Rawat ji, your name is one of the few which flashes in my mind when it comes to difficult journeys for exploring plants, Looking at the pictures showing indicative routes and the hostile terrain - it is simply mind-boggling. A crisp salute to you for the enthusiasm and strong will, to accomplish such challenging explorations.
This particular one "I was able to photograph this species first time in the world" is a rare and wonderful reason for being your flora pic of the year. Regards. Dinesh On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 12:19 PM, Balkar Singh <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wonderfull shots Rawat ji > > On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 12:10 PM, D.S Rawat <drdsrawat.alpin...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> My flora picture of the year 2014 is: >> >> *Pegaeophyton purii* (D.S.Rawat, L.R.Dangwal & R.D.Gaur) Al-Shehbaz >> (Brassicaceae) >> >> >> >> The genus has only seven species in the world, most of them described in >> last 30-40 years, occurring in alpine Himalaya and adjacent China. >> >> This species was described by us in 1996 though the specimens were >> collected much earlier by me from Roopkund area in Uttarakhand. This area >> is a high Himalayan terrain with hostile climate and strenuous tracks. I >> trekked to Rupkund and adjacent areas as early as in 1987 as a B.Sc. >> student to participate in the Asia’s longest religious on foot journey (20 >> days, *+* 200kms) “Nanda Devi Raj Jat 1987”. This area made a deep >> impression in my mind and called me back in 1990s twice as a research >> student. I missed the Nanda Devi Raj Jat in 2000 but collected all my >> energy and strength to join this journey in 2014. The objective was to see >> and photograph the flora of this area (photographs and negatives of optical >> cameras shot earlier have become a history and of little use) in addition >> to religious reverence. >> >> *Pegaeophyton purii* is a tiny perennial herb (rosettes 2-3 cm across >> only) with sparse population restricted to Roopund area (a point endemic) >> in the world. After a long gap of nearly two decades I was sceptical about >> our encounter with it. BUT the hard toil proved worthy as I was able to >> photograph this species first time in the world. The tiny beauty rising up >> from the rock crevices and between small boulders greeted us at least at >> 5-6 places, still persisting in its native land. >> >> I have added two more pics to show the area, one depicting the type >> locality and other showing panorama behind the ridge. This entire area >> sustains some splendid alpines, breathtaking views of Himalayan peaks and >> rich flora. The love for these landscapes had rewarded me one new species >> and few, collected this year, are to be published as new. >> >> I have posted it earlier too >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/b/brassicaceae/pegaeophyton/pegaeophyton-purii> >> . >> >> Who knows when I will be able to visit this area once again? >> >> Dr D.S.Rawat >> Department of Biological Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & >> Technology Pantnagar-263 145 Uttarakhand, INDIA >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany & > Horticulture Incharge > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 > > -- > 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. > -- 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 an 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.
