Thanks Gargsaheb, I look forward to be part of such excursions in future under the ebanner of efI (Indian Flora) and seek your kind participation.
On 7 July 2012 21:40, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Rajesh ji, > For organising such a big expedition. > All the best for the team. > > > On 7 July 2012 21:08, Rajesh Sachdev <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Gurcharan Sirji, >> Thank you very much for your valuable inputs...I would surely follow >> them. I am forwarding your email to all 37 participants who are travelling >> in my group, under great leadership of Balkar Singh ji. I am sure they >> would be happy to be at the receiving end of your suggestions. >> >> regards >> Rajesh >> >> >> On 7 July 2012 16:50, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear members >>> Let me first wish the members visiting Valley of Flowers next month, a >>> happy and enjoyable journey, memory cards, pen drives and external hard >>> discs full of lovely photographs (they will need it thanks >>> digital photography which allows you to take as many photographs as >>> possible without much recurring expenditure; it will be useful if one or >>> two members have a small laptop to download pictures from camera into >>> storage drives for other members also). I wish I was a part of it, my long >>> standing desire. Unfortunately I won't be a part of this dedicated team of >>> explorers, as I am flying to USA towards the end of this month. >>> I have seen and to some extent had some role to play in making >>> members to get identifiable photographs. It was a practice (and still with >>> many often citing time constraint) to take a single (or a few) close up of >>> the flower only that makes identification a difficult task most of the >>> times. More so digital photography often gives very confusing estimate of >>> size, unless a measurable object or scale is used. The size of plant, size >>> and shape of leaves, their insertion, arrangement of flowers on the >>> inflorescence axis, bracts (presence, size and shape), pedicel (presence or >>> absence and length if present), size of calyx in relation to corolla >>> (including size relation of lobes and tube), corolla colour, length, >>> diameter; number of sepals, number of petals, size relation of corolla tube >>> and lobes, numbers of stamens and length, numbers of styles and stigmas and >>> their length in relation to ovary, the type, shape and size of fruit are >>> all important characters very crucial in identification. More so in >>> different families different characters hold more importance, which even >>> not the trained taxonomists may know for all the families. >>> I am not here to confuse you the least. Just enjoy your trip and >>> photography. Forget about these terms if you are not a botanist. Just take >>> a few good photographs of each plant that you encounter, upload it when you >>> come back, and let the experts extract the identifying features from your >>> photographs. I hope it would be ideal if you bring back at least four good >>> photographs of a plant: >>> >>> 1. Habit of the plant, showing a twig well in focus, taken from side of >>> the branch. >>> 2. Close up of the flower from side so that its insertion on the axis is >>> visible. >>> 3. Close up of the flower from the top so that corolla, stamens and >>> carpels are in focus. >>> 4. A close up of the fruit (in available. >>> Any additional photograph would be a bonus, but please don't miss any of >>> these as far as possible. >>> Please spend an extra shot of a small twig with flowers along side a >>> scale (a pen especially its tip pointing the objec; or on your palm so that >>> you can later estimate size) to get accurate estimate of size of flowers >>> and leaves (and by inference other parts. >>> >>> Again wishing you a Happy and fruitful trip of Valley of Flowers >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> Rajesh Sachdev >> http://project-matheran.webs.com >> https://www.facebook.com/leopardguy >> >> >> >> > > > -- > 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 1900 members & > 1,20,700 messages on 30/6/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7000 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- Regards Rajesh Sachdev http://project-matheran.webs.com https://www.facebook.com/leopardguy
