Forgive my ignorance but I did not know anything about Father Santapau until I read Viplav-ji's post. Now I feel it's like going for birdwatching and not knowing about great Salim Ali!! Thanks Neil ji for the beautiful Khandala photos ... and thanks a lot Viplav ji for your excellent email.
-- Kind regards, Rashmi 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]> 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 >> >> -- >> >> >> > > -- > > > --
