Gurucharanji: U write: " I hope all those who want experts to spend their time on identification, owe to spend this much time before sending photographs. "
I agree... totally... Aarti ji: Its no use saying I am on vacation ..so can not take good pictures... I think we had this conversation a few days ago... esp with AArtiji... about her pics... and travelling companions etc Usha di === On Oct 14, 4:47 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Aarti ji > Yes it is true. you may not get time to record things, but a few you can > always remember and write. Place, habitat are must for any identification. > Perhaps there may not been a busier schedule than our Chakrata trip, when we > had no time to record details and took more than 5000 photographs in four > days. If you just keep one twig on your hand and take its photograph, you > can extract a lot of information from this photograph when you are > processing it for sending it for identification. You may not send this > particular photograph but can extract information like insertion of leaves > (number of leaves at each point), size of leaf, size of flower and > inflorescence and fruit. I hope all those who want experts to spend their > time on identification, owe to spend this much time before sending > photographs. > > -- > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > Gurcharan ji, > > Thanks for all the guidelines. > > Do you know why you are so special and you get so much of respect? > > Because although you have a lot of knowledge, you share it with others > > and are never rude.You treat all of us as your equals....even a new > > member. > > As members, we enjoy interacting with other members in our spare > > time.I'm sure each one has his own occupation outside eflora. > > Sometimes when you are travelling with your family and are time > > bound....have to reach a place at a given time, you cannot have your > > own agenda of flowers,thus making it difficult to add all the features > > in the pictures taken. > > I hope others will agree...some may not. > > Regards, > > Aarti > > > On Oct 14, 10:32 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear friends > > > Since we are coming across plants from different parts of India and some > > > even from outside, it is advisable that mails containing identified or > > > plants meant for identification should have the place of photography in > > the > > > subject line. For members sharing photographs of their identified plants, > > > any additional information shared by the author (author citations, > > synonyms, > > > local names, description or any other useful information) is a bonus. Let > > us > > > not ask the person to provide additional information. If a person is > > sharing > > > identified plants it is understood that he has checked with reliable > > > sources. If any of us has any doubt, let us do our homework and spell out > > > our doubts, and not insist upon the author to provide us this or that > > > information. Frankly it can be irritating for a person who is sharing his > > > valuable information with you. We should feel lucky to get it as a bonus. > > > > As far as the plants meant for identification is concerned, the person > > > uploading the photographs should provide a unique subject line consisting > > of > > > unique code ddmmyyyy+your initials+your post number for the day. > > Supposing I > > > upload my third plant for ID today from Delhi, the subject line would be > > > "14102011GS3 a plant (or herb/shrub/tree/garden plant, etc) for ID from > > > Delhi". This will ensure that threads don't get mixed up. The person > > should > > > provide as much information as possible as per the prescribed format, but > > > these things are essential: place, altitude if known, habitat > > > (wild/cultivated/weed of fields/roadside/aquatic/wasteland), habit > > > (herb/shrub/tree/climber), approximate size/height, size of leaves, > > diameter > > > of flower and inflorescence, length of flower and inflorescence, colour > > of > > > flower, fruit size. > > > > Besides the Plant for identification should have at least three > > photographs > > > for better identification: a photograph of twig so that leaves > > (especially > > > position and type), flower/inflorescence are visible, a close up of side > > of > > > flower from side so that bract (if present), pedicel (if present), calyx > > and > > > corolla are visible, and a close up from top to see diameter, petals, > > > stamens and carpels. A fruit photograph additionally should help a lot. > > > > As we have seen recently, the most convenient way to keep a record of > > the > > > size (flower, leaf, fruit, etc) is to keep it on your fingers and > > > photograph. This will help a lot in future to compile information about > > > sizes. > > > > -- > > > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
