ID OF THIS GORGEOUS IRIS FROM UTTARKHAND, 3750 METRES ABOVE MSL

[vikram jit singh]

Dear Mr. Garg,

Could the members of this esteemed group help establish the ID this Iris species. Is it Wild Himalayan Iris/Kumaon Iris (Iris Hookeriana)?

Could the group provide info on this species, conservation status, other distinctive, interesting aspects? 

(The pic was taken  while trekking from Gunji to Kuti, Uttarakhand, around 3,750 m. Village Kuti is a last village in Byans valley.)



Best regards,

Vikram Jit Singh

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http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wild-buzz-nabbing-phantoms-and-yogi-the-mascot-mongoose/story-LlTFv5VnncLpAFJ2ly6K6L.html

http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wild-buzz-the-lone-skimmer-at-sukhna-and-that-pair-of-eyes/story-SOVZWJhykfMRZzSaDrfjBL.html

http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wildbuzz-feminism-in-vogue/story-i0vWsRwTTijaIenfxZRHQN.html

http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wild-buzz-bull-of-the-baoris-and-how-water-looks-to-kids/story-HQoGntUmXbYXzcEodVHeVL.html

http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wildbuzz-demonising-the-gharial/story-ByDVAyG3nbMTN66PSi3D8L.html

http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/a-ban-on-dawn-s-dew/story-x9SYGLUz472SOkEXNgMgXI.html

http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wildbuzz-touched-by-the-sun/story-cDl6qyUBwshDw0rWSDkFjM.html

http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wild-buzz-cooperative-of-scavengers/story-bbbB4tKOrjEwI9D0CojumN.html

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http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wild-buzz-harike-under-siege/story-AS6LFy7DaZJKv6Bu74BMUK.html

http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wildbuzz-kiran-ki-kalpana/story-YJzbpNFj4Ei3DmiHdYAShP.html

http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wildbuzz-from-the-jaws-of-death/story-sAXNhH8BlWIBq0gmhhjuRI.html

http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wildbuzz-man-eaters-of-begumpur/story-SRWrWwIVv1L0E6P4iKZX3L.html

http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/wildbuzz-death-at-dawn/story-tMymRnkgLarg1FqkTmOCpN.html

http://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/hiss-highness-is-high-up/article1-13732 
22.aspx 

The Daily Post 

http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=111456&boxid=59264&uid&dat=2014-07-22#.U83Vm7Xqt5U.facebook

[J.M. Garg]

Pl. check https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/i/iridaceae/iris-domestica/iris-kemaonensis

[Gurcharan Singh]

Iris kemaonensis, differing from Iris hookeriana (flower on a stem up to 12 cm long; perianth tube 2-3 cm long) in being almost stemless, perianth tube 5-7 cm long , 

Dr. Gurcharan Singh

Retired  Associate Professor
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http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ 

[vikram jit singh]

Thank you, Dr Gurcharan ji, Mr Garg, for establishing ID as I. kemaonensis.

I am attaching 2 more pics of the same specimens for further clarity.

Best regards.

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[vikram jit singh]

Dear Mr. Garg,

Could the members of this esteemed group help establish the ID these wonderful, high-altitude, monsoon flowers photographed at the Rohtang Pass, Himachal Pradesh. 

Best regards,

[J.M. Garg]

I think you are asking for id of pink flowers.

May be some https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/po/polygonaceae/bistorta

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[Saroj Kasaju]

Bistorta vaccinifolia  ??

[vikram jit singh]

Thank you, I am also seeking ID of adjacent yellow flowers?

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For that close up details are required.

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Thank you, Mr Garg, I am also seeking ID of the adjacent yellow flowers?

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[vikram jit singh]

Thank you, but that is all I have. Perhaps, an informed guess?

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[Saroj Kasaju]

Flower image is not so clear for ID! Any close ups ?

Thank you

Saroj Kasaju

[vikram jit singh]

Thank you, but that is all I have. Perhaps, an informed guess on yellow flowers?

[Nidhan Singh]

The pink ones might be Persicaria vivipara, and the yellow flowers may belong to Potentilla sp. or Acomastylis elata 

On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 11:08 AM vikram jit singh <vikramji...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thank you, but that is all I have. Perhaps, an informed guess on yellow flowers?

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[vikram jit singh]

Thank you, Dr Nidhan ji.

There is a difference of opinion on the pink flowers, Persicaria v. or a Bistorta species. So, what should I settle for?

[J.M. Garg]

Pl. check at

https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/po/polygonaceae/bistorta/bistorta-vacciniifolia

https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/po/polygonaceae/bistorta/persicaria-vivipara

[vikram jit singh]

Thank you, Mr Garg.

