushant & me) were not expecting to see it in > Matheran. Matheran although resembles most of Sahyadri (Western Ghats) > but is not literally connected to the main ridge and perhaps that is > the reason that we were not actually expecting this at the said > location. This record has inspired me, by and large, to prepare the > check-list of flora of this hill station. The documentation, field > work, is likely to start soon and would go on for couple of years. > > > -- > Regards > Rajesh Sachdev > http://www.facebook.com/leopardguy > -- 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 Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1760 members & 1,00,000 messages on 21/12/11) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 6000 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'.
