Wonderful presentation & efforts, Rana ji. On 6 January 2012 18:45, Suresh Kumar Rana <envsures...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Respected All > I am sharing the photograph of Saussurea hopefully *Saussurea > gossypiphora *as my Flora of year 2011. > During the month of August 2011 I was in alpine regions of my area with > my cousin for field study. We spent many nights in the natural caves and > that was an unforgettable experiences. On 6th August 2011 we stayed in a > cave at an altitude of 4800 meters asl and decided to spend the whole day > of 7th August above the altitude of 5000 meters asl in order to collect the > high altitude species of Saussurea, Rhodiola, Saxifraga etc. But > unfortunately it started raining at 4 a.m. and we were unable to > decide whether to go higher or come down. At last we waited till 12 p.m > when the rain stopped and we went higher. At the higher altitude we found > many beautiful plants among which this one was the most beautiful growing > in the crevices rocks at a height of 5200 meters asl. > > -- > Warm regards > Suresh Rana > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) 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'.
