Thanks Bimal da and Madhuri... Madhuri, very busy kya? dont see you here that often?how's your foot/leg injury, healed by now I hope... Usha di =========
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Madhuri Pejaver <formpeja...@yahoo.com>wrote: > Beautiful Orchid > Madhuri > > *From:* ushadi Micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com> > *To:* efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com>; Satish Phadke < > drsmpha...@gmail.com>; Madhuri Raut <itii...@gmail.com>; Madhuri Pejaver < > formpeja...@yahoo.com>; Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>; Neil > Soares <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com>; mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com>; Balkar > Arya <balkara...@gmail.com>; Col Bimal Sarkar <colbimalsar...@yahoo.com>; > tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com>; Rakesh Biswas <rakesh7bis...@gmail.com>; > Arijit Banerjee <ari...@gmail.com>; Dalia Set <setda...@gmail.com>; > Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>; prasad dash < > prasad.dash2...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Sunday, 15 January 2012 10:49 PM > > *Subject:* Flora picture of the year 2011 UD Serendipity > > We were on a Sunday afternoon drive when my friends decided to stop and > have some tea... we drove into a village.. and parked under a kadam > tree... while they unpacked the picnic baskets and poured tea etc I was > walking around and a local gentleman came out to see if what / who had > invaded his property... though there were no boundry indicators per se... > we apologized, but he turned out to be friendly... and said he just wanted > to talk, so over tea he told us what he grows etc and very proudly pointed > at this flower on his Kadam tree... and he even told us its name... he had > done some research it seems... Dendrobium pierardii.... I came home and > looked it up... books and the net images show more intense color... than > I got... and the binomial he told seems to hold ... UNLESS PANKAJ thinks > otherwise.... > > I am very happy to have made a friend across from the Ganges and he has > invited us back whenever the mood strikes us... > > Serendipity, you ask? why? > > because as we drove out of Calcutta we were hoping to find something > totally created by nature... not planted by forest dept, highway department > or a gardener, nor chopped down or debilitated by humanity... > and what is more spontaneous than a beautiful orchid flowering on a > beautiful tree with connection to Krishna... the playful one... > > > > > Usha di > =========== > > > > -- Usha di ===========
