date:20101215

Re: [efloraofindia:57002] Fwd: Floral chests of the Western Ghats still hold many more surprises

2010-12-15 Thread Madhuri Pejaver

Great news!
Thanks
Madhuri

--- On Wed, 15/12/10, raghu ananth raghu_...@yahoo.com wrote:

From: raghu ananth raghu_...@yahoo.com
Subject: [efloraofindia:56987] Fwd: Floral chests of the Western Ghats still 
hold many more surprises
To: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com
Date: Wednesday, 15 December, 2010, 11:08 AM

Fwd...
Floral chests of the Western Ghats still hold many more surprises
A recent study of the Wayanad part of the Western Ghats has once again proved 
that the biodiversity of the region is still not explored fully, with even 
higher plants waiting to be discovered.

More...
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/article950423.ece

Regards
Raghu

I will be the gladdest thing under the sun.  I will touch a hundred
   flowers and not pick one.

Re: [efloraofindia:57003] Identification for Amaranth

2010-12-15 Thread Madhuri Pejaver

In Marathi called Tambada Math.
Tasty veg with onion and garlic
Madhuri

--- On Wed, 15/12/10, Nanu Puri rush2n...@gmail.com wrote:

From: Nanu Puri rush2n...@gmail.com
Subject: [efloraofindia:56999] Identification for Amaranth
To: indiantreepix indiantreepix@googlegroups.com
Date: Wednesday, 15 December, 2010, 1:33 PM

Dear members,

Could you all please confirm if the identification for this amaranth species is 
Amaranthus cruentus. 3 more species for confirmation/identification will follow.

Best wishes,
Arpita

[efloraofindia:57005] Re: Palm tree for ID : 151210-AK-1

2010-12-15 Thread shrikant ingalhalikar

This is Borassus sp. may be B. flabellifer showing male flowers on
male spadix. Regards, Shrikant

On Dec 15, 1:17 pm, Aarti S. Khale aarti.kh...@gmail.com wrote:
 Taken at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya at Kandy, Sri Lanka

 Aarti

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Re: [efloraofindia:57006] Pachira aquatica

2010-12-15 Thread Satish Phadke

I was also wondering what the correct ID might be.
The following link shows the flowers of both P.aquatica and P. glabra.
It also mentions that most of the trees cultivated under the name of
P.aquatica are in fact P.glabra.
I think this can be P, glabra
If the link doesn't work search in UBC botanical garden Photo of the day.
Dr Phadke.


http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2010/01/pachira_aquatica_and_pachira_glabra.php




http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2010/01/pachira_aquatica_and_pachira_glabra.php


On 14 December 2010 20:31, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote:

 This seems most likely to be Pachira aquatica now considered in
 Malvaceae. What are those red things below the calyx in bud?
 Pankaj



 On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Satish Phadke drsmpha...@gmail.com
 wrote:
  A small tree observed in Botanical garden of Kolkata on 4th Dec 2010.
  Family : Bombacaceae ? Now Malvaceae.
  Only few digitate leaves seen on one branch. Otherwise it was leafless.
  Bright white flowers with shaving brush like white stamens and yellow
  anthers.
  A lot of sunbirds were having merry time consuming the nectar and
 destroying
  the flowers.
  It is labelled as Pachira aquatica.
  The search results for the same show yellow orange flowers.
  Please validate or give comments.
  Dr Phadke
 



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 Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project
 Department of Habitat Ecology
 Wildlife Institute of India
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 Dehradun - 248001, India

Re: [efloraofindia:57008] Identification for Amaranth

2010-12-15 Thread mani nair

Yes, this is *Amaranthus cruentus*.  We call it Lal math in marathi.

Regards,

Mani.

