Really very-2 unfortunate incident. On 1 October 2012 22:43, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > Was at my property at Shahapur on Wednesday last week. A specimen of > Waghchora [Pecteilis gigantea] was ready to flower [Photograph 8]. It stood > over 5 feet tall [right of centre in Photograph 7] totally dwarfing two 30 > inch Habenaria commelinifolia ground orchids [left front & rear]. > Was hoping to photograph it flowering yesterday, but unfortunately it > was stolen along with many sprigs of Glory Lily possibly as offerings for > the local Ganpati celebrarions. > The only saving grace was that a 42 inch specimen [Photographs 1 to 6] > was spared. > > Some of my previous photographs are available at these links : > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!search/Pecteilis$20gigantea$20Waghchora$20Neil$20Soares/indiantreepix/eXGuVFlJ3eU/-7UQIyO1V0oJ > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!search/Pecteilis$20gigantea$20Waghchora$20Neil$20Soares/indiantreepix/VAd8n33NYH4/8EiZgOeZV3YJ > > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > -- > > > > -- 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 1980 members & 1,33,000 messages on 30/9/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 7500 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. --