[vikram jit singh]

Dear Mr. Garg,

Could the members of this esteemed group help establish the ID of this supposed algae, photographed in the Shivalik foothills, Siswan (Mohali district), near Chandigarh, recently.

Best regards,

[Nidhan Singh]

I think it is more likely to be a Fungus rather than an Alga, but I may be wrong...

[Ushadi Micromini]

you are not wrong Nidhan

it is red fungus

called red/scarlet  elf cup fungus 

often growing with moss, which it is doing it here

but described as growing on dead wood

which i dont see in this picture

but moss's presence tells me its/the soil is  humid a lot of the time

can the maker of the photograph give any history or more pictures?

usha di

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I think it is more likely to be a Fungus rather than an Alga, but I may be wrong...

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[vikram jit singh]

Thanks all for their valuable insights.

No further pics are available as of now or details of soil condition. The only fact available is the specimen was photographed in the Shivalik foothills of Siswan, where they undertake the final descent to the plains. The photographer was a trekker. Will seek further clarity, if possible, from the photographer.

Best regards.

[Anil Thakur]

Pink one is Bistorta affinis (Unresoklved name at theplantlist)
Yellow appears Potentilla sp.

Regards

Dr. Anil Thakur

[Ushadi Micromini]

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[vikram jit singh]

Thank you, Dr Thakur.

[carmelita]

Wow, gorgeous image! 

Please look at Iris Kemaonensis. thank you. 

[vikram jit singh]

Dear Mr. Garg,

Could the members of this esteemed group assist in a brief description and possibly ID of these wild flowers I photographed while climbing with Indian Army expeditions to 15000 feet and above to commemorate the 20 years of the Kargil War. How do these flowers survive in the conditions peculiar to these sectors?
And any other general comment on these flowers from the battlefields of Tololing, Khalubar, Bhimbet nallah etc.

Best regards,

[Saroj Kasaju]

Dear Mr. Singh,

Please post individual sp. separately along with date like elevation, date, location , habitat image

and all aspects of the sp. 

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

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[vikram jit singh]

Dear Mr Kasaju,

My requirement at the moment is very limited as I am a news journalist. I shall seek detailed answers later on each species. I have indicated the general, contiguous areas and altitudes where I found these flowers. My focus is to explain the war by referring to the flowers found in each of the battlezones.

Thank you.

[Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur]

1.  Check for Oxytropis spp. Occurring in that area.

2.  Hooker's Iris (Iris hookeriana)

3.  Clustered Rhodiola (Rhodiola fastigiate)

4.  Can be Alpine aster (Aster flaccidus)

Regards

Dr. Anil Thakur

 

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[Gurcharan Singh]

I think Anil Kumar ji is right. It could be Oxytropis tatarica Baker, similar plant O. willamsii, formerly under O. tatarica is distributed in Nepal.

Associated leaves below belong to different plant.

  

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[vikram jit singh]

Thank you so much for your enlightened guidance, Dr. Anil and Dr Gurcharan ji.

Could also briefly tell me how these flowers survive under so much snow and barren mountains in summer? Or something that distinguished the flora of the Kargil-batalik regions?

[vikram jit singh]

Could the members acquainted with the flora of the Mashkoh-Drass-Kargil-Batalik altitudes lend a perspective on my query below? I am writing an article in The Times of India on these flowers and would like readers to know something about the flora of these former battle zones.

Thanks & regards,

Vikram Jit Singh.

Golf Columnist, Defence & War Correspondent and Wildlife Correspondent: 

The Times of India at Chandigarh (India). 

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Dear Vikram Jit Singh ji

I am presently at California, and as such most of my literature is in India. Hope these help

 

Dr. Gurcharan Singh

Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Mob: 9810359089

http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ 

[Gurcharan Singh]

One more

Dr. Gurcharan Singh

Retired  Associate Professor
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Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Mob: 9810359089

http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ 

[Gurcharan Singh]

Descriptions here

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242335284 

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=240010013

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200009829 

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200009829

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200023435 

 

Dr. Gurcharan Singh

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Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Mob: 9810359089

http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ 

[vikram jit singh]

Thank you very much, Dr Gurcharan ji, for these links.

The links have opened an entire new world for me of understanding --- having seen and picked those mysterious flowers from battles in 1999 and now, once again, 20 years later.

[Gurcharan Singh]

Dear Vikram Jit Singh ji

We have botanised these regions in 1970-72, first time hitchhiking the travel from army vehicles as there was no regular transport to remote areas, walking long distances or even taking pony rides, subsequently in University jeeps. As there were no digital cameras, film cameras were a luxury, we would only collect herbarium specimens to be deposited in University herbarium. We explored Kargil and surroundings, Suru valley extensively.

Dr. Gurcharan Singh

Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Mob: 9810359089

http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ 

[vikram jit singh]

Thank you, Dr Gurcharan ji, for sharing memories of your marvelous botany expeditions, though tough on body and mind, but a lifelong asset of experience and discovery, exhilarating for the soul and a voyage into the unknown that not all whose destiny is so privileged .

[vikram jit singh]

Could the members please help ID:

1. First 2 pics, yellow roses (seemed to grow wild in thickets) along the base of Bhimbet nallah (village Trongjun) a few kilometres east of Drass, Kargil. Pics taken on July 5, 2019.

2. Tiny reddish and yellow flowers from Khalubar ridge, Batalik, along snow-melt streams, altitude about 13,000 feet. Pic taken on July 8, 2019.

[Gurcharan Singh]

First two represent Rosa, don't remember any wild rose with yellow double flowers. Third image has red flowers belonging to I hope Rhodiola fastigiata and large yellow flowers in foreground Potentilla argyrphylla.

Dr. Gurcharan Singh

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[vikram jit singh]

Thank you, Dr Gurcharan ji.

'Rosa', would imply escapees of cultivated roses or hybrid roses, not wild roses?

[vikram jit singh]

Dear Mr. Garg,

Could the members of this esteemed group help identify a cactus growing in the Junk Lungpa (nallah), 12,825 feet, Batalik LOC sector, north-eastern Ladakh. This cactus was described as one with long spines by Col. Lalit Rai, Vir Chakra, while leading troops of the 1/11 Gurkha Rifles to battles on the Khalubar ridge rising to the west of the Junk Lungpa.

One of his officers, Major Christopher Correya, while trying to seek cover from heavy Pakistani machine gun fire coming from the Khalubar ridge, plonked down hard on the cactus spines with disastrous results as it was growing by the side of a huge boulder, which afforded the only protection from the firing. However,  Major Correya felt it was a ''comfortable seat'' compared to the kind of firing the Pakistani intruders were bringing down in the open space ahead and behind the boulder! 

What could be possible species of cactus found in that region?

(I have attached two pics of cactus from Ladakh region as a speculation of the species mentioned by Col. Rai.)  

Best regards,

Vikram Jit Singh

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[Ushadi Micromini]

Dear sir:

the first picture is most likely a  copy righted picture found at this url:

url: https://www.tripoto.com/trip/laddakh-a-journey-to-myself-145399/photos/85360321fd8eb6f1bcffe38f2532aae0

do you have Kausal Meena's permission to use the picture ?

He is the photographer who created this series ...

in google images there is a warning just under this photo: 

Tripoto

Ladakh: A journey into myself - Tripoto

Images may be subject to copyright. Find out more

Related images: 

you see its not in creative commons domain.... 

before pictures like these used, 

even if for noble reason like helping out the poor army guy who fell on it....

one must get permission, esp for your self since you will definitely use the info gained here

for writing your publications ...

after i found this photo in that travelogue of Kaushal Meena,  i was puzzled , 

how can the army person's picture end up in someone else's  trip pictures?, 

then i re-read your post, and found this in your write up: 

quote: (I have attached two pics of cactus from Ladakh region 

as a speculation of the species mentioned by Col. Rai.)  end quote.

since you obviously found it, its just a matter of copying "Image address" which is just below 

"copy image" button.

we in India need to be proactive about these ethical issues.   

we do not wish to add to a growing bad name for ourselves in the world. do we???

Secondly now I would like you to give the full credit to this maker, by asking his permission

and maker of the second picture by sending in the url and permission from its maker. 

before you use any information about these cacti  for your publications. 

thank you

usha di

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[Ushadi Micromini]

both pictures seem to be Euphorbia with large thorns, 

likely candidates are Euphorbia psuedocactus var called Zig zag

these is a large specimen showed at Daves garden site at this URL:

https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/58032/#b  

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[vikram jit singh]

Yes, it is from his Kaushal Meena's post but I have no intention to publish it. Only as a reference as a possible ID. I normally mention the photographer even when seeking a reference on ID but due to an inadvertent error did not do so. 
 

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[Ushadi Micromini]

thats fine then

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[Gurcharan Singh]

First image for sure is a thistle from family Asteraceae, A cirsium sp., probably Cirsium falconeri, quite common at those altitudes. Second may be Euhorbia, have to see critically.

