Respected Sir Namaskar. I read your letter many times and would like to read many more times, You know why! Please be always with the younger ones.This message will certainly do world of good. with regards Mithilesh K. Pathak Kolkata
On Jun 5, 9:03 am, 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: 9810359089http://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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
