Dinesh ji With God's grace the next episode should be one to remember for a long time. We (we can do it more separately) can request members to photographs any interesting fruits and vegetables found in stores/markets and upload them in first week of January. We should also seek photographs of plants in flower and fruit. I expect a very good response.
-- 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 Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Gurcharan ji ... the first two episodes have turned out to be MAHA episodes > !!! > Efforts put by Balkar ji had Ritesh ji worried ... now its my turn to get > nervous by display of Ritesh ji's efforts !!!!! > Salutes to both of them ... thanks to all those who posted and participated > ... much required to make the episode fruitful. > > Will try my best ... seeking cooperation from the group. > > Regards. > > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 12:23 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dinesh ji >> Yes indeed. The next episode on fruits and vegetables should be equally >> exciting. With fruits and vegetables having no International boundaries >> (Courtesy Reliance Fresh, Big Apple, More, etc.) we should be able to see >> more of exotic fruits in India. >> >> >> -- >> >> 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/> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Dear all friends who posted grasses ... many many thanks to you all. >>> To me and all those who run away from OR just walk over grasses --- this >>> set of posts is thoroughly helpful. >>> Almost every photo posted is crisp and clean !!! >>> The database has gained lot of treasure !!! >>> >>> Regards. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Mayur Nandikar <[email protected] >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Hello to all >>>> >>>> Congratulations Ritesh Ji for the success of Grasss Week, I also >>>> congratulate all the involved personalities in this forum for grand success >>>> of this chapter. >>>> >>>> Thank you >>>> >>>> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 10:23 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> 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/<http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > 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/%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 >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. You can also use >>>>> them for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each >>>>> image. >>>>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>>>> Flora, please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: >>>>> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1465 members >>>>> & 56,400 messages on 9/12/10 & with a database of around 4350 species on >>>>> 15/11/10) >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar, >>>> Research Student, >>>> Department of Botany, >>>> Shivaji University, >>>> Kolhapur. >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >
