Ushadi Photography on film camera in early seventies was a great luxury. With a gazetted officer (doctor, engineer, lecturer) not getting more than Rs. 400 as salary, a coloured photo print costing 8-10 rupees, one could not afford to photograph all plants. Only a few of significance to be included in thesis were taken on black and white film.
Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected] > wrote: > collected ... by hand > or on film? > > hope on film > > usha di > > On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 4:14 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Thanks Ushadi and Satish >> >> One of the commonest plants on thatched walls in March April in Srinagar >> Kashmir. The flowers look like a mini Ranunculus. When I remember these >> plants I pity why there no digital cameras when we were so close to plants >> every day. The great beauty of plants in Ladakh I wonder I would be able to >> catch or not again. Collected lot of them between 1970-74 >> >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 5:56 AM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> A different genus from Ranunculaceae not discussed earlier I suppose. >>> Thanks Usha di for additional information. >>> >>> Dr Satish Phadke >>> >>> On 24 January 2015 at 18:40, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected] >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> I have heard of this because of medical literature on contact >>>> dermatitis from plants.. never seen it as plant... thanks >>>> >>>> commonly also found and used in the middle east as herbal remedy, it >>>> juice is known to cause second degree burn like lesions ... >>>> so one has to be extra careful if handling these or trying to remove >>>> the "weeds" >>>> >>>> Metin A, Calka O, Akdeniz N, Behcet L. Phytodermatitis from >>>> *Ceratocephalus >>>> falcatus* Contact Dermatitis 2005;52:314-6. >>>> >>>> usha di >>>> >>>> On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> *Ceratocephalus falcatus* (L.) Pers. Syn. Pl. 1:341, 1805 >>>>> >>>>> A small annual herb with all basal 3-fid leaves once or twice forked >>>>> into linear segments; scape naked; flower terminal, yellow, 10-15 mm in >>>>> diam; sepals 5, petals 5; stamens 5-15; achenes many on elongated >>>>> receptacle, with basal pouch and falcate beak. >>>>> Commonly found on walls or dry grounds. Photographed from Pahalgam >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>>>> Retired 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>>>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Usha di >>>> =========== >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
