Dear Rajesh Wayanad district of Kerala is blessed with high diversity of orchids ca. 174 including 17 rare and facing extinction. A book is already published "Orchids of Wayanad" by Ratheesh et al. in 2013. This book give colour photographs of all orchids mentioned.
Regards On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Late July-August is good time for Chakrata if monsoon is on time, or you > need to shift according to monsoon delay. If you wish to Go higher then > June is good time. > Waynad I never been so I dont have much idea. > > On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Rajesh Sachdev < > matherana.rajes...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Pankaj Kumar sir, >> I have two locations in my mind. >> Chakrata (in western Himalayas) - Uttarakhand, for which I propose August >> being best time >> Waynad (In soutthern western ghats) - Kerala, for which I propose May >> being best time. >> >> I may be wrong in identifying right season but let the suggestions may >> flow in. >> >> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 5:52 AM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Rajesh >>> The place can be decided if you fix the time. If you fix the place then >>> time has to be decided. As all orchids dont flower at one time and one >>> place. You being in Maharastra, how far would you like to go? >>> Pankaj >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 1:49 PM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks, Rajesh ji, for thinking in this direction. >>>> >>>> On 20 July 2015 at 11:15, Rajesh Sachdev <matherana.rajes...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear efI members, >>>>> >>>>> Greetings! >>>>> >>>>> I am sorry for being absent for almost a year from efI but was totally >>>>> tied-up with several activities and hence wasnt able to give time though I >>>>> have been observing and reading every post, specially that of orchids, on >>>>> the group. >>>>> >>>>> I am writing this email to not only inform but also to seek >>>>> suggestions regarding my plan to call for "Orchid Hunting Tour" that I am >>>>> proposing for like minded people. >>>>> >>>>> This "Orchid Hunting Tour" I am planning for 2016, not sure about when >>>>> and where and it depends on suggestions from all of you regarding which >>>>> place would be more promising and suitable season according to that >>>>> location. >>>>> >>>>> I request and seek your suggestion through this email, in this regards >>>>> stated above. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Regards >>>>> Rajesh Sachdev >>>>> https://www.facebook.com/matherana.rajeshii >>>>> https://www.facebook.com/groups/indianflora/ >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> With regards, >>>> J.M.Garg >>>> >>>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >>>> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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