Thanks a lot for the lead Sir. Hope members will make this week memorable one by posting maximum uploads
On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear members > March, 2012 episode from 5 to 11 will cover family Convolvulaceae. Dr. > Balkar Singh has kindly volunteered to coordinate this episode. Members > are requested to kindly upload photographs of both identified as well > unidentified plants with appropriate subject line during the week. > > Uploads of identified plants or those meant for ID validation should have > subject line: "Convolvulaceae Week: .......................(Scientific > name) from ........................(place)" > > Uploads meant for ID but where family Convolvulaceae is known, subject > line should be "..............................(unique ID consisting of > ddmmyyyy+your initials+your post number for ID for the day) for ID from > ....................(place). > > For other uploads during the week same rules would apply, only that > "Convolvulaceae Week:" is not to be prefixed. > > I must remind members that some details are essential (preferably in > assigned format). These include place (this can simply not be missed in a > country with great climatic diversity and diversity of flora), altitude (if > known), habitat (wild or cultivated, roadsides, weed in fields, wastelands, > marsh land, lake, etc.), habit (herb, shrub, tree, climber), approximate > height, size of leaves, size of flowers and fruits. Any additional details > will only help in quick identification. > > Ideally three photographs uploaded should cover habit of plant (where > leaves, their type, insertion, petiole are easily seen; location of flowers > and inflorescence type can be ascertained), side view close up of flower > (so that expert can study bract, length of pedicel, relative length of > calyx and corolla, shape of calyx and corolla) and close up of flower from > above (so that number of stamens, styles, stigmas and their relative length > can be ascertained). Plus if there is a some sort of scale, it is always > helpful. Close up macro photographs can really confuse an expert without > size estimation. > > Happy posting during the week > > -- > 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
