Dear Members
Our group has the distinction of being largest egroup in India (and perhaps
the whole World) devoted to the study of Indian plants with record 3066
mails during the last month. The Group since its inception in June 2007 has
made great strides and this would not have been possible without the
dedication and graceful participation of veterans like Garg ji, Satish
Phadke ji, Prashant ji, Tabish ji and Devendra ji. The group has attained
status and great expertise with the active participation of Vijayasankar ji,
Srikant ji, Muthu ji, Rashida ji, Satish Chile ji, Balkar ji, Nayan ji,
Satish Pardeshi ji, Rani ji, Dimple ji, Anil ji and several other experts on
the group. The real strength of the group are plant lovers Neil ji, Yazdy
ji, Anand ji, Madhuri ji and Aarti ji who keep on providing important inputs
because of their love for plants. The group has got real impetus with the
introduction of Tanay who has taken group to new heights. It gives great
pleasure and satisfaction when we find nearly 80-90 per cent of the IDs
getting resolved within half an hour. Frankly the job of resurfacing is
getting easier and easier.
There was a time when it would take months to get an unknown plant
identified. I remember when I wrote my first book in 1999, I proudly
announced in the book the episode of having resolved the identification of
an unknown plant in the eGroup TAXACOM within one hour. I in fact also
published the whole thread in the book. In 2010 the situation has reached
that in our group the identifications are now achieved sometimes within five
minutes of first posting. All members deserve full credit for this.
Our group also has the distinction of being the most refined group (I am
member of several other groups and really know the difference) on the net
where observations, comments and identifications are provided without any
show of authority. I request members, especially the new ones, to kindly
keep this in mind while commenting on photographs uploaded by other members.
If members find any photograph not up to the mark or feel that some
additional photographs are needed you can request (not ask or tell) the
member to upload some more photographs. We enjoy interactions on the group
when communications are made in cordially. There are so many experts on the
group, and let us not give the least indication that we know more than
others. We can simply give our opinion, and let the thread progress.
Since the group has progressed a lot I would like to repeat what I have
written many times earlier also. When our group started (for that matter
even Flowers of India) it mostly consisted of photography and nature
enthusiasts who would be attracted by only flowers. This can be easily seen
in earlier postings. With professional touch to the group, and goal of
developing eFlora of India it is essential that we have complete photo
representation of each species. I would request members to upload a good
number of photographs showing a twig with flowers/fruits, clear view of
insertion and type of leaf, side view of flower (so that bracts, bracteoles,
calyx are clearly visible), top view of the flower and fruits and seeds if
possible. This would help in developing a good database and also helping
in the process of identification
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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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
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