While actively involved in floristic research between 1969 to 1975, at the
end I could identify 80-90 percent of plants for Kashmir valley. With most
of these faded in memory lane in 34 years, and many more hidden in hard
covers of different herbaria; the best approach that I adopted then was to
find out how many species of a particular genus are reported, and how many I
have collected. I would note down the important features of those left, and
be on look out. Photography then was a expensive hobby, and one could not
think of clicking every plant met, have the film processed and get the
prints, and that too mostly black and white. Lucky to be able to photograph
which you needed to use in your thesis and then your book.
While this approach is a far cry for us in Indian Flora, I wish the
active members from Maharashtra (and I find there are many), Karnataka,
Kerala, TN and other places can try this approach, and be look out for
species which are reported from their area, but not represented on
Indiantreepix and Flowers of India. This should serve double purpose: your
interest in plants would be greately increased, you always have a goal, and
ultimately our databases will be enriched much more quickly. I selectively
take care to upload those species which are not in our databases.
Wishing you a happy photography
--
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Associate Professor, Department of Botany, SGTB Khalsa College
University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018
Phone: 011025518297; Mobile: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
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