Dear Dr Pankaj, I feel yr reply to Sachin needs to be read and seen by more wide audience out of eflora. I will love to put it on facebook just for people there to know that what kind of work is going on eflora. Best Regards. satyendra
On 3 July 2014 06:50, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Truely remarkable and I am very happy that now researchers are thinking > about pollination biology of plants in India which is one of the most > important subject in the field of ecology and conservation. > BUT..... > I would suggest to check few things: > 1. I DONT THINK THIS PLANT IS HABENARIA FOLIOSA, RATHER THIS IS HABENARIA > GIBSONI VAR FOETIDA. H. GIBSONI AND H. FOLIOSA ARE TWO DISTINCT PLANTS. > 2. STUDY MORE BUT IN THE WILD AS IN CAPTIVITY ITS NOT A NATURAL > ENVIRONMENT. > 3. YOU MUST KNOW THE FLORAL MORPHOLOGY OF HABENARIA AND PRESENT IT IN THE > ARTICLE SO AS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE EXACTLY STIGMA IS LOCATED. I WOULD SAY > LOWER INNER PART OF STIGMA WOULD NOT BE A GOOD PLACE FOR THE POLLENS TO GET > STICK TO. HABENARIA HAVE LONG STIGMATIC LOBES AND THE MOST FRONTAL PART OF > MOST STICKY. > 4. ITS VERY INTERESTING THAT BOTH MOTH AND BUTTERFLY VISIT THE FLOWER > WHICH NEEDS MORE DETAILED STUDY INCLUDING MALE POLLINATION SUCCESS, FEMALE > POLLINATION SUCCESS, FRUITING SUCCESS ETC. WRITE A NEW MANUSCRIPT BASED ON > ALL THESE AND I AM SURE IT WILL GO INTO VERY HIGH PROFILE JOURNAL. > 5. IF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO GC-MS THEN TRY TO ANALYSE THE FRAGRANCE AND THEN > ASK SOME ENTOMOLOGIST TO CHECK THE INSECT AS WHAT THEY GET ATTRACTED TO. > > Trust me, putting all these together can get your article into journals > like The New Phytologist. > > Please feel free to ask if you need any help. I can design your method if > you wish to follow and I dont need any authorship for that. I would HIGHLY > RECOMMEND you to spend one more year and publish a better article. > Best wishes > Pankaj > > > > On Thursday, 19 June 2014 19:05:12 UTC+8, sachin dangat wrote: >> >> Dear all, >> I am very glad to inform you that Pollination in *Habenaria foliosa** var. >> foetida >> *(Orchidaceae) paper is published in Richardiana, 2014; 15: 219-228. >> Paper is attached herewith >> Thanking You >> Sachin T. Dangat >> Research Student >> Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur >> > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- Satyendra K.Tiwari. Wildlife Photographer, Naturalist, Tour Leader H.NO <http://h.no/> 129, P.O.Tala, Distt Umariya. M.P. India 484-661 Park Entry fee is constantly under revision since last one year. We take no responsibility for any changes in park rules / fees. We will endaevour to let you know as soon as we know of such changes. To know more about Bandhavgarh visit following links. http://www.flickr.com/photos/satyendraphotography http://tigerdiaries.blogspot.com http://skayscamp.wetpaint.com SKAY'S CAMP is awarded QUALITY rating by Tour Operator For Tigers (TOFT). http://www.toftigers.org/accommodation/Default.aspx?id=15 Review Skay's Camp on TripAdvisor 00-91-7627-265309 or 09425331209 -- 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/d/optout.
