Dear Balkar sir, During my last lecture during my Sikkim trip, one of my suggestion was to conserve these high value medicinal plants (around 15 from western HImalaya( in the wild, by conserving their environment and at the same time checking their collection from wild by these high profile chawanparash makers and even my suggestions were one of those which were later sent to the ministry or agriculture as well as environment and Forests. One more suggestion was to propagate them through tissue culture and cultivate these plants on large scale so as to supply to these industries for their use. Because we know that most of these industries are not acquiring these plants legally. BTW, Salam Panja is a different orchid called Dactylorhiza hatageria. This is salam misri. Regards Pankaj
On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 7:46 AM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Pankaj Ji > Salam Panja, salam Misri and 8 astavarga medicines of ayurveda are extremly > usefull in many ayurvedic preparations. Many of them are from Orchidaceae > family. Any programme to conserve and propagate them going on or not ? > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 > -- *********************************************** "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
