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On Mon, 6 Jun 2022 at 06:30, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Anil ji, for the interesting story and photographs. > -- > 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 > > > > > > > > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg -- 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%2BiuSFCYo1_zpB8hWHv3Z%3DxZ9HkcpwC31uyb-4SCES7qVTwQOA%40mail.gmail.com.
