Ladakh Wildflower - 7 (SJ:26Jul09)

[Sushmita Jha]

Dear all,

 

Please help with the ID of this flower. Sorry, not very good photos.

 

Thank you.

Sushmita Jha

 

[Tabish]

This should be a Pseudomertensia species, probably Pseudomertensia
echioides, which is the only Himalayan species of Pseudomertensia with
the style protruding out of the flower.
Best wishes
- Tabish

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[satish phadke]

Dear Sushmita ji.
I have been watching your nice collection from Ladakh.
Himalayan flora is a very interesting subject.
I find that few of the flowers you have recorded are similar to what I have done so during My Lahaul Spiti visit in last week of Jun 09.
Of course both regions are climatically similar; often described as cold desert.
Thanks for sharing.
Bye the way I have this distant shot of the flowers which are similar to the one shown by you.
In the heat of capturing this beautiful rose finch I forgot to record the macro of this flower.
Satish Phadke

2009/7/26 Sushmita Jha <sushmi...@gmail.com>

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[Sushmita Jha]

Thank you very much for the ID, Tabish. I am wondering why this plant is called a 'Psuedo...' :-))
Sushmita

[Sushmita Jha]

Dear Satish-ji,

 

thank you for your remarks. Yes, indeed Himalayan flora takes ones breath away - as do most flora (and fauna), in fact. This collection has actually been photographed by my brother who lives there and he requested IDs. When I visited Ladakh lateMay/earlyJune, most of these flowers were probably only preparing to surface to show their beauty. Now is the right time to visit this heaven on earth.

 

Thats a nice shot of the Rosefinch. Being a birder myself, flora and fauna keep tossing me around between the two. Very distracting, but supremely exhilirating.

Susmita Jha

[Tabish]

Quite simply, because it resembles another genus Mertensia
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/Chesapeake/plant/1366.htm
it has been called false mertensia.
Cheers!
- Tabish

On Jul 26, 12:41 pm, Sushmita Jha <sushmitas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you very much for the ID, Tabish. I am wondering why this plant is
> called a 'Psuedo...' :-))
> Sushmita
>

[JM Garg]

Forwarding  again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

This should be a Pseudomertensia species, probably Pseudomertensia echioides, which is the only Himalayan species of Pseudomertensia with the style protruding out of the flower.    Best wishes    - Tabish

Does not seem to match with images of this species at  http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Bugloss%20Alpine%20Bluebell.html        https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pseudomertensia_echioides#/media/File:Mertensia_echioides0.jpg

[Prashant Awale]

Pics are not very clear but to me it looks like Lindelofia stylosa    (Family: Boraginaceae)..

Regards

prashant

[Tabish]

I agree with Prashant's suggestion, Lindelofia stylosa
  http://www.biolib.cz/en/image/id3446/

  Cheers!

  Tabish

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[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Tabish ji & Prashant ji.

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