Thank you Didi for those interesting links, something novel to me. At the same time I also subscribe to the conservation view.
Regards surajit On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 5:15 PM, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> wrote: > Pankaj , Point well written and taken on my part > > May be you should take it up with botany departments at colleges and > universities and conservation agencies and the environmental departments > you are passionate about it > > good luck > > I'll let Ashwini tell you what you asked > Based on all the cases he has been showing here I personally dont think > Ashwini had any such notion as decimating plants you are thinking of... > but still its a good notion to sound the alarm > > we all will pay heed to your sentiments . I am sure... > > When are you going to show us some more of your orchids > > Usha di > > > > > > we have not seen you here for a while now, whats keeping you busy > > > > On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 4:52 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> My point was a bit different? >> There is no point making herbarium collections just for fun and for hobby. >> I am sorry but I dont know your background properly and neither do I know >> your location. >> If I had known your location then I would have suggested the name of >> nearest herbarium from your place which you can visit to study specimens if >> you need. >> Some people so specimen collections for fun and infact there are some >> rare species which are going extinct, for example Panchmarhi is a favorite >> destination for botany students, and they go every year in team and every >> year they collect same plants and some rare species, just to prepare report >> for their degree course. To me its WRONG !!! But its my personal view. >> Best regards >> Pankaj >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 7:04 PM, Ushadi Micromini < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear Ashwini >>> >>> You want to make herbarium specimen to dry for posterity for science >>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKcRUloQm0M> or //and >>> for making botanical art pieces for framing ( you have a rich fern >>> population they make great art pieces) >>> <https://www.etsy.com/in-en/market/pressed_ferns> >>> >>> Its not at all difficult >>> just laborious and you need to keep a log of serial number date of >>> collecting botanical names place of collection and any and all data you >>> want to save and meticulously write at least your serial number and date >>> on the newspaper where you are pressing them..the names or serial number >>> of your collection written down on the newspapers where you press them >>> initially >>> >>> and get any many different ones to show the natural variation that nay >>> be in any given wild population so they would be your erial number xyz >>> folowed by a b c d etc otr small i, ii, iii iv etc >>> other wise a mess follows >>> I have done it and had to throw out several because i had no way of >>> knowing what they were once dried out >>> >>> *Also its a fun thing for children to learn * >>> <http://www.motherforlife.com/creative-hobbies/crafts/7095-making-a-herbarium.thtml> >>> of course theirs is usually just a fun thing >>> and this site says its not rocket science , I love that sentiment >>> and who knows >>> it may direct their future lives >>> its pure bliss when what you love becomes your professional calling.... >>> >>> some very good instructions are on the net , at utube >>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhspYfnQM9M%20%20%20and%20https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhspYfnQM9M> >>> from a herbal site >>> and also a utube from RBGE >>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wFN9YmkBOQ>and then how to mount the >>> specimen RBGE again <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35qgfShomYY> >>> I looked at these s RBGE utubes before hitting the send button, its >>> really quite complete as far as demos go... >>> >>> >>> Read up some in writing... >>> one recent one i see is a pdf ... >>> <http://apps.rhs.org.uk/schoolgardening/uploads/documents/Making%20a%20herbarium%20specimen%20leaflet_1638.pdf> >>> and a blog >>> <https://theherbarium.wordpress.com/2010/09/10/how-to-make-a-herbarium/> >>> >>> ONE thing a professor at BHU had told me that in india one perhaps >>> needs to rinse out and dry the specimen in some sort of alcohol solution or >>> potassium permanganate to deter the fungi that grow.. before putting them >>> in newspapers for pressing, i tried it once but ... how does one know >>> that i had killed off all spores etc...also a theoretical problem with >>> that is flowers will wither etc, >>> and chemical analysis later may be interfered with, I donot know >>> exactly what folks do in India... >>> >>> >>> ask Dr Rawat or Gurcharanji or Nidhan or Balkar >>> >>> they would know they are currently professors... and go on collecting >>> trips I am sure they dont only take pictures they must be making herbarium >>> too... >>> >>> then for permanent mounting and saving ...getting supplies to be acid >>> free and all those tapes labels envelopes that see thru for small items or >>> fallen flowers or seeds etc, if you want to make it like at the NYBG or >>> MOBOT you would have to get your relatives to ship them to you do some >>> search, many years ago I had found some sites that had catalogs for >>> botanical herbarium making and also they had library related acid free >>> supplies... >>> >>> >>> BSI at Kolkata does a course of herbarium making at some campus in salt >>> lake you could ask Tapas da >>> or do search it at BSI site >>> >>> good luck >>> >>> Usha di >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> May I know why you wish to make herbarium specimens and where do you >>>> live? >>>> Pankaj >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 2:36 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please. >>>>> >>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>> From: Ashwini Bhatia <[email protected]> >>>>> Date: 1 April 2015 at 21:42 >>>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:220126] Herbarium >>>>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> This is an unusual request to all of you. I was thinking of making a >>>>> herbarium of local plants this summer with my son and daughter. What do I >>>>> need to make a professional herbarium–something which can be useful in >>>>> gaining further insights later? 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