YES>>>> Thats why plant hunters are so ill treated in some areas and maligned by the british and american press... you should have seen reviews of books about plant hunters. during the last thirty years.. .books coming out of India office or british library related authors... I did not save those reviews .(I did not save them ... never knew I would correspond with a botany crowd)
HAVE SHOWN US A Paphiopedilum farrieanum here? Usha di ========== On Dec 13, 10:53 am, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks a lot for the comments mam. > yes Paphs are in great demand all over the world. People come to > stealing it when they are not able to get it. > There was a time when one Paph was collected form india and taken to > UK. It was multiplied at a nursery and sold out in UK and neighboring > areas. At one point their stocks ended and they had no more plants to > sell. Then they kept an award of 1000 pounds (during British period) > for whomsoever brings them one plant of the Paph. People set out on > expedition all the way from Europe to north east India and adjoining > areas and scratched lot of plants to take away home. The plant was > Paphiopedilum farrieanum. Of course now the plant has been discovered > in neighboring countries too. But during early 18th century, 1000 > pounds was a big amount for one plant and the worst thing is, people > came and collected unscrupulously from wild. > Enjoy. > Pankaj > > On Dec 13, 1:31 pm, Ushadi micromini <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Pankaj, very nice pics... > > I prdict that the lady's slippers in your picture 2 and 4 will become > > all the rage and very popular atleast in the USA if released to the > > horticulture industry for homebased woodlands... > > Usha di > > ========== > > ps with prediction I adjure myself to long term follow up of lady's > > slippers in various plant nursery specialty catalogues... > > > :) :) > > =========== > > > On Dec 12, 5:39 pm, promila chaturvedi > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks Dr. Pankaj Kumar for shoing all these lovely orchid series. > > > Promila > > > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > Lovely!!!! Beautiful Collection!!! > > > > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > Some mixed and unidentified hybrids. from WOC, Singapore > > > > > > Pankaj > > > > > > -- > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > > > > "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 7128begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +852 > > > > > 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm) > > > > > +852 9436 > > > > > 6251begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +852 9436 > > > > > 6251 (mobile) > > > > > -- > > > > Regards > > > > > Dr Balkar Singh > > > > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > > > > Arya P G College, Panipat > > > > Haryana-132103 > > > > 09416262964Thanks a lot mam
