I agree with Dinesh ji. For a lot us like me, it's *learning by mistakes or photography*. *Photography has proved to be a great learning experience.* One photographs a plant, tries to identify it with the help of books etc., processes photos of different aspects of it, posts it, gets its confirmation/ correction on the group along with lots of discussion. One sees it again in the field & may be repeats the process. It involves so much of energy & time along with passionate involvement. It's difficult for one to forget it easily.
2009/11/2 Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Dinesh ji > And now the interesting coincidence. A few feet away from this plant was > growing Cuphea hyssopifolia, which I could identify easily. Not in my > wildest dreams could I thinkt that it could belong to the same genus. > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College > University of Delhi, Delhi > India > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45 > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > *To:* Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, November 02, 2009 5:48 PM > *Subject:* Re: [indiantreepix:22041] Plant 021109GS1 for ID from Mandi in > HP > > Dear friends (and Gurcharan ji), the reason with which I arrived to the ID > is not botanical, it is rather based on learning by mistakes !! For want of > time, I put only the botanical name in my message earlier. > > Let me append to it ... I had seen this plant in Mahabaleshwar ... > http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/2195761806/ ... and had mistaken > it for *Woodfordia fruticosa* !!!! ... ... one of my flickr contact (Tony > Rodd) as well as Tabish corrected the ID. > > Regards. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dinesh Valke >> Thanks a lot. That is the beauty of this group. With so many diverse >> experts, it so much lessens your work of sitting with books, hand lens and >> dissecting microscopes. >> >> Thanks once again >> >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College >> University of Delhi, Delhi >> India >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45 >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >> *To:* Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >> *Cc:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Monday, November 02, 2009 1:53 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [indiantreepix:22041] Plant 021109GS1 for ID from Mandi in >> HP >> >> Gurcharan ji, please check *Cuphea micropetala*. >> Regards. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Sending 021109GS1 for ID from Mandi in HP >>> >>> Incidently the first plant I encountered on trip to Kullu-Manali was a >>> small shrub, I could not place. It was apparantly cultivated outside a >>> hotel. >>> >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>> Associate Professor >>> SGTB Khalsa College >>> University of Delhi, Delhi >>> India >>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45 >>> >>> >>> -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' Image Resource of thousands of my images of Birds, Butterflies, Flora etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Indiantreepix: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
