Ashwini Ji Some good links are already there in Usha Di response. However, I believe (you may agree or not) that making a herbarium is a laborious but possible exercise, BUT maintaining it is certainly difficult and requires use of chemicals as repellents/ insecticides/ fumigants. After one or two years specimens are attacked by insects which is difficult to control. Many of the herbarium specimens are destroyed because of this despite of having even trained staff. My opinion is to make a virtual flora (collection of photographs) of the area rather than herbarium which is most often meant for hard core taxonomists. You already have many quality photographs with fine details of morphology. AND every body know that how easy is to maintain a virtual flora (collection of digital pics). Good luck! DSRawat Pantnagar
On Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 9:42:10 PM UTC+5:30, ashwini wrote: > > 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? Since I have no previous experience, please > guide with basics such as materials, process etc. > > I will be grateful for any insights. > > Thanks and regards, > Ashwini > > -- 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.
