So, what to do? my points are: 1. Let us identify difficult grasses, sedges, Eriocaulon and likewise plants only up to genus level, until experts of these groups provide correct identity based on their experience.
2. Let us take more and more close up shots of various parts these plants to enable the experts (fortunately we have many in this group) to see details of key characters from the photos. 3. Once we know (thru experience or by referring floras) broadly the diagnostic features, we should try to record the details (which can not be inferred from the photos) such as size, texture, number of seeds etc. to facilitate accurate identification. This is the purpose why we initiated a discussion titled "Sharing of experience: Plant Photography" on this group in the recent past. This will help members what characters to be focussed for id of what group of plants.For e.g. we provided hint that take a photo of split open pods of Crotalarias - or count the seeds and record in the field note book - to id the species. So, none of members are discouraged or stopped from taking grass/sedge photos. But, they are encouraged to take more shots revealing more key characters, and if the images are stored in the indiantreepix database, they can be identified any time, if not right now. Let's enjoy photographing and identifying our floral wealth! -- With regards R. Vijayasankar FRLHT, Bangalore --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
