Sheila: am glad you found your way around... I find every few days there is new way to look at this google group site... its amazing.. what they have done... keep experimenting and when you like a look or page bookmark it ..
Ok... about that other stuff... RE Ji after a persons name: since you have been in India.. it would be easier for you to understand than if you had never been to the country... so I'll try to say it here... Ji is an honorific.. we add it to mean you are respected... In north india ... elders like a grandfather will even put ji after the name of a grandchild... and address the kid as Aap... " aap" we reserve in hindi or gujarati or Aapni in bengali language(s) for elders only... but that's the way it is in Punjab etc... SECONDLY: my sensibilities are/were just to call people by their first name... but I have been getting indoctrinated in this way of addressing people ... since I find that it sets a tone of congeniality and respect... esp because this medium of internet groups is really geared towards short sentences and sometime curt scientific queries... where people do not know each other , and it takes a while to get to know people... so its best to start out by respecting until friendships develop with a few and you can do what you please or what your new found friend says you can do... The tone of language of UTMOST geniality and courtesy is set by Mr. Garg the owner of this group and the tone of respect and mildness is set by by Gurcharan ji who is the elder statesman besides being a very precise taxonomist and font of serious academic knowledge in this group... so we follow suit... most of us are in this group for the long haul.. so it behooves us to ... may be you can too... if such is your intention... so Sheila ji is it? ... RE lagerstomia: I do not know where you are... but in southern california or southern florida you'll fine the Lagerstomia planted as street trees esp in the large mall parking lots and in highway medians... dont stop on the highway ... but in mall parking lots... one can easily stop and take pictures of all the plant parts that are IDEALLY needed to ID a plant.. and in such cases you can keep going back for the seeds etc... and you'll get to classify your lagerstaomia.. from the pointers you got here... RE: photos.... Its all in the mind set... once you get used to taking pictures of the habit, stem, bark, leaf front and back, flower face and side... plus other features that strike you... put a finger in the view somewhere for a quick size guide... with a digital camera its a snap... does not take that long... one to two minutes at the most...esp when traveling... however takes longer , much longer if you want competition quality photographs or for publication in high quality printed books... but most of our intention is for memory of a place or for id... so 5 - 6 pics of the features of a plant all one needs... hope this explained it... usha di ===== On Nov 10, 12:49 am, Plantaholic Sheila <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Shrikant, > > I realise my pics are not always adequate and far from ideal. > > I was a mere tourist seeing Sikkim for the very 1st time. > It was a fabulous, incredible 3 week trip, I loved every single > minute. > A am very keen gardener and plants person. An amateur. I am not and > never will be a botanist. > > During this adventure I saw many many trees, shrubs and plants that I > had never encountered before. > I took many hundreds of pictures of the plants. ( As well as thousands > of the stunning scenery, people, temples, animals etc etc?) > I tried my best to get a few pics of each plant to give pointers to > id. > > Sadly time did not allow for a 100% full pictorial record of every > plant, to include,a scale for size, bark, buds, flowers, fruits, > leaves,including whole specimen to show where it was growing. > Nor is my memory accurate enough to say now exactly the dimension of > the seed pod. I do remember at the time thinking it was large. > > I am trying my best to learn. I am delighted to get it id as > Lagerstroemia. > I guess I will never know whether it is L. speciosa OR L. microcarpa > OR L. parviflora. > But if ever I come back I will take more care taking the pictures of > unknown plants. > Thank you for taking the time to look at my pics and to help. > Sheila. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > On Nov 9, 12:18 pm, shrikant ingalhalikar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > 'Big seed pod' is quite relative. If the pod is 2-3 cm then it can be > > L. speciosa, if the pod is just 1 cm it can be L. microcarpa. Yes, the > > leaves appear tender and size shape of mature leaves would have > > helped. Regards, Shrikant. > > > On Nov 6, 7:42 pm,PlantaholicSheila<[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Please can anyone give me the name for this tree with big seed pods. > > > Thank you > > >Sheila. > > > .................... > > > > Date/Time-... 13th April 2011 Morning. > > > > Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-.....Between Gantok and Pelling. Sikkim. > > > > Habitat-... Wild > > > > Plant Habit-.... Tree > > > > Height/Length-....Sorry cannot remember. > > > > Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-.. see pics > > > > Inflorescence Type/ Size-???? > > > > Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-???? > > > > Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- ....see pics. > > > > 045 13-04-2011 10-30-27.JPG > > > 65KViewDownload > > > > 045 13-04-2011 10-30-48.JPG > > > 148KViewDownload > > > > 045 13-04-2011 10-31-11.JPG > > > 61KViewDownload > > > > 045 13-04-2011 10-31-18.JPG > > > 74KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -
