Dr. Gurcharan Singh ji, I agree with you. Though a novice, I think I understand you. thank you. Regards Yazdy.
On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 12:02 PM, 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: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > >
