Hahahaha, I didnt mean it that way Satish sir. I didnt say that grasses are not favourite of many. What I meant to say was I worked on Orchids so I will always have higher affinity towards Orchids. Grasses are of course as good as any other group of plants, but its really a hard nut for me to crack!! Regards Pankaj
On Dec 13, 8:33 pm, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > It was great to see so many grass species last several days. > As Pankaj ji has said grasses are not favourite of many (as most of them > don't possess showy beautiful flowers.) > I was disappointed initially because I couldn't contribute any. > Looking at so many species I realized that many grasses are observed around > you but a keen eye is necessary to extract the beauty out of them. I am > overwhelmed to see the response of this new theme started on Efloraindia and > am sure that it continues further in the same manner in coming months due to > hard work done by many members especially the ones listed above. > Dr Phadke > > On 13 December 2010 01:47, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Dear friends > > Perhaps our apprehensions about lack of interestin grasses were unfounded. > > The Grass week was a great success, providing a glimpse of great diversity > > within the group. Large number of members participated, with major > > contribution from Nayan ji, ably supported by Dinesh ji (as usual), Ritesh > > ji, Vijayasankar ji, Raghu ji, Mayur ji, Prashant ji, Balkar ji, Rashida ji > > and several other members, regularly encouraged by Tanay who also provided > > relevant feedback. > > Pankaj ji continued the great work of providing types, protologues and > > important comments. > > Congratulations and thanks to all for making the episode a great one. > > Kudos to Dr. Ritesh Choudhary for undertaking and coordinating this > > important episode on grasses. Fortunately very few grasses remained > > unidentified during the week. > > I WOULD REQUEST OTHER MEMBERS TO VOLUNTEER FOR COORDINATING FUTURE > > EPISODES. > > > -- > > 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/<http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/>

