Yes to me people say that Orchids are toughest, to a grass man people say grasses are toughest... :)).... on the other hand, I say orchids are easiest and a grass guy will say grasses are easiest!!
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Interestingly, although Asteraceae (cortesy APG, Asterids is now a very > large group of sympetalous families) is the largest family of angiosperms > with more than 24000 species, their identification features are more > reliable than many other families. Hope we have a week on Asteraceae soon. > > -- > 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 Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 7:54 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> 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 > > > > -- *********************************************** "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
