If you all are aware of the Himalayan Botanic Garden near Nainital. The main concept of this garden was designed by Manoj sir. A must visit place if you are visiting Nainital. I remember the garden is supposed to have a herbarium of its own too, but its still developing. It even has a big Butterfly garden on the hills. I have seen his recent replies on grasses. The way he teaches is really so simple that you dont have to be an expert of plants or from any sort of botany background to understand these tough Poaceae members. Best regards to him Pankaj
On Friday, 3 August 2012 14:01:24 UTC+8, JM Garg wrote: > > Dear all, > I am very happy to introduce our new valued member. > > A few words stated by our great expert on Orchids, Pankaj ji about him: > "Manoj sir was invited by me. He is an IFS officer, posted currently in > Pithoragarh. An expert of grasses and other plants, a very good trekker and > one of the most humble guys I have ever met. I happened to have met him > through my supervisor Prof. G.S.Rawat- Pankaj Sahani" > > I hope a lot of members may be knowing about him a little more. They are > welcome to tell us more about him. > Since he joined a few weeks ago, he has give a new lease of life for > postings on grass with his expertise. > It's a pleasure to have him with us. I welcome him on efloraofindia. > -- > 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 & > 1,23,300 messages on 31/7/12) 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'. > > --