 

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[ushadi]

Gee wiz, never imagined a thistle to look so formidable.

and its "leaves" looks  like the stem of a cactus like plant...

few pictures I see on the net however show  a thin stem between leaves

which I don't see here in the picture by  mr. Meena that vikram copy pasted from the net.

Gurcharanji, though as I think about this, that white line down the middle on the first picture should have

made me pause and think of them as leaves and not "stems" .....  then thistle becomes a distinct possibility.

that's why you are the Guru.

Regards

Ushadi

[J.M. Garg]

Hi, Vikram ji,

All your posts for in last one year are getting clubbed in the same thread. Pl. see.

I think this is happening possibly as you may be modifying the subjects in the previous mails and forwarding it to the group with fresh attachments.

In view, pl. post different requests for ids, in separate mails with unique subject by mailing to indian...@googlegroups.com as per Posting Guidelines

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[vikram jit singh]

Fine, thanks, Mr Garg.

[vikram jit singh]

Dear Dr Gurcharan ji,

Thank you for the possible IDs.

I spoke to Col. Lalit Rai (retd.), Vir Chakra, and he felt it was the second image (possible Euhorbia) that matched the plant his battalion (1/11 Gurkha Rifles) encountered during the War when bullets were flying at them thick and fast along the Junk Lungpa and Khalubar ridge, Batalik LOC sector, in the first week of July 1999. Col. Rai added that the plant they encountered looked like the second image but was pretty big and spread out in the shadow of the large boulder.

Could you shed some light on this species or any other related species that could be encountered in that region, and whether the spines have any kind of substance poisonous to humans?

Thanks and regards.

On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 5:22 PM Gurcharan Singh <sing...@gmail.com> wrote:

[ushadi]

your picture is not one that that soldier fell on....

and its not the spines per se

when someone falls on a plant, it breaks

breaks the branches

if you do any kind of gardening or hiking etc

you know, breaking many plants oozes some sort of sap..

euphorbias ooze a milky sap, most often

that milky sap is a strong irritant

can result in blisters on skin,

keratoconuctivitis if it goes in eyes 9directly or thru contaminated fingers)

etc etc

since its a euphorbia

search for euphorbia sap and toxicity

read  and

make up your own mind

I will give you a couple of references to start you off on your journey...

this one is about eyes and is an indian paper:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2712704/#CIT2

german site page : about the toxicity

http://euphorbia.de/giftstart_e.htm

happy reading

Regards

Ushadi

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Dear Vikram Jit Singh Ji

Here is Online useful book on Ladakh Plants. I have listed plants with spiny leaves/stems. You may Google search those that are not illustrated in the book.

http://www.jkwildlife.com/pdf/pub/Field%20Guide%20Flora%20of%20Ladakh.pdf  

Berberis ulicina 

Capparis spinosa

Caragana versicolor 

Cirsium falconeri

Cirsium wallichii  

Cousinia falconeri

Cousinia thomsonii

Echinops cornigerus   

Lonicera spinosa

Rosa ecae

Rosa webbiana   

  

Dr. Gurcharan Singh

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SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 12:26 AM vikram jit singh <vikramji...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Dr Gurcharan ji,

Could you please deploy your expertise on the flora of Ladakh and suggest the possible species with thorns/spines etc from the Batalik region?

I seek to draw the attention of readers to the unknown floral and faunal marvels of that region via the medium of a war setting that is etched firmly in the minds of the contemporary generation.

Thanks & regards. 

[Saroj Kasaju]

Thank you Gurucharan Sir !

Saroj Kasaju

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[ushadi]

Well that's a lot of reading for the sender

Thanks Gurcharanji

I hope they will correlate pictures in your references with the plants that caused them trouble.

lets hope we hear some feed back on his research

and feedback from the army folks thru Vikram

after all those info Gurcharanji and I gave

Regards

Ushadi

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[vikram jit singh]

Dear Mr. Garg,

Could the members of this esteemed group help confirm the identify of a beautiful flower growing on a vine at the City Forest/Nagar Van, Chandigarh.

The vine is currently in bloom and was identified by a flower enthusiast as Aristolochia elegans.  

Best regards,

(Pics by VJS and Dalvinder Saini)

[J.M. Garg]

Hi, Vikram Jit ji,

Things have not changed.

All your posts are coming in the same thread at ID OF THIS GORGEOUS IRIS FROM UTTARKHAND, 3750 METRES ABOVE MSL

Pl. see.

I think this is happening possibly as you may be modifying the subjects in the previous mails and forwarding it to the group with fresh attachments.

In view, pl. post different requests for ids, in separate mails with unique subject by mailing to indian...@googlegroups.com as per Posting Guidelines