Thanks, Shrikant ji, Really interesting & well presented. On 5 January 2012 17:28, Shrikant Ingalhalikar <[email protected]> wrote:
> We were returning from a deep Sahyadri forest with a bag (card) full of > images of some rare plants and had lost the track of time, thirst and > hunger amidst the amazing plants. It was the noon of scorching summer and > we realised that we did not carry any water. We had to trek for another 5 > kms to reach the camp where we would get water and food. Looking at our dry > faces the local guide asked us if we cared to have a glass full of cool > fresh water. We pardoned him for his cruel joke since there was not a drop > around. The guide dared our challenge, asked Navendu to be ready for a > quick gulp and chopped a branch of a liana just above him. And there came a > gush of clean cool fresh water from the cut branch that all of us tasted > with content. It was not a life and death situation for us then but we were > told that locals may use this source in such a situation. We were thrilled > to see the spectacle but felt sorry for the lost limb of the liana. I > request members not to ID or ask for the ID of this plant for its > security. > > Shrikant Ingalhalikar > 12 Varshanand Society > Anandnagar Sinhagad Road > Pune 411 051. www.idsahyadri.com > Tel 91 20 2435 0765. > Fax 91 20 2438 9190. > > <http://sigads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/www.rediffmail.com/signatureline.htm@Middle?> > Follow *Rediff Deal ho > jaye!<http://track.rediff.com/click?url=___http://dealhojaye.rediff.com?sc_cid=rediffmailsignature___&cmp=signature&lnk=rediffmailsignature&newservice=deals> > * to get exciting offers in your city everyday. -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1760 members & 1,00,000 messages on 21/12/11) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 6000 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'.
