Thanks Dr. Chadwell. I have original full resolution photographs of this plant, and few others. If you want me to crop and enlarge any, please let me know.
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 Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 5:35 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Chadwell ji > > On 19 Nov 2016 7:04 pm, "[email protected]" < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Further to my posting on 12th November. This is a totally different >> geranium to the photographed in VOF (see above posting). >> >> *I currently cannot put a firm name on this - shall comment further in >> due course. *Further to my recent post about photographing Geraniums. >> >> *I do not think this comes within the G.collinum-pratense-himalayense >> alliance/complex. Kashmir is graced with quite a number of poorly-known* >> >> *geraniums.* >> >> >> >> Let me try to explain. In the Notes Yeo supplied me, he draws attention >> to the problematical G.collinum-pratense-himalayense alliance. He >> considered this was particularly critical in the NW Himalaya with high >> quality pressed specimens needed (nowadays these can be supplemented and >> sometimes replaced by high quality digital images (provided the advice >> given below is followed). This alliance has pink to blue flowers >> (sometimes white) in which the stamen-tip and stigmas are never >> blackish-purple... >> >> >> >> >> I consider it will be helpful for keen photographers, willing to make an >> additional effort, to know which parts of Geranium to photograph. Having >> images of such parts of each geranium will greatly aid identification and >> enhance our understanding of the genus in the Himalaya - and perhaps you >> can help with the locating and identification of a species new-to-science! >> >> >> >> >> >> PHOTOGRAPHING GERANIUMS: >> >> >> >> *IF only the first one or two flowers have come out don't bother to >> collect as the form of inflorescence will not be evident.* >> >> >> *The rootstock is important; get enough to show whether compact or >> creeping, or annual. You can photograph the base of the plant which should >> provide this information. Clearly, one requires permission from the >> authorities to uproot a plant. There is still a need and indeed role for >> the collection of pressed specimens for herbaria in India but that is >> primarily the domain of staff of botanic gardens/ institutions.* >> >> * In the early stages of flowering look out for the best-developed unripe >> fruits available.* >> >> * If fruit is ripe try to include both dehisced and undehisced states.* >> >> * If the fruits are falling with the seeds inside them, collect some >> (many geraniums disperse their seed explosively but some seed is often >> retained).* >> >> *Include some loose petals when pressing (detach if necessary). Expose >> stamens to show filament shape and hairs by taking 2 or 3 sepals off a >> flower from which petals have recently dropped.* >> >> *Smoothing out one or two leaves and flowers as you close the press may >> be helpful; a few separately pressed basal and lower/middle stem leaves are >> often useful.* >> >> *Wilted specimens can be very misleading.* >> >> *Notes should be taken as to flower posture, colour and patterning of >> petals, colour of stigmas, anthers and distal parts of filaments (not >> necessary if your photos show these).* >> >> *And don't forget to ensure the stipules are clearly shown - something >> that would have been obviously in pressed specimens, so not mentioned above >> by Yeo.* >> >> >> On Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 3:03:04 PM UTC, Gurcharan Singh wrote: >> >>> *Geranium himalayense* Kllotzsch >>> >>> Large-flowered Himalayan species somewhat similar to G. pratense but >>> with wedge-shaped segments, larger purple to pink flowers with 20-28 mm >>> long petals and longer fruits 4-4.5 cm long. >>> >>> Photographed from Kashmir >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 https://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. 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