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Title: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/
Post by: Naresh Swami on December 28, 2013, 12:24:03 PM

Saussurea gossypiphora, D.Don
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Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas
Post by: Susan Band on December 28, 2013, 12:49:37 PM

Welcome Naresh. Lovely picture of a really woolly saussurea. Do you live in Sikkim or are you just visiting. Would love to see more pictures.
Susan

Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/Saussurea gossypiphora, D.Don
Post by: Naresh Swami on December 28, 2013, 12:54:03 PM

Hi... Susan. Greetings from India. Thanks..... will do so.
Naresh Swami

Title: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/Saussurea obvallata, (DC.) Edgew.
Post by: Naresh Swami on December 28, 2013, 01:54:45 PM

Saussurea obvallata, (DC.) Edgew.

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Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/Saussurea obvallata, (DC.) Edgew.
Post by: Naresh Swami on December 28, 2013, 01:57:01 PM

Saussurea obvallata, (DC.) Edgew.
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Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/Saussurea obvallata, (DC.) Edgew.
Post by: Maggi Young on December 28, 2013, 02:07:34 PM

Welcome Naresh -  what fine Saussaurea photos.

Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/Saussurea obvallata, (DC.) Edgew.
Post by: Naresh Swami on December 28, 2013, 04:21:04 PM

Thank you.... Maggi.

Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/Saussurea obvallata, (DC.) Edgew.
Post by: Brian Ellis on December 28, 2013, 04:47:48 PM

They look absolutely amazing Naresh :)

Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/Saussurea gossypiphora, D.Don
Post by: Brian Ellis on December 28, 2013, 04:50:02 PM

Ooh, didn't see this one Naresh, exceptional!!

Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/
Post by: Naresh Swami on December 28, 2013, 06:12:30 PM

Thanks...... !!!!!! Greetings from India.

Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/
Post by: Philippe on December 28, 2013, 06:18:01 PM

Argh himalayan Saussurea!!! Beneath Primula, perhaps one of the genus that captivates me the most.
Thank you for the pics, I personaly can't get enough of these sights ;)

Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/
Post by: Richard Green on December 28, 2013, 11:41:35 PM

These are great pictures, Naresh, where were they taken? In the wild, or in your garden?

Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/
Post by: Naresh Swami on December 29, 2013, 01:38:13 AM

@ Philippe, thanks.... will post more in the coming days.
@ Richard Green, thanks... I live in Sikkim and the Alpine Himalaya is my garden  :) :) :) I am working in the Alpine Himalayas to document its flora in bloom.

Title: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/Eriophyton wallichi, Benth.
Post by: Naresh Swami on December 29, 2013, 01:46:12 AM

Eriophyton wallichi, Benth.

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Title: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/Rheum nobile, Hook.f. & Thoms.
Post by: Naresh Swami on December 29, 2013, 02:33:12 AM

Rheum nobile, Hook.f. & Thoms.

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Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/
Post by: ranunculus on December 29, 2013, 02:46:08 AM

Amazing and wonderful images, Naresh ... we can't wait to see more please.

Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/
Post by: Peppa on December 29, 2013, 03:05:57 AM

Hi Naresh,

Wow, thanks so much for posting these pictures! Sikkim is a place I would love to visit some day! ;)

I'm drooling over the Rheum nobile! Beautiful!!! :)

Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/
Post by: Naresh Swami on December 29, 2013, 04:14:41 AM

@ Ranunculus : thanks..... sure I will be uploading more.
@Peppa : u r always welcome.

Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/
Post by: Philippe on December 29, 2013, 10:34:50 AM

Oh truely thank you for these other pics Naresh, they are wonderful and show these plants much better than we are used to see them through the web.
Love the way you are photographing them, both beautiful and very precise.
That Eriophyton is just...well...breathtaking too! And great to be able to see in detail where it grows, in what soil ( which actually seems very very fine, on the surface anyway)

You are going to be my next alpine plants bible it seems ;)

Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/
Post by: Botanica on December 29, 2013, 12:04:44 PM

Extra pics ! Very impressive plant , i hope you have many pics of himalayan plants you share with us  ;D ;D

Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/
Post by: ian mcenery on December 29, 2013, 02:38:08 PM

Wonderful pictures Naresh keep them coming please

Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/
Post by: Mark Griffiths on December 29, 2013, 11:52:19 PM

very interesting, yes more please

Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/
Post by: Naresh Swami on December 30, 2013, 09:16:20 AM

@ Mark Griffiths : sure, I will be uploading more in the coming days.
@ ian mcenery : thanks.... yes will do.
@ botanica : Thanks.... I work in the Alpine Himalayas to document its flora in bloom.
@ Phillipe : Thanks.... i am in process of documenting Alpine flora from the Himalayas in bloom. Of course, I am putting extra efforts to get it in detail.

Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/Aconitum hookeri, Stapf.
Post by: Naresh Swami on December 30, 2013, 09:19:35 AM

Aconitum hookeri, Stapf.

