Another very good one Dinesh ji
-- 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/ On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 8:10 AM, ushadi Micromini <[email protected]>wrote: > *GLASS Lily pictures made me go down the memory lane and this is what > came up...* > > Your macro shots are so superb that the name glass lily seems very apt.., > Dinesh... > > Glass lily is such an apt name for this ...reminds me of the translucent > life like specimen in glass at two sites: > the Corning museum in Corning NY and at the Harvard Museum of Natural > history, in Boston Mass .... > where the glass specimen flame worked and/or mouth blown by Blaschka > father and son pair are on permanent exhibit... > they look so very real... they look so real... Botanists going to USA > may wish to visit at least one of them... > a true pilgrimage.. > > Back to your specimen.. wonder who called them glass lily... > may be some body who had seen these specimen in USA ? > > the URLs for the two glass flowers exhibits are: > > 1: http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/on_exhibit.html > here just scroll over to where it says glass flowers... > > 2: http://www.cmog.org/collection/exhibitions/botanical-wonders > > and a wonderful 7 min video of the history of this magical collection and > their makes... > > http://www.cmog.org/collection/exhibitions/botanical-wonders > enjoy ... > > i do whenever I chance upon it ... > > now I am not doing anybody a favor really this is for myself as much as > for anybody else... > writing it here makes it available to all ... including to me and mine ... > > Usha di > > > > > On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> [image: ... Kas >> skyline]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8035015844%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcDVdj__6tKTqSABRfvEGMun25Rew> >> Kas >> plateau ... about 4000 ft asl >> ... one of the 39 World Heritage sites in the Western Ghats of India >> ------------------------------ >> 25 AUG 10 >> * Iphigenia stellata * Blatt. ... (family: Colchicaceae) >> ¿ *if-uh-juh-NY-uh* ? -- ¿ the genus named for ? daughter of >> Clytemnestra and Agamemnon ... >> Wiktionary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wiktionary.org%2Fwiki%2FIphigenia&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzedO5IrJ4qc0vMizIINArkQFmEmkw>... >> derivation not clear >> *stell-AY-tuh* -- with spreading, star-like rays ... Dave's >> Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dstellata&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcELxeN2DKMVMN1MvxyJcv47i5GcQ> >> >> *commonly known as*: star grass >> lily<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/star-grass-lily>• >> *Marathi*: गुलाबी भुईचक्र gulabi >> bhuichakra<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/gulabi-bhu-icakra-gulabi-bhuichakra> >> >> *Endemic to*: Western Ghats (of India) >> >> *References*: Flowers of >> India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FStar%2520Grass%2520Lily.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcFp5akirZKWhFOJWb1K8nIvraYog>• >> *Further Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar >> [image: Iphigenia stellata >> Blatt.]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5871806835%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcnoDgFVDy4XuQbusPaUzCqhUca1g> >> >> [image: Gulabi Bhuichakra (Marathi: गुलाबी >> भुईचक्र)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5872363290%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzea9-EyR7GhD2cLpZM_oF6QjkWFSg> >> [image: >> Iphigenia stellata >> Blatt.]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5871809035%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdYP2Hx_SfM8YIVipK7mOWEhJlKHg> >> [image: >> Star Grass >> Lily]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5872103754%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdnXoGJz5dBcva1oA6Tx5QCvErSZw> >> [image: >> Iphigenia stellata >> Blatt.]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5872100806%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeHBkaZqrUDtQfY6eh3YzfAUJVF3g> >> [image: >> Iphigenia stellata >> Blatt.]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5872105460%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcMdRfbZKSvWsMco3BPVfs5hqkr5Q> >> [image: >> Iphigenia stellata >> Blatt.]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5871544279%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzep8FGl40OibrqisQuKHfORJFXDAw> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > > --
