Pravin ji ... this is a great joy. Regards. Dinesh
On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 12:44 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > Congrats Pravin ji....its really great to find the plants even before they > were described scientifically!! > So, I guess yours are the world's first pictures of these > species!!!...great work!... > Thanks Tabish ji for sharing this great info with all of us... > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > > On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes Prashant, I remember that stimulating discussion. The species name >> piggycornuta was proposed in good humour by Pankaj and I as it means >> pig-tail, alluding to the small curled spur of that flower. :-) >> - Tabish >> >> >> On Sunday, September 2, 2012 11:11:07 PM UTC+5:30, Prashant wrote: >> >>> Yes Dear Tabish, it is indeed the great feeling. Pravin ji is no doubt a >>> very keen observer. Finding something even before it is described is >>> something worth cheering. >>> >>> Even his postings from Sahayadri ranges are unique. >>> >>> But one thing i would like to add here, i think it was in September 2010 >>> after i returned from my Hampta Pass Trek (Manali region) and at the same >>> time Tabish has returned from Dhanaulti, both with almost similar Impatiens >>> sp. We had probably the longest discussion then where-in we had almost >>> concluded that the Impatiens sp. we had seen is Impatiens devendrae. But >>> then Pankaj ji and Tabish had more closer look and concluded that this is >>> some thing different, probably some new sp. Even new name was thought of by >>> Pankaj ji and Tabish (i.e Impatiens piggycornuta). >>> Finally, with keen participation of all experts (Gurcharan Singh ji, >>> Tabish, Pankaj ji, Tanay ji..) the ID was resolved and the ID turned out to >>> be Impatiens bicolor. >>> >>> Great experience as far as i am concerned... >>> >>> Recent visit to VoF had finally solved the mystery of Impatiens >>> devendrae. >>> >>> Regards >>> Prashant >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 10:43 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> No, the species were described independently of Pravin's photographing >>>> them. But the important point for us is that Pravin had found them two >>>> years before they were described! >>>> - Tabish >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sunday, September 2, 2012 9:22:26 PM UTC+5:30, JM Garg wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, Tabish ji, >>>>> Were these species described based on observations of Pravin ji & >>>>> subsequent investigations/ analysis ? >>>>> >>>>> On 2 September 2012 20:23, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I would like to use this VoF Week to share something with people on >>>>>> the eFI group. >>>>>> Pravin Kawale had visited Valley of Flowers in 2008, and >>>>>> photographed two Impatiens species and sent to us at Flowers of India >>>>>> (see >>>>>> the attached pictures). >>>>>> We were stumped by the two flowers, and could not identify them (as >>>>>> it turned out later, for obvious reasons). >>>>>> Two years later, in 2010, these two were described as new species, >>>>>> *Impatiens >>>>>> devendrae* and *Impatiens leggei*! >>>>>> Wonderful job by Pravin! >>>>>> - Tabish >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> With regards, >>>>> J.M.Garg >>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**U**ser:Jmgarg1<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/* >>>>> *w**iki/Category:J.M.Garg<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/**gro**up/indiantreepix<http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix>(more >>>>> than 1950 members & 1,27,800 messages on 31/8/12) or Efloraofindia >>>>> website: >>>>> https://sites.google.com/site/****efloraofindia/<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'. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >> >> >> >> > > -- > > > > --
