Agreed Pankaj ji, superb is very small and Simply superb is even smaller...... its Jabra---- fantabulous.. Regards Prashant
On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Superb is very small word :) > Thanks for sharing... > Pankaj > > > On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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 >>> =========== >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > *********************************************************************** > "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" > > Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D. > Conservation Officer > > Office: > Orchid Conservation Section > Flora Conservation Department > Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation > Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > Residence: > 151, 1st Floor, Tai Om Tsuen > Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > email: [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected] > Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 > (mobile). 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