I had already expressed my view soon after Indiantreepix was established that this site should be concentrating on wild and native flora. However, several plants have crept out of gardens and firmly taken root in semi-wild areas. Experts on our egroup quickly point out which is which and that is good. Personally, I tend to delete mails referring to garden varieties or cultivars but that solely is my choice and discretion. To digress a bit I had suggested to my building society's garden committee to also plant wild flowers. The hidden agenda was to attract native butterflies and moth species, perhaps even forest insects as we are very close a national park.
If one strictly goes by the egroup title, 'Indiantreepix' then only trees and their phylogeny should be discussed but we have expanded our scope to include herbs, shrubs, creepers and even fungi. But this forum is more about what members want and not what a few want and I shall leave it at that. Of course, it is the Moderator/s sole discretion to steer the direction Indiantreepix wants to go. It is also good to know that erudite botanists/taxonomists have agreed to contribute and share their wealth of plant knowledge, and more importantly, their humbleness and patience to answer queries from neophytes like myself. Cheers, Kiran Srivastava Mumbai On 9/14/09, Satish Phadke <phadke.sat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Recently I have observed that more and more pictures of garden plants > are being posted on the group. > One of the initial motive of the group was to learn more and more of > our native flora. > Of course all members are interested in all types of plants. > Some members like me may not be accustomed with the cultivated or > garden variety of plants and may get confused looking at the beautiful > bright flower which is not easily found in nature. > I sincerely request the members to mention whether the plant is a > garden variety or found naturally and where it was observed and in > which season. > Cheers > Dr Satish Phadke > > -- > > http:// satishphadke.blogspot.com > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
