PLANT FOR ID 104 SMP JUN 09 Lahaul- Spiti

[satish phadke]

Very few of these observed plants were flowering (in Last week of Jun 2009.)
This plant was just at the base of a huge rock few km further from Rohtang Pass.
I had to request the driver to stop the qualis suddenly when I spotted these flowers, which were higher up from the road.
Everybody was eager to reach the first camp site in Chhatru in Lahaul after tiring journey from Manali to Rohtang which took us 7 hours due to traffic jams and bad condition of roads.
Dr Satish phadke

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[nabha meghani]

Looks like Bergenia to me! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergenia

Nalini

[Dr. Pankaj Kumar]

Bergenia cilliata???

On Jul 25, 9:15 pm, "nabha meghani" <nabha-megh...@gmx.de> wrote:
> Looks like Bergenia to me!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergenia

[Satish Phadke]

Forwarding again.

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[Gurcharan Singh]

I hope Bergenia stracheyi

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[amit chauhan]

Yes Bergenia stracheyi

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[chrischa...@btinternet.com]

Correctly identified. Flora of Lahaul-Spiti says common in glacial moraines and on moist rocks - I find the former habitat rather surprising, indeed likely to be an error.

Stewart recorded Bergenia stracheyi as very common at high altitudes growing on rocks in the open usually 3000-4200m (not typically the altitude of glacial moraines) in Kashmir. That fits with my experience. He recognised a variety which was smaller from Ladakh & Spiti - I have seen photos of it in Ladakh.

It is found commonly near passes in the Kulu Valley.

Flowers of the Himalaya say the common alpine species of the W. Himalaya from Afghanistan to Uttarakhand.

Flowers pink, white or greenish. Leaves often colour up reddish in autumn.

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Chadwell ji

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