Thanks a lot Garg sir for your compliments. Pankaj
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 4:32 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank, Pankaj ji, > Your photographic skills, presentation & dedication is unmatched. > > On 31 December 2010 15:41, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Wishing you all a very Happy and Prosperous New Year 2011 ahead. >> >> Regards >> Pankaj >> >> PS: The flower in the picture belongs to a very rare and endemic >> orchid of Uttarakhand distributed in Pithoragarh. It is called >> Flickingeria hesperis Seidnf.. The most interesting thing about it is, >> one plant gives one flower in a year and the flower just blooms for a >> single day. This is the type character of Flickingeria and hence it is >> often refereed to as One Day Flower Orchid. So one has to be there on >> the right day to find it in flowering condition. >> >> You may consider this as Photo of the Year from myside. >> >> -- >> *********************************************** >> "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 1475 > members & 57,000 messages on 16/12/10 & with a database of around 4400 > species on 30/11/10) > > -- *********************************************** "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

