Thanks Bimal da and Madhuri... Madhuri, very busy kya? dont see you here that often?how's your foot/leg injury, healed by now I hope... Usha di =========
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Madhuri Pejaver <[email protected]>wrote: > Beautiful Orchid > Madhuri > > *From:* ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> > *To:* efloraofindia <[email protected]>; Satish Phadke < > [email protected]>; Madhuri Raut <[email protected]>; Madhuri Pejaver < > [email protected]>; Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>; Neil > Soares <[email protected]>; mani nair <[email protected]>; Balkar > Arya <[email protected]>; Col Bimal Sarkar <[email protected]>; > tanay bose <[email protected]>; Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]>; > Arijit Banerjee <[email protected]>; Dalia Set <[email protected]>; > Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>; prasad dash < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, 15 January 2012 10:49 PM > > *Subject:* Flora picture of the year 2011 UD Serendipity > > We were on a Sunday afternoon drive when my friends decided to stop and > have some tea... we drove into a village.. and parked under a kadam > tree... while they unpacked the picnic baskets and poured tea etc I was > walking around and a local gentleman came out to see if what / who had > invaded his property... though there were no boundry indicators per se... > we apologized, but he turned out to be friendly... and said he just wanted > to talk, so over tea he told us what he grows etc and very proudly pointed > at this flower on his Kadam tree... and he even told us its name... he had > done some research it seems... Dendrobium pierardii.... I came home and > looked it up... books and the net images show more intense color... than > I got... and the binomial he told seems to hold ... UNLESS PANKAJ thinks > otherwise.... > > I am very happy to have made a friend across from the Ganges and he has > invited us back whenever the mood strikes us... > > Serendipity, you ask? why? > > because as we drove out of Calcutta we were hoping to find something > totally created by nature... not planted by forest dept, highway department > or a gardener, nor chopped down or debilitated by humanity... > and what is more spontaneous than a beautiful orchid flowering on a > beautiful tree with connection to Krishna... the playful one... > > > > > Usha di > =========== > > > > -- Usha di ===========
