Nice shot and perfect timing!
Regards Vijayasankar ------------------------------------------------------------------- Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 8:05 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Excellent capture Pankaj. > Regards. > Dinesh > > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 7:26 PM, Prashant Awale <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks Pankaj ji for another great upload, nice catch and informative >> write up.. >> >> Regards >> Prashant >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 7:11 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Here is another pic of a pollinator flying away carrying pollinia from >>> Cymbidium ensifolium on its back. This is not observed very often. >>> Both pollinator and plant are getting rare these days. Pollinator due >>> to lack of foraging food and plant because of extreme pressure due to >>> collection. Cymbidiums are supposed to be one of the prized >>> possessions for Chinese. They are often referred to as the plants of >>> rich people. Normally leaves are green but, by mistake if it has >>> yellow streaks on leaves then the price goes higher !!! >>> Pollinators visit the flower for nectar and wax. >>> Best regards >>> Pankaj >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *********************************************************** >>> Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D. >>> IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia >>> >>> Office: >>> Conservation Officer >>> Orchid Conservation Section >>> Flora Conservation Department >>> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation >>> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>> Residence: >>> 151, 1st Floor, Tai Om Tsuen >>> Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>> >>> email: [email protected]; [email protected] >>> Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 >>> (mobile). Fax: +852 2483 7194 >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
