No updates yet.. story was in this am TOI... kolkata ... but the link I sent you does not have pictures or does it.. I dont see one... the jaw and teeth rmind me of the tasmanian dogds, but the body whatever ois showing looks like hind legs are longer?
or the front legs were hacked... dont know... no tv in my home at this moment so no new updates hourly.. will have to wait till TOI decides to do a follow up... u ========= On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 7:06 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Thats sad. So any update on what actually the animal was? > Dinosaur is most unlikely.... > Pankaj > > > On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 9:29 PM, ushadi Micromini > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Pankaj: very nice exacting Nature letter... > > > > jurassic park of Orchids.. > > lets make up a fantasy story... > > of little mermaid orchids... like these above in your pictures... flying > out > > of the amber as soon as they were cut open... > > > > Did you read about this unlucky fellow that was discovered in India, that > > looks like a dinosaur? > > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Unidentified-animal-chopped-to-death/articleshow/10458944.cms > > Jurassic park all over... > > Secondly... there is so much that remains unexplored, unexplained in > India > > and soooo much that needs to be removed from western /eurocentric > > thinking... and to be brought into global, truly academic collegial > > thinking.... > > > > usha di > > > > ========= > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> Respected Mam > >> I have a very good friend, Dr. Santosh Kumar Shah, at Birbal Sahani > >> Institute of Paleobotany, Lucknow. He and his superior are good at > >> isolating pollen from deep earth and snow etc. > >> > >> Oh I thought I can tell you another story then. > >> You know how the age of orchids was determined. > >> > >> In Dominic Republic, during an excavating work in a mine, they found > >> this amber. Inside the amber they found one extinct insect called > >> Proplebeia dominicana. And on the back of the insect was an orchid > >> pollinia. On the basis of this pollinia they named a new genus and as > >> well as species, Meliorchis caribea. > >> This article was published in Nature. > >> Please find the same attached with the mail. > >> Regards > >> Pankaj > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 7:20 PM, ushadi Micromini > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Pankaj: > >> > we used to get rose honey from konkan when i was a child...in india > >> > > >> > in usa grocery stores sell clover honey, orange flower honey, mesquite > >> > honey, rosemary honey... as available locally... and many others that > i > >> > dont/didnt buy because i am allergic to the pollen there in... > >> > > >> > AND WHAT A CO-INCIDENCE...only yesterday I was reviewing a technique > for > >> > isolating old... very old Pollen grains from rocks for Paleo- > >> > palnology... > >> > pollens stuck in mud that turned to stone and rocks over the eons... > >> > its > >> > just an armchair research because in Kolkata we dont even have a good > >> > organized effort to count or type the pollen in this highly polluted > air > >> > that we breath... all respiratory ailments and conjunctivitis are > >> > chalked up > >> > by doctors/health department officials to virus !!!! not to air > >> > pollutants, particles and pollen... ( not discounting virus, but they > >> > are > >> > not the culprits in 100% of the cases). > >> > > >> > usha di > >> > ====== > >> > > >> > > >> > On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected] > > > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> There is a very lesser known branch of botany called, > >> >> Melissopalynology. It is basically the study of pollen in honey. > >> >> Not much people are interested in it now a days but it has a very > wise > >> >> and wide implication. It can be assumed that pollen of the plant will > >> >> contain medicinal properties, so if you place a box for of beehive or > >> >> better say if you rear bee in a citrus farm then the honey will > >> >> contain some medicinal properties of the same.... > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> > >> >> wrote: > >> >> > Interesting Pankaj ji.I wish someday I get to see a live video of > >> >> > these > >> >> > lovely Bees working and collecting these things. I love bees and > also > >> >> > the > >> >> > buzz > >> >> > Regards > >> >> > Bhagyashri > >> >> > > >> >> > On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Pankaj Kumar > >> >> > <[email protected]> > >> >> > wrote: > >> >> >> > >> >> >> I didnt read the article yet so I have no idea what is it about. > >> >> >> Just wanted to tell you that Bees dont just collect nectar. It > >> >> >> collects, waxs and resins with the help of which it makes hive. > >> >> >> There are many orchids which have proper wax and resin secretions > on > >> >> >> the labellum and then there are few orchids which have wax and > resin > >> >> >> deceit. Deceit in the sense, it looks like resins but its not > >> >> >> actually > >> >> >> resin. > >> >> >> Pankaj > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> > >> >> >> wrote: > >> >> >> > Thank you Giby ji for this interesting paper on Pollination. > >> >> >> > I learn