Thanks a lot, Chadwell ji, all the efforts & help. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: C CHADWELL <[email protected]> Date: 26 February 2017 at 02:13 Subject: Cotoneasters sent for naming by Jeanette Fryer To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]>
I am pleased to announce that I have just received a CD back from Jeanette as to her thoughts about the identification of the Cotoneaster images which were on eFI. As anticipated, this has taken months. She is busy with other matters plus is regularly sent pressed specimens and photos to be identified, when time permits. Indeed, it cost her £30 to hire a computer expert to open some of the files! I can assure members that NOT ALL Britishers are wealthy. £30 is a significant amount - as it is for me..... The images taken in India which I sent to her on a CD (she does not use the internet), has as involved a LOT of time and effort on her part. eFI members are fortunate indeed to have those with specialist knowledge prepared to devote time TRYING to help. I consider everyone submitting photos of Cotoneaster in the future should TRY hard to photograph the parts of the plant REQUIRED to provide an accurate and reliable identification - known as a DETERMINATION. Doing this makes it easier, rather than more difficult and time-consuming for her. *It was not easy for her as **many of the images show no sterile shoot leaves visible - ONLY close-ups* *of flowers and/or fruit). In future it would be a great help if a few leaves were **turned over so that she* *could see if they are glabrous or tomentose etc.* *Some of the pictures were not of good quality and pixilate when trying to zoom* *in on details. She did her best with these.* *I HOPE she will be willing to ATTEMPT to DETERMINE images of Cotoneaster submitted to eFI* *in the future but it must be said that it is up to member's to HELP.* Jeanette is the Botanical Society of the British Isles REFEREE (Specialist) for COTONEASTER. I consider it will be useful if the following advice she provided is read by anyone likely to be photographing Cotoneasters in the future. I realise some of this refers to PRESSED SPECIMENS but is still relevant: COTONEASTERS FOR DETERMINATION. 'When sending specimens to me for determination, please send them between papers - not in polythene, as I am often away from home. Also, may I remind BSBI members that it saves a lot of time if you include with the specimen the vice-county number, grid reference, location, situation (growing on top of a wall or in the shade etc.), height and habitat, and if applicable, petal, filament and other colour or fruit colour. Also, if possible, include a sterile shoot of the current year's growth (the leaves of this shoot are extremely important when identifying Cotoneasters). And please remember to give me the date of collection of the specimen. *The notes above will help members to know which parts of Cotoneaster NEED to be photographed along with accompanying field notes. IF your photos represent a TRUE reproduction of the colour of the petals (plus other floral parts) and/or fruits, that is fine. IF NOT, the colours observed "in then field should be noted".* I shall gradually post the DETERMINATIONS provided. Best Wishes, Chris Chadwell 81 Parlaunt Road SLOUGH SL3 8BE UK www.shpa.org.uk -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the world- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). The whole world uses my Image Resource <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
