-- With regards, J. M. Garg ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 6 Jun, 2022, 9:07 am Subject: Re: [itpmods:17184] Fwd: Flora Photograph: Habenaria intermedia To: itpmods <[email protected]>
Such a wonderful plant !! Thank you Anil ji for sharing these beautiful photographs ! Regards. Dinesh On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 7:29 AM Lalithamba Avadhanam <[email protected]> wrote: > amazingly beautiful > > On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 6:33 AM Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Very beautiful pics. >> Its strange that no one has done any pollination studies on this species. >> Its a good species to work on. Large flowers and easy to observe. Hint is, >> one needs to make observations both in sunlight and in dark!! >> Pankaj >> >> On Mon, 6 Jun 2022 at 09:00, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J. M. Garg >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> From: Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur <[email protected]> >>> Date: Mon, 6 Jun, 2022, 1:53 am >>> Subject: Flora Photograph: Habenaria intermedia >>> To: J. M. Garg <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> We have to teach every course of Botany in the colleges. However, I love >>> to teach taxonomy, physiology (my Ph.D. specialization), genetics, ecology >>> and economic botany. I started preparing PPTs for class teaching in 2008 >>> by taking images from the net. When preparing a PPT of the Orchidaceae >>> family, I was fascinated by the peculiar beauty of the flowers of *Habenaria >>> intermedia*. After noting the places from where it was previously >>> recorded in FLORA SIMLENSIS and SHIMLA FLOWERS, I started visiting those >>> places along with my non-botany friends. One day, on my way back home, I >>> suddenly came across a single plant of *Habenaria intermedia* on a hill >>> slope. To my dismay, only floral buds were there. So, I decided to come >>> back after one week. On my next visit to that place, I >>> was heartbroken as that plant was no longer there. It might have been >>> plucked by someone. I never came across this species for the next two >>> years. >>> One day, I was wandering in search of plants and our Computer Science >>> teacher was accompanying me. Luckily, we came across a large patch of >>> approximately 100 plants. I was spellbound on finding what I had been >>> searching for for the last 3-4 years. I could not contain my excitement and >>> spoke aloud to the plant, "Eureka, Eureka; I have finally traced you." >>> Later on, I came across an ardent Nature Lover, Santosh Thakur, who works >>> in the forest department of Himachal Pradesh. Together, we have explored >>> extensively in the nearby areas. We have marked many places where this >>> species flowers in the month of July. Similar to this, every click has its >>> own story. >>> >>> -- >>> With best Regards, >>> >>> Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BiuSFCEqY-4raQ65uQaSP2Y0T3yAxJeYdNkB8wxxyjF%3DC1F4Q%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BiuSFCEqY-4raQ65uQaSP2Y0T3yAxJeYdNkB8wxxyjF%3DC1F4Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> *Pankaj Kumar* MSc, PhD, FLS >> >> *IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia* >> >> Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong S.A.R., P.R. China >> >> *email*: [email protected]; [email protected] >> *Phone*: +852 9436 6251 (mobile) >> >> -- >> 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 view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CABpo8%3D3p_nC-PcAT0EVj-65KTT6kjODvrcv5PLG%2BY43p3yeWmQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CABpo8%3D3p_nC-PcAT0EVj-65KTT6kjODvrcv5PLG%2BY43p3yeWmQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > A.Lalithamba > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CAOd090uBrSi5epZEWvo7qAL4G22U83Ld0AY3Z1YevXxfu4eEgw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CAOd090uBrSi5epZEWvo7qAL4G22U83Ld0AY3Z1YevXxfu4eEgw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CABSQqC0cTPw%2B-kwjPp96O%3DGuchYWBwHbPr32%2BCu8p0-SyC2UnA%40mail.gmail.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CABSQqC0cTPw%2B-kwjPp96O%3DGuchYWBwHbPr32%2BCu8p0-SyC2UnA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFB6YuDNxJLL9ziq7wgRgmhYUC_fkz2XXNHgTA2sZPP-sg%40mail.gmail.com.
