Thanks, Pankaj ji. You are the guiding light and an inspiration to all of us to do more. You have brought to light the treasure trove of Indian orchids.
On 20 June 2018 at 12:48, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow, thats a long duration, 1/7th of an average human life and indeed a > mega effort by you and all the active members. It is a knowledge bank which > will stay on for free for the whole of India. > Happy 11th Anniversary!! > > On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 3:10 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, Ushadi. >> Actually I have corrected it in the subject in the group. >> That is why this issue is there. >> >> On 20 June 2018 at 12:32, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Aarti khale has started a new thread with 11 years in the title >>> >>> efloraofindia:297618] Re: Efloraofindia completes 11 years on 17.6.18 >>> >>> is there a away to merge the two? >>> >>> >>> usha di >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 10:15 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Sorry, it should be 11 years in the subject. >>>> >>>> On 19 June 2018 at 17:17, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear members, >>>>> We have completed 11 years on 17.6.18 with more enthusiasm and hard >>>>> work >>>>> by inserting more than 50,000 images in last one year. We have not >>>>> only added images on species pages, but also used them for >>>>> comparative purposes at genera & family pages of around 55 >>>>> families, along with corrections of wrongly identified posts and >>>>> identifications of unidentified posts in these families, in last one year. >>>>> New species continue to be added unabatedly including a lot from >>>>> ornamental plants. We seek more and more participation and postings of new >>>>> plants from all concerned. >>>>> >>>>> I repeat what we said on completion of 10 years: >>>>> "Dear members, >>>>> It is really difficult to describe the long journey of 10 years of >>>>> Efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home> in a >>>>> few paragraphs. It had all emotions of a pot boiler like joy, pain, >>>>> satisfaction etc. It started with a commitment to do something for >>>>> the society in as little a way as possible. As the movement grew, so did >>>>> the ideas to do something more. Lot of them got concretised during this >>>>> long journey. As everybody put their heads together, we did lot of things >>>>> unheard of before. Ours was a unique journey with no precedents. >>>>> Naturally, >>>>> it carried all the thrills with it, as are associated with any first time >>>>> adventure. It showed what can be achieved even without a single penny >>>>> being >>>>> spent or any one even meeting physically. It was a movement of thousands >>>>> of >>>>> people coming together from diverse backgrounds and places, just like >>>>> small >>>>> streams ultimately forming the sea. Result has been documentation of >>>>> 12,000 >>>>> species with more than 2,50,000 images due to the efforts of our 2800 >>>>> members & others experts from outside. >>>>> And our commitment has not diminished, but only growing. Future is >>>>> more challenging than the past was. Let us all re-dedicate ourselves on >>>>> this occasion for building of the efloraofindia." >>>>> >>>>> Our sincere thanks to The Pillars >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/pillars-of-efloraofindia>, >>>>> Subject/ Area Experts >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/subject-experts>, >>>>> Moderators >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/moderators>, Major >>>>> contributors >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/major-contributors> >>>>> & >>>>> other members who are rendering selfless service on the group & made this >>>>> endeavour possible for the benefit of everyone. >>>>> -- >>>>> 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 2975 members & 2,90,000 messages on 31.3.18) or >>>>> Efloraofindia >>>>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a >>>>> species database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 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'. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 2975 members & 2,90,000 messages on 31.3.18) or >>>> Efloraofindia >>>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>>> database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 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 "ITPmods" 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/itpmods. >>>> >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Usha di >>> =========== >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "ITPmods" 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/itpmods. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 2975 members & 2,90,000 messages on 31.3.18) or Efloraofindia >> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >> database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 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 >> "ITPmods" 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/itpmods. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > ************************************************************ > ********************************************************** > *Pankaj Kumar*, Ph.D. > *IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia* > > *Office*: > > Orchid Conservation Section > > Flora Conservation Department > > Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation > Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong S.A.R., China > > *email*: [email protected]; [email protected] > *Phone*: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 > (mobile); *Fax*: +852 2483 7194 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ITPmods" 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/itpmods. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 2975 members & 2,90,000 messages on 31.3.18) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 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]. 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