Well said Sheshadri ji, I also interested in plant (tree) walk in Bangalore, if time permits.
Regards Giby On 16 January 2012 23:57, Sheshadri Ramaswamy <[email protected]>wrote: > Usha di, > > Flora of Bangalore(Bengaluru) is very interesting. > Has been documented well by Dr. Francis Buchanan in his diaries - A > Journey from Madras through the countries of Mysore, Canara and > Malabar.1800. > Later by Dr. S.V.Ramaswamy and Dr.B.A. Razi - Flora of Bangalore > district.1973. > Recently by Neginhal S.G - Forest Trees of Western Ghats.2012. has > mention of nearby towns like Kolar, Mysore, Mandya,Melagiri etc. > > Lalbagh contains alot of exotics and many species of western ghats > etc....a good collection from Hyder Ali and British times. > > Nandi hills has got W.G species like Ixora nigricans(frs. fed on by > NIlgiri Wood Pegion over there) etc.... > > Ramanagara hills has got Aglaia elaeagnoidea in sholas that fruits > profusely. > > Being close to Tamilnadu, in some of the nearby hills we have > Allophylus cobbe etc. > > Many forests contain scrub vegetation too.......... > > Many species of the Eastern ghats are also present. > > Most of us are a local group of rockclimbers, birders, students and > hobby botanists etc. > Not experts. > We shall keep you informed about our Flora Walks so you may plan to > come to join us. > > Warm Regards. > > > > On Jan 10, 1:45 pm, Ushadi micromini <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Sheshadri: > > I am not a bangolrean,but would love to come to the garden city of > > india and go on severalwalkswith knowledgeable person/s... > > > > so how about it? > > do you have a website or a blog or something with you ph etc? > > > > usha di > > ======= > > > > On Jan 9, 9:59 pm, Sheshadri Ramaswamy <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Anush, > > > Hope you remember the treewalksI used to conduct at Bangalore > > > University etc. > > > The next time I invited egroup members for a tree walk the response > > > was poor(just 2) and we stopped this activity. > > > Anyway we can begin it all over again at Bangalore. > > > I am not so keen on exotic avenue trees but I can ask some of my > > > friends to do a tree walk inside the city. > > > If you have a group of more than 5 people interested in Native Trees > > > of Bangalore then I can take you all to the outskirts or a little > > > distance away where Native trees are found. > > > You people are keen birders and we can study interdependance. > > > Regards. > > > Sheshadri R. > > > > > On Jan 9, 8:48 pm, Anush Shetty <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > One in bangalore please :-) > > > > > > Anush > > > > On Jan 9, 2012 8:11 PM, "Rakesh Biswas" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks Rajesh i second this wholeheartedly and i am one city based > common > > > > > layman who would love to learn from such organized endeavors. > > > > > > > This could also lay a foundation for propagating 'citizen science' > in a > > > > > peripatetic manner as well? (ref: > > > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripatetic_school) > > > > > > > regards, > > > > > > > rakesh > > > > > > > PS: I am not sure if i have any takers from my city though. :-) > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Rajesh Sachdev < > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > >> Dear eFI members kindly suggest if city based outings could be > organised > > > > >> by some experts wherein common and layman individuals like me > could get to > > > > >> learn a bit? > > > > > > >> -- > > > > >> Regards > > > > >> Rajesh Sachdev > > > > >>http://www.facebook.com/leopardguy > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Jakkur Post, Srirampura Bangalore- 560064 India Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby