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Madhuri Pejaver formpeja...@yahoo.comwrote:

 In Marathi called Tambada Math.
 Tasty veg with onion and garlic
 Madhuri

 --- On *Wed, 15/12/10, Nanu Puri rush2n...@gmail.com* wrote:


 From: Nanu Puri rush2n...@gmail.com
 Subject: [efloraofindia:56999] Identification for Amaranth
 To: indiantreepix indiantreepix@googlegroups.com
 Date: Wednesday, 15 December, 2010, 1:33 PM


 Dear members,

 Could you all please confirm if the identification for this amaranth
 species is* Amaranthus cruentus*. 3 more species for
 confirmation/identification will follow.

 Best wishes,
 Arpita

[efloraofindia:57009] Re: Palm tree for ID : 151210-AK-1

2010-12-15 Thread Aarti S. Khale

Many thanks Shrikant ji.
Aarti

On Dec 15, 1:14 pm, shrikant ingalhalikar le...@rediffmail.com
wrote:
 This is Borassus sp. may be B. flabellifer showing male flowers on
 male spadix. Regards, Shrikant

 On Dec 15, 1:17 pm, Aarti S. Khale aarti.kh...@gmail.com wrote:



  Taken at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya at Kandy, Sri Lanka

  Aarti

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Re: [efloraofindia:57010] Re: Grass week: a great success

2010-12-15 Thread Mayur Nandikar

Hello to all

Congratulations Ritesh Ji for the success of Grasss Week, I also
congratulate all the involved personalities in this forum for grand success
of this chapter.

Thank you

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 10:23 AM, J.M. Garg jmga...@gmail.com wrote:

 Thanks everybody for making a great week on grasses.
 It's bringing out some new species as well as increasing chances to compare
 similar looking species.

 On 13 December 2010 21:56, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote:

 Yes to me people say that Orchids are toughest, to a grass man people
 say grasses are toughest... :)) on the other hand, I say orchids
 are easiest and a grass guy will say grasses are easiest!!


 On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com
 wrote:
 
  Interestingly, although Asteraceae (cortesy APG, Asterids is now a very
  large group of sympetalous families) is the largest family of
 angiosperms
  with more than 24000 species,  their identification features are more
  reliable than many other families. Hope we have a week on Asteraceae
 soon.
 
  --
  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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
 
 
  On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 7:54 AM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com
  wrote:
 
  No issues sir.
  I am not sure if it is favourite or not. But for sure I had always
  been running away from maths, asterids and grasses!!
  :))
  Pankaj
 
 
  On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 9:22 PM, Satish Phadke drsmpha...@gmail.com
  wrote:
   In fact that is my perception
   grasses are not favourite of many (as most of them don't possess
   showy
   beautiful flowers.)
   Sorry The sentence has created some misunderstanding(?)
  
   On 13 December 2010 21:11, Dr Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com
   wrote:
  
   Hahahaha,
   I didnt mean it that way Satish sir. I didnt say that grasses are
 not
   favourite of many. What I meant to say was I worked on Orchids so I
   will always have higher affinity towards Orchids.
   Grasses are of course as good as any other group of plants, but its
   really a hard nut for me to crack!!
   Regards
   Pankaj
  
  
   On Dec 13, 8:33 pm, Satish Phadke drsmpha...@gmail.com wrote:
It was great to see so many grass species last several days.
As Pankaj ji has said grasses are not favourite of many (as most
 of
them
don't possess showy beautiful flowers.)
I was disappointed initially because I couldn't contribute any.
Looking at so many species I realized that many grasses are
 observed
around
you but a keen eye is necessary to extract the beauty out of them.
 I
am
overwhelmed to see the response of this new theme started on
Efloraindia
and
am sure that it continues further in the same manner in coming
 months
due to
hard work done by many members especially the ones listed above.
Dr Phadke
   
On 13 December 2010 01:47, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com
wrote:
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 Dear friends
 Perhaps our apprehensions about lack of interestin grasses were
 unfounded.
 The Grass week was a great success, providing a glimpse of great
 diversity
 within the group. Large number of members participated, with
 major
 contribution from Nayan ji, ably supported by Dinesh ji (as
 usual),
 Ritesh
 ji, Vijayasankar ji, Raghu ji, Mayur ji, Prashant ji, Balkar ji,
 Rashida ji
 and several other members, regularly encouraged by Tanay who
 also
 provided
 relevant feedback.
  Pankaj ji continued the great work of providing types,
 protologues and
 important comments.
   Congratulations and thanks to all for making the episode a
 great
 one.
 Kudos to Dr. Ritesh Choudhary for undertaking and coordinating
 this
 important episode on grasses. Fortunately very few grasses
 remained
 unidentified during the week.
 I WOULD REQUEST OTHER MEMBERS TO VOLUNTEER FOR COORDINATING
 FUTURE
 EPISODES.
   
 --
 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
 http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
  
 
 
 
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  TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!
 
 
  Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae)
  Research Associate
  Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project
  Department of Habitat Ecology
  Wildlife Institute of India
  Post Box # 18
  Dehradun - 248001, India
 
 
 
 



 --
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 TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!


 Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae)
 Research Associate

Re: [efloraofindia:57011] Beautiful tiny blue flowers on rock hills of Haldipur

2010-12-15 Thread Mayur Nandikar

yes same question here
Where is the place situated? look likes a plateau
and most probable this one is *Utricularaia purpurescens*

Thank you
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 10:03 AM, mani nair mani.na...@gmail.com wrote:

 Nice flowers.  Where is this Haldipur?

 Regards,

 Mani.


 On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:22 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.comwrote:

 Resurfacing again for ID

 Earlier feedback

 Tanay...I guess 
 Utricularia
 babui

 Pankaj jiUtricularia
 purpurascens may be May be Aparna can help  
 plz.
 and I didnt get my hornbill :(
 ...

 --
 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/


 -- Forwarded message --
 From: raghu ananth raghu_...@yahoo.com
 Date: Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 1:30 AM
 Subject: [efloraofindia:55233] Beautiful tiny blue flowers on rock hills
 of Haldipur
 To: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com


  *Tiny blue flowers on rock hills of Haldipur *

 * *

 The second week of October and it is still raining in Haldipur. Here there
 is rocky hill at a km distance from home. On reaching top we find its is
 actually a   a plain flat rock surface which stretches for about 2-3 kms

  The hills have long soaked in all the rains giving rise to an abundance
 of beautiful tiny flowering plants, a sort of bluish-purple carpeting on the
 otherwise barren landscape. Small water bodies are created here and there.
 The little blue flowers thrive near those water holes on the rock surfaces.

  Octobers always present pleasant weather in the mornings and walking on
 this vast stretch of hill plains is a great experience. Apart from a few
 forest dwellers who gather firewood and carry it on their shoulders for long
 distances, we find no human trace. Silence prevails here.


 Regards

 Raghu / Sannidi / Shradda










-- 
Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar,
Research Student,
Department of Botany,
Shivaji University,
Kolhapur.

Re: [efloraofindia:57013] Fwd: Floral chests of the Western Ghats still hold many more surprises

2010-12-15 Thread Smita Raskar

Yeah Western Ghat has biggest biodiversity in the world
every time you visit forest, you will find new plant flowering which you
have not seen before
'Heaven on the Earth'...our own Heaven
but sad part of the story on our side is that it is subjected to rapid
destruction...
sometime for tourism development and sometimes for mining:(:(

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Madhuri Pejaver formpeja...@yahoo.comwrote:

 Great news!
 Thanks
 Madhuri

 --- On *Wed, 15/12/10, raghu ananth raghu_...@yahoo.com* wrote:


 From: raghu ananth raghu_...@yahoo.com
 Subject: [efloraofindia:56987] Fwd: Floral chests of the Western Ghats
 still hold many more surprises
 To: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com
 Date: Wednesday, 15 December, 2010, 11:08 AM


   Fwd... Floral chests of the Western Ghats still hold many more surprises
 A recent study of the Wayanad part of the Western Ghats has once again
 proved that the biodiversity of the region is still not explored fully, with
 even higher plants waiting to be discovered.

 More...
 http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/article950423.ece


 Regards
 Raghu

 *I will be the gladdest thing under the sun.  I will touch a hundred
flowers and not pick one.*
 *
 *





-- 
Smita raskar
M.Sc. (Botany)
Biology teacher
308 Disha Residency,
Salaiwada,Sawantwadi
Phone (02363) 274153
Mob.9422379568

Re: [efloraofindia:57014] Part 2: Identification for Amaranth

2010-12-15 Thread Pankaj Kumar

Yes this does look like Amaranthus viridis.
Pankaj



On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Arpita Puri rush2n...@gmail.com wrote:

 Dear members,

 Could you all please confirm if the identification for this amaranth species
 is Amaranthus viridis. 2 more species for confirmation/identification will
 follow.

 Best wishes,
 Arpita





-- 
***
TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!


Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae)
Research Associate
Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project
Department of Habitat Ecology
Wildlife Institute of India
Post Box # 18
Dehradun - 248001, India

Re: [efloraofindia:57015] Fwd: confirmation of ID

2010-12-15 Thread Pankaj Kumar

This should be Chenopodium album most probably.
Pankaj


On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Nanu Puri rush2n...@gmail.com wrote:
 Respected sir,

 Re-posting with a personal copy to Drs. Singh, Garg and Valke, if any1 of
 you can help me please.

 Best regards
 Mrs. Puri

 -- Forwarded message --
 From: Nanu Puri rush2n...@gmail.com
 Date: Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 4:26 PM
 Subject: confirmation of ID
 To: indiantreepix indiantreepix@googlegroups.com



 Dear members,

 I found these chenopodium species growing in a field The first one i
 guess is C. album, not sure of the rest 2... Could any of these 2 be C.
 glaucum or C. foliosum? Had not seen this red chenopodium. Please if any1
 can help me in the identification of these 2 species (Pic 2 (DSC00129) and 3
 (DSC00131)) and confirm the pic 1 which i propose as C. album.

 Thanks,

 Mrs. Puri






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Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae)
Research Associate
Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project
Department of Habitat Ecology
Wildlife Institute of India
Post Box # 18
Dehradun - 248001, India

Re: [efloraofindia:57016] Capparis decidua from Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

2010-12-15 Thread Neil Soares

Thanks for your comments Rohit, but photographs 3,4  5 are close-ups of the 
first tree.
  Regards,
   Neil Soares.

--- On Wed, 12/15/10, Rohit Patel rmpecol...@gmail.com wrote:

From: Rohit Patel rmpecol...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:56978] Capparis decidua from Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
To: Neil Soares drneilsoa...@yahoo.com
Cc: mani nair mani.na...@gmail.com, Pankaj Kumar 
sahanipan...@gmail.com, indiantreepix@googlegroups.com
Date: Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 10:15 AM

First two image of Capparis decidua but 3rd and 4th are of member of leptadenia 
pyrotechnica (check spell).

regards

rohit

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Neil Soares drneilsoa...@yahoo.com wrote:

Hi,
 Was recently birdwatching at Tal Chapar WLS, Rajasthan. Capparis decidua 
frequently grows as a tree there. Sending a few photographs.
    With regards,
  Neil Soares.

--- On Wed, 12/15/10, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote:

From: Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:56971] Capparis decidua from Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
To: mani nair mani.na...@gmail.com
Cc: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com
Date: Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 3:00 AM

Grows very frequently as tree, infact one of the dominant trees in
savannah of Sariska Tiger Reserve.
Pankaj

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 9:46 PM, mani nair mani.na...@gmail.com wrote:
 Dear friends,
 Sending photos of Capparis decidua tree.
 Place : Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
  Name :   Hindi - Khair
 Date  : 20.12.10
 Habitat : Wild
 Others : Fruits are relished by bulbuls and other birds.  Seen butterflies
 hovering around the fruits and flowers.
 Regards,
 Mani.

-- 
***
TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!

Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae)
Research Associate
Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project
Department of Habitat Ecology
Wildlife Institute of India
Post Box # 18
Dehradun - 248001, India

-- 
ROHITKUMAR M.PATEL
Asst. Project cordinator
(Grassland development)
AHKC unit,Sahjeevan
175, Jalaram Society,
Vijay Nagar
Bhuj Kachchh-  370001
Gujarat, India
www.sahjeevan.org 
E-mail (2):-rohitpatel_...@yahoo.com
Mo.:- 09724337687

Re: [efloraofindia:57017] Capparis decidua from Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

2010-12-15 Thread Rohit Patel

Dear Sir,

that comment was not for your posting but that was for Maniji's posting.

please check

regards

rohit

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Neil Soares drneilsoa...@yahoo.com wrote:

Thanks for your comments Rohit, but photographs 3,4 5 are close-ups of
the first tree.
Regards,
Neil Soares.

--- On *Wed, 12/15/10, Rohit Patel rmpecol...@gmail.com* wrote:

From: Rohit Patel rmpecol...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:56978] Capparis decidua from Jaisalmer,
Rajasthan
To: Neil Soares drneilsoa...@yahoo.com
Cc: mani nair mani.na...@gmail.com, Pankaj Kumar
sahanipan...@gmail.com, indiantreepix@googlegroups.com
Date: Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 10:15 AM

First two image of Capparis decidua but 3rd and 4th are of member of
leptadenia pyrotechnica (check spell).

regards

rohit

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Neil Soares
drneilsoa...@yahoo.comhttp://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=drneilsoa...@yahoo.com
wrote:

Hi,
Was recently birdwatching at Tal Chapar WLS, Rajasthan. Capparis decidua
frequently grows as a tree there. Sending a few photographs.
With regards,
Neil Soares.

--- On *Wed, 12/15/10, Pankaj Kumar
sahanipan...@gmail.comhttp://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sahanipan...@gmail.com
* wrote:

From: Pankaj Kumar
sahanipan...@gmail.comhttp://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sahanipan...@gmail.com

Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:56971] Capparis decidua from Jaisalmer,
Rajasthan
To: mani nair
mani.na...@gmail.comhttp://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=mani.na...@gmail.com

Cc:
indiantreepix@googlegroups.comhttp://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=indiantree...@googlegroups.com
Date: Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 3:00 AM

Grows very frequently as tree, infact one of the dominant trees in
savannah of Sariska Tiger Reserve.
Pankaj

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 9:46 PM, mani nair
mani.na...@gmail.comhttp://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=mani.na...@gmail.com
wrote:
Dear friends,
Sending photos of Capparis decidua tree.
Place : Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
Name : Hindi - Khair
Date : 20.12.10
Habitat : Wild
Others : Fruits are relished by bulbuls and other birds. Seen
butterflies
hovering around the fruits and flowers.
Regards,
Mani.

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***
TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!

Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae)
Research Associate
Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project
Department of Habitat Ecology
Wildlife Institute of India
Post Box # 18
Dehradun - 248001, India

--
ROHITKUMAR M.PATEL
Asst. Project cordinator
(Grassland development)
AHKC unit,Sahjeevan
175, Jalaram Society,
Vijay Nagar
Bhuj Kachchh- 370001
Gujarat, India
www.sahjeevan.org
E-mail
(2):-rohitpatel_...@yahoo.comhttp://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=rohitpatel_...@yahoo.com
Mo.:- 09724337687

Re: [efloraofindia:57018] Capparis decidua from Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

2010-12-15 Thread mani nair

Thanks Rohit ji for the correction. I thought all the four are same.
Regards,
Mani.

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Rohit Patel rmpecol...@gmail.com wrote:

Dear Sir,

that comment was not for your posting but that was for Maniji's posting.

please check

regards

rohit

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Neil Soares drneilsoa...@yahoo.comwrote: