Thanks everybody for making a great week on grasses. It's bringing out some new species as well as increasing chances to compare similar looking species.
On 13 December 2010 21:56, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ <http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/>> > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> *********************************************** > >> "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 > -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. 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