Beautiful picture and interesting story, Nidhan ji! Thanks for sharing. Vijay ------------------------------------------------------------------- Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. Research Scientist National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi, MS, USA
On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Nidhan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All, > > This is quite difficult for anyone to choose a single out of numerous > shots, each recorded with equal interest and dedication, and same is true > for me.. > The year 2014 brought a lot of opportunities for me to go out and record > the plant sightings, starting in February 2014 when I got my much awaited > tiny orchid, *Zeuxine streumatica* from Morni Hills...we visited Chakrata > in April and again Morni Hills in October.. > But my most memorable tour was Kalimpong-Pelling-Darjeeling Tour in May > 2014 with Smita Ji, a die hard lover of orchids. There are so many things > to tell about the tour, the professionalism of the hotel owners, cab owners > and everyone out there, during the time which they call the "peak tourist > season"- *abhi to kamana hai*. > The cab people are so professionals..they charged whatever they wished, > still they tried to travel non-stop..we had to quarrel with almost all the > drivers that we are paying a good amount, and we will stop wherever we see > any new plant, our sole aim to come here from far away places is to observe > plants, but we never succeeded in telling them that we are not tourists.. > On the first day, while going from Siliguri to Kalimpong, I observed a > large number of tall plants among the grasses, which I immediately took as > orchids, but being in a bus I could not get down to see or record them.. > During all our days of stay there, we didn't get this orchid > anywhere...Smita Ji was desperate to get it but I told her that bamboo > orchid was not on any of our usual routes..we have to plan a special visit > to that area..what, if I am wrong in id or in relocating the plant, in that > case we will waste money and a valuable day, still we decided to go for it.. > On the day of my back journey, we planned a visit from Darjeeling to > Siliguri from indirect route (not the smallest) which will connect with the > same road going from Siliguri to Kalimpong at the Teesta Bridge..this was > sheer luck that we got few individuals of the bamboo orchid growing towards > this part of the road and I realized that the sizeable number which I had > seen during up journey was actually after Teesta Bridge towards Kalimpong > and not this side.. > On sight of this orchid, Smita Ji was so excited that she dropped the lens > cover of her camera, not to be found again, but we were very happy to be > successful in the end.. > > I hope the attached picture qualifies for being my FLORA PICTURE OF THE > YEAR 2014.. > > -- > Regards, > > Dr. Nidhan Singh > Assistant Professor > Department of Botany > I.B. (PG) College > Panipat-132103 Haryana > Ph.: 09416371227 > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
