Thanks, Raman ji, We are privileged to have you with us. On 28 April 2012 09:42, raman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Garg ji and all of you. > > It is my pleasure to be part of this group. > I have learnt so many things in the last year. > > I have gone through Garg ji's collection on wiki many times and always > wonder how much time and effort he must have spent. > > Every time I see a Senna sulphurea I remember only Gurucharan ji and his > penchant for mite details. > I keep counting the leaflets every time I see it, to see if the pair count > is less than 7, > but I did find on one tree it was 7. > > I am awed by the collection Dinesh ji has. > > Similarly I recollect every one of your suggestions. > > Initially I wanted to identify only trees on the streets and the gardens. > Then I saw its worth exploring Lalbagh to look at the beautiful specimens > there. > I am going almost every other week there, and find at least 10 new trees. > I spend walking almost 2 hours almost every day, looking at the trees at > various stages. > It has become more an obscession for me. > > I enjoy looking at the fruits turning from green to various colors, leaves > turning from various colors to green, > and the various stages of the flowers. > It has been a wonderful experience for me to look at the trees. > > MyCollection - Total: 368 Family: 70 Genus: 215 Species: 337 Images: 7458 > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/43406542/Flora%20and%20Fauna/Trees.html > > I thank all of you in this group for educating me with various details. > > I will continue to upload photos so it will be of some use to at least > somebody on a long run. > > Thanks, > Raman > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1840 members & 1,10,000 messages on 31/3/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 6500 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'.
