one more photo Brahma-kamal

[ushaprabha page]

As we are aware the story goes back to Mahabharat. Dropadi in himalayas was  a ttracted by its scent on wind and asked Bhima to find the source of the same Bhima located it and offered it to Dropadi.

[ajinkya gadave]

WELCOME PAGE MADAM.
NICE PICS .

[Pankaj Kumar]

Thanks a lot Aunty ji, I didnt know abt this part of mythology. Yes
indeed it is very fragrant.....
Thanks for sharing.
Dr. Pankaj Kumar, WII, Dehradun.

[Gurcharan Singh]

Thanks Ushaprabha ji another nice photograph of this important plant.

Pankaj ji, by they way have you ever seen or photographed the Yogi Padsha, Saussurea sacre, also supposed to be growing at similar altitudes. A legend (I had read about it perhaps in Coventry or Blatter) says that a person who collects more than seven plants of this plant dies.  The legend may have relation to the rarity of this species.

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Just an update. Saussurea sacra Edgew. (sorry for typo error earlier) is now coorectly known as Saussurea simpsoniana (Field. & Gardner) Lipschitz, ; Nov. Syst. Pl. Vasc. 1964: 319 (1964). There is a photograph at FOI by Rahul Natu.

[Pankaj Kumar]

Thats really nice. If we create such myth about S. obvallata then it
may help saving the species in wild. Myth really works sometimes, more
effectively than conservation awareness.
I have not seen S. sacra, just two more species I have seen. S.
gossypifolia and one more.

Regards
Pankaj

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Gurcharan Singh <sing...@gmail.com> wrote:

[tanay bose]

Really a splendid photos

tanay

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