Dear Viplav, Thanks a lot for sharing such nice memory of Fr.Santapau...As a Student from Blatter Herbarium we are very lucky to worked at place where such a eminent scientist of India has worked. My great tribute & Salute to Fr.Santapau.
On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 10:24 AM, Smita <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]>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 >>>> >>>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- > > > > -- Anil Rajbhar Associate Scientist NutraHelix Biotech Pvt.Ltd. Navimumbai-400705. 9702835269 --