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Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/Aconitum spicatum, (Bruhl) Stapf.
Post by: Naresh Swami on December 30, 2013, 09:23:06 AM

Aconitum spicatum, (Bruhl) Stapf.

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Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/
Post by: YT on December 30, 2013, 10:18:56 AM

What the AMAZING PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you, Naresh :)

Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/
Post by: Naresh Swami on December 30, 2013, 12:51:33 PM

@ YT : thanks....

Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/
Post by: Ian Y on December 30, 2013, 02:29:34 PM

Oh Wow,
stunning photography Naresh and of such beautiful and desirable plants - cheers me up on such a wet dark Scottish day.

I hope you will share many more with us.

Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/
Post by: Naresh Swami on December 31, 2013, 01:35:25 AM

@ Ian : Thanks.... sure I will be posting more.

Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/Saussurea roylei, (DC.) Sch.
Post by: Naresh Swami on December 31, 2013, 01:27:17 PM

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Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/Saussurea simpsoniana, (Field. & Gardn.) L
Post by: Naresh Swami on December 31, 2013, 01:31:08 PM

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Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/
Post by: Tim Ingram on December 31, 2013, 04:10:43 PM

Really extraordinary plants Naresh! Does the yellow Morina coulteriana grow in the region you work in? This is a species I have always wanted to grow but so far not been able to establish, especially since M. longifolia grows very well for us and self-seeds.

Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/
Post by: Philippe on December 31, 2013, 04:30:10 PM

Naresh, I envy you living so close to such treasures.
Interesting to see the young wooly Saussurea; finally it looks like  a "normal" plant when immature ;)
Even at this stage these little plants must have a very long stem to get to the soil through the rounded stones layer ( or to get to the light above).

Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/
Post by: Steve Garvie on December 31, 2013, 05:13:39 PM

Wow!!!
Wonderful images of these amazing plants Naresh!

Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/
Post by: peter hood on December 31, 2013, 09:06:10 PM

I feel I must join everyone else in thanking you, Naresh, for such stunning pictures. They almost seem better than seeing the actual plants.

I have just received some Saussurea seed, and some Eriophyton wallichii, among some seed from Chris Chadwell. I will sow them in the next few days, with more hope than expectation. There seem to be so many obstacles preventing us from raising plants of these high Himalayan plants - but I keep trying - and just occasionally have some success.

Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/
Post by: GordonT on December 31, 2013, 09:53:57 PM

Naresh, What amazing photographs of equally amazing plants!Your photography is truly magical!

 I have always been drawn to the likes of Rheum nobile, but knowing there's little chance of it surviving here, must content myself with images from elsewhere. Now you have added at least three other plants to that group: Saussurea gossypiphora, Saussurea obvallata, and Eriophyton wallichii! Plants to dream of growing!

Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/
Post by: Naresh Swami on January 01, 2014, 03:12:16 AM

@ Gordon T : Thanks...... Make a trip to Nepal, u can see all of them. Sikkim has a lot of restrictions to foreign tourists, so Nepal will be better for you.
@ Peter Hood : Thanks a lot... I should also thank the Forum for giving me an opportunity to share the pics as well as get in touch with all other plant.
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@ Steve Garvie : Thanks a lot.
@ Phillipe : I will a post a few more pics for you, showing the stem.
@ Tim Ingram : thanks a lot..... Morina coulteriana, Royle grows in the Sikkim-Himalayas, however I haven't documented it as it is growing slightly at a lower altitude than my work. It grows up to 3200 m only. I work above 4000 m. I documented Morina longifolia, wallicji ex Dc., will upload the pic for you soon.

Title: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/Saussurea simpsoniana, (Field. & Gardn.) L
Post by: Naresh Swami on January 01, 2014, 03:26:46 AM

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Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/Saussurea gnaphalodes (Royle ex DC.) Sch.
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Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/
Post by: ruweiss on January 02, 2014, 09:19:33 PM

Naresh, thank you so much for showing us these beauties.
It is a pity, that these fine things do not like our climate.

Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/
Post by: Naresh Swami on January 04, 2014, 03:03:11 AM

 @ ruweiss : Thanks.... These are all very high altitude plants from the Himalayas. If not these, some others are found in those conditions also. I will post more of pics in the coming days.

Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/Identification required....
Post by: Naresh Swami on January 19, 2014, 03:53:20 AM

Identification required- Sausurea ?
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Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/Primula; Identification required.....
Post by: Naresh Swami on January 19, 2014, 03:55:32 AM

Primula; Identification required.....

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Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/Primula spp; Identification required.....
Post by: Naresh Swami on January 19, 2014, 03:57:44 AM

Another Primula for Identification

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Title: Re: Alpine Plants of Sikkim Himalayas/
Post by: Johan Nilson on February 24, 2014, 07:11:58 PM

Wow!! Thanks for all these beautiful sikkimese treasures! Please keep the pictures coming.

The Primulas could probably be identified as Primula elongata (yellow one) and Primula munroi ssp. schizocalyx (the white one).