Very interestingly, I collected my only Isoetes in Ranchi and had it alive for few days in my aquarium thinking it to be some Vallisneria. But it died and after that I realised it was not a grass at all. I hated the plant at that time.....why? dont know why, but all my fishes in the aquarium died in one night after I had planted this in the aquarium!!
Then I think I missed my second Isoetes during my field work in Palamau district, this time an epiphytic one. God!! even Dr. Aparna says, I have missed many new species, more than anyone else has even been able to describe. This was with reference to the fact that I have missed describing two new genera and two more new species of orchids!! It could really have been a new species. Panchamarhi has been very famous for many plants which also includes, Psilotum nudum!! I imagine this Satpura hypothesis has something very unique about this area. Thanks a lot for sharing. Pankaj On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Vijayasankar ji > Thanks for sharing. We first saw this genus in Pachmarhi, but unfortunately > there no digital cameras then, 30 years back. > -- > 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/ > > On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 10:04 PM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Nice photo. looks similar to grass. >> >> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:14 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> A great contrast Vijaya Ji >>> Tanay >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 8:43 PM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Isoetus species (may be I. coromandelina). >>>> For non-botanists friends: this plant may look like a grass or sedge but >>>> it belongs to a primitive group of plants 'pteridophyte'. It propagates >>>> through 'spores' and it doesn't know what flowers & fruits are! It prefers >>>> to grow in marshy habitats. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------- >>>> Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. >>>> Post Doctoral Research Associate >>>> National Center for Natural Products Research >>>> Thad Cochran Research Center >>>> University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677 >>>> Phone: +1 662 915 1018 >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tanay Bose >>> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. >>> Department of Botany. >>> University of British Columbia . >>> 3529-6270 University Blvd. >>> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) >>> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) >>> 604-822-2019 (Lab) >>> [email protected] >>> >> > > > > > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
