No issues sir. I am not sure if it is favourite or not. But for sure I had always been running away from maths, asterids and grasses!! :)) Pankaj
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 9:22 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > In fact that is my perception > ....grasses are not favourite of many (as most of them don't possess showy > beautiful flowers.) > Sorry The sentence has created some misunderstanding(?) > > On 13 December 2010 21:11, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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/> > -- *********************************************** "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
