Macro view of Valley of Flowers
Thursday, August 28, 2008 – 10:46 pmIn the few hours around the Valley of Flowers, i had captured in camera around a couple of dozen flowers. And without any more words, lets get a visual treat of Alphine Flora…
Eritrichium conum - Alphine forget-me-nots lining the track leading to Valley of Flowers
Anaphalis triplinervis
Geranium wallichianum - Ratijari, the most common plant in the valley
Anemone rivularis - The pretty white Daipha
Potentilla Atrosanguinea
Ligularia amplexicaulis
Selinum tenuifolium
Aster stracheyi
Aster albescens
Impatiens glandulifera - The abundant pink Himalayan Balsam that we found everywhere
Codonopsis virdis - Bonnet Bellflower
Potentilla anserina - Silver weed (not very sure since it has more than 5 petals)
Saussurea Obvallata - Brahmakamal, Holy flower and the State Flower of Uttarakhand (its grows only in very high altitudes and this one was captured actually in Hemkund)
Bistorta affinis - Fleece flower
Solidago virga aurea - Golden rod
Morina longifolia
Campanula latifolia - Giant Bellflower
Gymnadenia orchidis - an orchid
Senecio Chrysanthemoides
Angelica archangelica - Choru
Lady bug over Selinum tenuifolium
Lady bug inside Potentilla Atrosanguinea
Honey bee over Angelica archangelica
I have made a reasonable effort to identify the flowers properly using the flowerbook bought on Valley of Flowers and also many of them using web or cross verified online. But i’m not a botanist, so If anyone finds an error, please let me know.
Still a few couldn’t be identified: the nameless flowers….
Not the least, here is the full list of main plant species in the Valley of Flowers as listed in the check post :
My only regret, i missed to capture the sky-blue colored Himalayan Blue Poppy and the Cobra Lily which many had captured in our group.
7 Responses to “Macro view of Valley of Flowers”
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By chitwinder on Oct 30, 2008
I was so impressed by your identification of all the flowers that I was about to say, “I wish I had known there was a botanist on our Nagalla 22/23 trip.”
There were so many interesting trees and flowers that I wished could have been identified for us.
Btw, I DID see the Blue Himalayan Poppy (Meconopsis betonifolia)(not sure of the spelling) growing on a ledge off the path to Hemkund Sahib. That was my first trek, in 1992, when I had gone alone from Chennai(then Madras!)
I saw the Brahma Kamal stuck in a vase in one of those wayside shacks and thought it was lettuce, until the man told me what he had happily plucked.
By Padmini Raghavan on Jun 12, 2009
All the photos are gorgeous and crystal clear and you carefully home worked to identify flowers name. Really appreciable.
Well done Naveen, keep posting your lovely trip snaps, so that every one can share your bliss and fun.
By Arivazhagan J on Jun 17, 2009
Amazing Pics Naveen!!!
It’s getting very difficult for me to control myself from being there. I have not seen so much beautiful flowers ever in my life.
Honestly speaking I am not aware of where this place is located, if you can reply to this comment and let me know how to reach there it will a great help.
Thanks in advance.
By Shailendra From Hotel Booking on Dec 24, 2009
Wonderful, composition & the camera too
By Megha on Jan 11, 2010
Thanks Padmini, Arivazhagan, Shailendra, Megha!
Padmini, a botanist would be great for our Nagala treks. Its great to hear that you visited the place in 1992, it would have been more unspoiled and beautiful, i hope.
Shailendra, the place is Valley of Flowers in Uttarakhand. It can be reached from Haridwar 10hrs drive and then you have to trek from Joshimath. Check the trek map - http://www.snaveen.com/my-travel-maps/valley-of-flowers-expedition-map/
By Naveen on Jan 13, 2010
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