I think a picture of dissected flower will add more value. Regards Pankaj
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 2:25 AM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > Gurcharan ji > You have raised an important point. This mail should be sent evry fortnight > or month to remind members. Due to inadequate pictures many plants have > remained unIDed > Dr Phadke > > On 15 August 2010 05:20, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Dear Members >> It is understandable that most members are attracted by the beauty of >> flowers of a particular plant and don't give much thought to taking >> photographs of other parts of the plant. Since every member on the group is >> interested in getting the identity of photographed plant, and the group is >> becoming more and more professional with additional experts joining it, it >> becomes important that we have multiple photographs of the same plant to aid >> the process of identification. I hope with digital photography becoming >> affordable and large storage cards easily available, I would request members >> to please take at least 4-6 shots of the same plant covering different >> aspects, viz: >> 1. A general shot (depicting habit and inflorescence) >> 2. Top view close up of flowers (so that experts can have a look at shape >> of corolla, stamens and stigmas) >> 3. Side view close up of the flower (so that experts can know calyx, >> pedicel and bracts) >> 4. close up of a twig (so that experts can judge phyllotaxy, stipules, >> leaf structure) >> 5. close up of fruit especially from side view. >> 6. Seed if possible >> I am sure if members upload plants for ID with such photographs, the >> process of identification will be much easier. I know the non-botanists will >> find it slightly inconvenient in the beginning, but would soon find great >> satisfaction in doing so and serving the science in the process. I (and some >> of my colleagues) know how bad we feel after we return from a trip and find >> that photographs don't show a particular feature. It is often difficult to >> go back to the site, if it is a distant one, or have to wait for next visit >> to the area. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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/ >> > >
