Thanks Pankaj ji Very good introduction. It is more than clear. I hope we all will try to represent to your expectation
Dr Satish Phadke On 17 September 2013 07:21, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Respected Sirs and dear friends > > Thanks a lot for allowing me to coordinate this episode and I hope I can > match up to your expectations. > I will request you to feel free to post whatever orchid pics you have but > please remember, > > 1. MULTIPLE PICS FROM MULTIPLE ANGLES help a lot in better identification. > 2. Taxonomy is an opinion and anyone can go wrong including me :) so dont > fight if I have to correct your id and feel free to correct my id too. > 3. Kindly add a proper and standardized subject line with family name as > well as the species name. If the species id is requested then please > mention unique numbers on the species name as following: > WHEN YOU KNOW THE SPECIES: "Orchidaceae Fortnight: Habenaria > longicorniculata J.Graham" or "Orchidaceae Fortnight: Habenaria > longicorniculata". > WHEN YOU DONT KNOW THE SPECIES: "Orchidaceae Fortnight: for ID PK12062" > 4. Please mention the locality and date for each species, it helps in > correct ID. But trust me, even with both sometimes its difficult to id. > Even if the plants are identified it will be a good idea to add localities. > 5. There is possibility that I might miss to check all mails. Just in case > you realise that you plant is not identified then please forward me again. > In general if you want a quick id then you can think of sending CC of your > mail to me on the first go itself. > 6. If I dont reply to a mail, then it doesnt mean that I have differences > with the sender or the mail was not nice. Just that due to lack of time, I > will put in my comments when and where it is needed and when and where it > is asked. All pics are nice and they come out the way you want them to look > like. A good looking pic may not be a good pic botanically and it may get > difficult to id too. Secondly, to me all plants and all photographs are > important but still even after viewing the pics I may not have time to > comment. SO PLEASE DONT MIND and PLEASE DONT ASSUME THINGS ON YOUR OWN. > FEEL FREE TO ASK ME AGAIN :). > 7. I will try to repost some pics from archives. These will have > representative of the subfamily or genera. I will try to provide original > details with the name of original owners of the pics. Hope that will be ok > for all. I will also try to post pics from otuside India but in that case I > will do it for a reason and I will mention it on the subject line. I assume > you all can do the same too. > 8. I would request all members to collaborate and coordinate the episode > as they have done in past. All your comments are valuable. > 9. What makes this group more wonderful is the fact that sitting on my > desk in Hong Kong, I can know which orchid is flowering in which area of > India and how does the plant look like. > 10. I AM NOT HERE TO TEACH OR PREACH BUT TO LEARN MYSELF. > 11. Comments and suggestions from all members are always welcome. If you > have any better ideas of how to organise this episode then please feel free > to share. Make it a grand event but at the same times make it a easy for > all to understand event. > > Gurucharan sir, your one correct id of Spiranthes is more than enough :) > so please dont worry. I can show you manuscripts in high profile journals > which have wrong names for Spiranthes :). Your comments and suggestions are > always welcome. > > Best regards > Pankaj > > > > > > > > On Monday, 16 September 2013 13:58:20 UTC+8, Gurcharan Singh wrote: >> >> Dear friends >> Our next episode, I am sure would be the most exciting one covering >> Orchidaceae, one of the most fascinating groups of plants, and very well >> represented in India. I had this group in my mind for a long time but had >> decided that we will go ahead only after Pankaj ji gives a nod for it. I >> realize Pankaj ji is very busy in his research, but I am sure he will >> extract some time to lead the discussions during the uploads. I am very >> sure there are several other members deeply interested and having good >> collection of Orchidaceae members. I request them to help Pankaj ji to make >> this episode a very memorable one. >> This is one episode in which I would sit back and enjoy the uploads, >> and also have a chance to get my few photographs of orchids identified >> properly. >> Member are requested to organise the photographs to be uploaded >> during this episode. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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