Hi Friends I have an interesting story to tell about Father Santapau who was my Guru[Dr.MRAlmeida]'s Guru
Dr Almeida discovered 4 new grass species as a student while doing his theisis..ofcourse no one believed him..when Father Santpau came to know this,he immediately send the specimens to Botanical Survey of India..got it confirmed that Sir[Almeida] was right and threw a big party for all students saying after many years we have discovered new species and that to by a student! I wonder what Dr Almeida would have been..had he not met Father Santapau. I salute this great teacher Father Santapau. and my Guru Dr Almeida Usha Desai[TAW] On 6 December 2012 19:19, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Many thanks Neil ji for this information and for sharing the photos. > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 7:03 PM, Bhagyashri <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thank you Neil ji for this information. I was not aware of it. >> Regards >> Bhagyashri >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> Am sure that not too many people are aware that the dense forest in the >>> ravines below Duke's Nose in Khandala is popularly known as the Fr.Santapau >>> Sanctuary. >>> Sending a few photographs, >>> With regards, >>> Neil Soares. >>> >>> --- On *Thu, 12/6/12, Anil Rajbhar <[email protected]>* wrote: >>> >>> >>> From: Anil Rajbhar <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:139962] Re: Father Santapau - 109th birth >>> anniversary >>> To: "Smita" <[email protected]> >>> Cc: [email protected], "Miguel Garriga" < >>> [email protected]> >>> Date: Thursday, December 6, 2012, 11:00 AM >>> >>> 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]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[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 >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> Bhagyashri >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > -- > > > > --
