Respected Sirs and dear friends
Thanks a lot for allowing me to coordinate this episode and I hope I can
match up to your expectations.
I will request you to feel free to post whatever orchid pics you have but
please remember,
1. MULTIPLE PICS FROM MULTIPLE ANGLES help a lot in better identification.
2. Taxonomy is an opinion and anyone can go wrong including me :) so dont
fight if I have to correct your id and feel free to correct my id too.
3. Kindly add a proper and standardized subject line with family name as
well as the species name. If the species id is requested then please
mention unique numbers on the species name as following:
WHEN YOU KNOW THE SPECIES: "Orchidaceae Fortnight: Habenaria
longicorniculata J.Graham" or "Orchidaceae Fortnight: Habenaria
longicorniculata".
WHEN YOU DONT KNOW THE SPECIES: "Orchidaceae Fortnight: for ID PK12062"
4. Please mention the locality and date for each species, it helps in
correct ID. But trust me, even with both sometimes its difficult to id.
Even if the plants are identified it will be a good idea to add localities.
5. There is possibility that I might miss to check all mails. Just in case
you realise that you plant is not identified then please forward me again.
In general if you want a quick id then you can think of sending CC of your
mail to me on the first go itself.
6. If I dont reply to a mail, then it doesnt mean that I have differences
with the sender or the mail was not nice. Just that due to lack of time, I
will put in my comments when and where it is needed and when and where it
is asked. All pics are nice and they come out the way you want them to look
like. A good looking pic may not be a good pic botanically and it may get
difficult to id too. Secondly, to me all plants and all photographs are
important but still even after viewing the pics I may not have time to
comment. SO PLEASE DONT MIND and PLEASE DONT ASSUME THINGS ON YOUR OWN.
FEEL FREE TO ASK ME AGAIN :).
7. I will try to repost some pics from archives. These will have
representative of the subfamily or genera. I will try to provide original
details with the name of original owners of the pics. Hope that will be ok
for all. I will also try to post pics from otuside India but in that case I
will do it for a reason and I will mention it on the subject line. I assume
you all can do the same too.
8. I would request all members to collaborate and coordinate the episode as
they have done in past. All your comments are valuable.
9. What makes this group more wonderful is the fact that sitting on my desk
in Hong Kong, I can know which orchid is flowering in which area of India
and how does the plant look like.
10. I AM NOT HERE TO TEACH OR PREACH BUT TO LEARN MYSELF.
11. Comments and suggestions from all members are always welcome. If you
have any better ideas of how to organise this episode then please feel free
to share. Make it a grand event but at the same times make it a easy for
all to understand event.
Gurucharan sir, your one correct id of Spiranthes is more than enough :) so
please dont worry. I can show you manuscripts in high profile journals
which have wrong names for Spiranthes :). Your comments and suggestions are
always welcome.
Best regards
Pankaj
On Monday, 16 September 2013 13:58:20 UTC+8, Gurcharan Singh wrote:
>
> Dear friends
> Our next episode, I am sure would be the most exciting one covering
> Orchidaceae, one of the most fascinating groups of plants, and very well
> represented in India. I had this group in my mind for a long time but had
> decided that we will go ahead only after Pankaj ji gives a nod for it. I
> realize Pankaj ji is very busy in his research, but I am sure he will
> extract some time to lead the discussions during the uploads. I am very
> sure there are several other members deeply interested and having good
> collection of Orchidaceae members. I request them to help Pankaj ji to make
> this episode a very memorable one.
> This is one episode in which I would sit back and enjoy the uploads,
> and also have a chance to get my few photographs of orchids identified
> properly.
> Member are requested to organise the photographs to be uploaded
> during this episode.
>
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"efloraofindia" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email
to [email protected].
To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