the busy bee carries out the work of Pollination and the > >> >> >> > butterfly > >> >> >> > just wants the nectar!!. The three phases are so well described > >> >> >> > Also it was interestiing to know that Adulsa is in use for the > >> >> >> > last > >> >> >> > 2000 > >> >> >> > years > >> >> >> > I will see if I can get to see some fruits on the plant. Let us > >> >> >> > see > >> >> >> > how > >> >> >> > busy > >> >> >> > the bee gets!! > >> >> >> > Regards > >> >> >> > Bhagyashri > >> >> >> > On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Giby Kuriakose > >> >> >> > <[email protected]> > >> >> >> > wrote: > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> I hope the attached paper by Prof Shivanna would be interesting > >> >> >> >> for > >> >> >> >> most > >> >> >> >> of us in connection with this thread. > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> Regards, > >> >> >> >> Giby > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> On 22 October 2011 17:39, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> >> >>> > >> >> >> >>> Request for validation > >> >> >> >>> > >> >> >> >>> Is it Adulsa plant? > >> >> >> >>> > >> >> >> >>> Date/Time- Sep and Oct 2011 > >> >> >> >>> > >> >> >> >>> Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-Pune > >> >> >> >>> > >> >> >> >>> Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-Private garden > >> >> >> >>> > >> >> >> >>> Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Shrub > >> >> >> >>> > >> >> >> >>> Height/Length- about 6 ft > >> >> >> >>> > >> >> >> >>> Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- green > >> >> >> >>> > >> >> >> >>> Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- buds looked green and > >> >> >> >>> almost > >> >> >> >>> after a > >> >> >> >>> month these white flowers appeared > >> >> >> >>> > >> >> >> >>> Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- Not seen > >> >> >> >>> > >> >> >> >>> Regards > >> >> >> >>> > >> >> >> >>> Bhagyashri > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> -- > >> >> >> >> GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD > >> >> >> >> Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment > (ATREE), > >> >> >> >> Royal Enclave, > >> >> >> >> Jakkur Post, Srirampura > >> >> >> >> Bangalore- 560064 > >> >> >> >> India > >> >> >> >> Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) > >> >> >> >> visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> -- > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > ********************************************************************** > >> >> >> "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > >> >> >> Conservation Officer > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Office: > >> >> >> Flora Conservation Department > >> >> >> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation > >> >> >> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Residence: > >> >> >> 36c, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun > >> >> >> Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> email: [email protected] > >> >> >> [email protected] > >> >> >> [email protected] > >> >> >> Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm) > >> >> >> +852 9436 6251 (mobile) > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> > ********************************************************************** > >> >> "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > >> >> Conservation Officer > >> >> > >> >> Office: > >> >> Flora Conservation Department > >> >> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation > >> >> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > >> >> > >> >> Residence: > >> >> 36c, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun > >> >> Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > >> >> > >> >> email: [email protected] > >> >> [email protected] > >> >> [email protected] > >> >> Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm) > >> >> +852 9436 6251 (mobile) > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> ********************************************************************** > >> "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" > >> > >> > >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > >> Conservation Officer > >> > >> Office: > >> Flora Conservation Department > >> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation > >> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > >> > >> Residence: > >> 36c, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun > >> Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > >> > >> email: [email protected] > >> [email protected] > >> [email protected] > >> Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm) > >> +852 9436 6251 (mobile) > > > > > > > > -- > ********************************************************************** > "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Conservation Officer > > Office: > Flora Conservation Department > Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation > Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > Residence: > 36c, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun > Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > email: [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] > Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm) > +852 9436 6251 (mobile) >
