Cut any white plastic of 2mm x 2mm and put it on the leaves while capturing image. It will help. I used to put the flowers on graph paper and then take pictures. Then I later improvised and started keeping a black board with a scale permanently fixed on one side. It really helps in understanding the dimensions. I shared image of lectotype of Passiflora caerulea in the morning. Have you ever imagines why they have colour bands on the sides? They also have a scale.
Pankaj On Nov 4, 3:05 pm, prasad dash <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
