You are absolutely right sir. I think we should use a scale as a measuring tool during photography along with all of your suggestions.
Regards prasad On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for appreciation Prasad ji > Actually when the group was first started, people knew plants by their > flowers only. For las few years I have been stressing the importance of > other parts of plant. I have often written on this forum that if members > supply at least 3-4 good photographs, identification process would be much > simpler. > 1. A photograph of habit in which leaves and position of flowers is > visible. > 2. Close up of side view of flower to show bract (if present), pedicel, > calyx and relative size of calyx and corolla > 3. top view close up of flower to show petals, stamens and carpels > 4. Fruit if available. > > In recent days I have also been impressing upon the need to have > measurements but putting some sort of scale, since zooming can highly > distort the size estimation. > > -- > 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, Nov 4, 2011 at 11:40 AM, prasad dash <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Sir almost all of ur photos are new for me as they are from different >> phytogeographic zone. I think one don't not need any live speciem for >> identification of floral characters once he go through your image >> (especially this one now). >> >> Regards >> >> prasad >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:58 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Superb Catch Sir >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:08 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> I am really afraid of attempting Asteraceae IDs >>>> Good to see so many Asteraceae plants from you. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> *Inula royleana* DC., Prodr. 5:464. 1836 >>>>> >>>>> Graceful alpine herb similar to Inula grandiflora in producing a >>>>> single terminal head on long peduncle but very distinct in its larger >>>>> (15-25 cm long as against 5-8 cm) basal leaves, distinctly clasping (and >>>>> not sessile or subsessile) larger leaves up to 15 cm long, and larger head >>>>> (10-12 cm across as against 5-7 cm), ray florets slender, golden yellow, >>>>> nearly 5-6 cm long (as against 2 cm), involucre bracts ovate. >>>>> >>>>> Photographed Apharwat mountain at altitude of 3200 m in July. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Dr Satish Phadke >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards >>> >>> Dr Balkar Singh >>> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >>> Arya P G College, Panipat >>> Haryana-132103 >>> 09416262964 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Prasad Kumar Dash >> Ecologist, Orissa, India >> email: [email protected] >> ph. 09437444241 >> > > > > -- Prasad Kumar Dash Ecologist, Orissa, India email: [email protected] ph. 09437444241
