Friends: it was fastest fingers first !! Thank you very much, Gurcharan ji ... my salutes to you.
Regards. On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 12:01 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > Me and several botanists had a set procedure of work. If you find any > unknown plant, sit with few floras, efloras if you have internet available, > get hold of dissecting microscope, needle, brush, blade and a few more > things and get busy till you identify the plant. If unsuccessful, photograph > it and send to any group or individual who you think can identify this. > > Two days back I found a plant growing in Herbal garden, labelled as ban > tulsi and identified as Ocimum basilicum. This angered me a lot, since it > was no where near Ocimum. I sat down with all books I had, tried to study > it, but after spending 6-8 hours could not identify this plant. Finally, > today I sent it to the group, and after 10 minutes I knew this was Hyptis > svaveolens, thanks Dinesh Valke. > This made me to rethink and decide. Next time you get a new plant, > simply photograph it and send to the group, if you don't get help, only then > waste your time with microscopes and books. > This is how Indiantreepix and internet has changed the attitudes. > Thanks Garg ji, Tabish ji and Dinesh ji. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- > 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]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=. > -- 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.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=.
