Thanks, Singh ji. I think most important thing is to maintain cordial environment so that members can interact & learn about their passionate subject & progress further. This group has tried to bring a layman closer to an expert & bridge the gap between them. It has also given a new dimension to the information available on net in the form of efloraofindia database, flowersofindia website & Dinesh ji's posts on 'Flickr' etc.
On 5 June 2010 09:33, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > -- > 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/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Efloraofindia: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
