I salute Father Santapau I am having 'The Orchids Of Bomaby' book written by him , which made me love orchids more Regards
On Thursday, December 6, 2012 8:50:39 AM UTC+5:30, Walaba wrote: > > Staff and Students at Blatter Herbarium, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai > where Fr. Santapau spent the most of his time teaching and researching > plants..remember and pay tribute to this great Botanist! ..We salute you > Father! > > Dr. Rajendra Shinde > > > > > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Thanks a lot for sharing this. >> Even in Orchid world he is well known as his was one of the first >> comprehensive orchid treatise from India on Orchids of Bombay. >> Many orchids were first described by him from western Ghats most of which >> hopefully still lies at the BLATTER herbarium. >> Best regards >> Pankaj >> >> >> On Thursday, 6 December 2012 00:56:16 UTC+8, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I have just been informed by a good friend from Spain that today is the >>> 109th birth anniversary of Father Santapau. My friend Miguel's uncle, also >>> a Jesuit and serious plant aficionado, knew him very well and both of them >>> shared the same birthplace in north-east Spain. >>> >>> In addition to his diverse publications in English, Father Santapau also >>> wrote about Indian flora in his native Spanish and these papers were >>> published in journals of the Madrid Botanical Garden, the Antonio José >>> Cavanilles Institute of Botany et al. I have been reading some of his >>> Spanish writings on the flora of Bombay, Saurashtra, Khandala, >>> Mahabaleshwar etc. - an absorbing mix of monograph, travelogue and >>> anecdotes punctuated with his own line drawings of maps and plant parts. >>> >>> The affectionate kinship and the deep sense of belonging with which he >>> introduced the plants and the forests of India to the native readers of his >>> motherland suggest that the flora of India had naturalized him long before >>> he became a formal Indian citizen. Concurrently, his love for the country >>> of his birth and youth prompted him to liken the red-yellow-red flowers of >>> *Gloriosa superba* as the most vivid manifestation of the Spanish >>> national flag in nature! >>> >>> Have attached an article on Father Santapau by Prof. PV Bole. Miguel had >>> sent me some Spanish newspaper clippings of Father Santapau's interviews >>> from the 1950s and one of these is also attached. >>> >>> Best wishes, Viplav >>> >>> "I suppose my birth along the banks of the river Ebro endowed me with an >>> innate love for plants. I come from the charming village of La Galera near >>> Tortosa. But, above all, I think I found my calling for flowers in the >>> beautiful mountains of Kurseong when I was studying theology in India." - >>> Hermenegildo Santapau, S. J. [in conversation with Antonio T. Nicolas, S. >>> J., 1956] >>> >>> >>> ---------- Mensaje original ---------- >>> De: Miguel Garriga <[email protected]> >>> >>> Fecha: 5 de diciembre de 2012 17:12 >>> Asunto: 109 Aniversario del nacimiento del Padre Santapau >>> Para: Viplav Gangar <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> >>> Hola Viplav, >>> >>> Te gustaría saber que hoy es el día de cumpleaños de Padre Santapau y te >>> echamos de menos en la reunión con vino, buñuelos y un montón de recuerdos >>> del Padre que está evocando tío Joaquin ... los cuales le gustaría poder >>> volver a vivir ;-) Vendremos a Khandala en enero ... te voy a telefonear >>> pronto. La pintura indígena es sumamente preciosa, ya he puesto en un marco >>> y colgado en la sala! Por acá te mandan saludos Manolo, Cristina y Isabel >>> tambien. >>> >>> Hasta pronto ... Miguel >>> >>> -- >> >> >> >> > > --
