Thank you Neil ji for this information. I was not aware of it. Regards Bhagyashri
On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > Am sure that not too many people are aware that the dense forest in the > ravines below Duke's Nose in Khandala is popularly known as the Fr.Santapau > Sanctuary. > Sending a few photographs, > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Thu, 12/6/12, Anil Rajbhar <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Anil Rajbhar <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:139962] Re: Father Santapau - 109th birth > anniversary > To: "Smita" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected], "Miguel Garriga" < > [email protected]> > Date: Thursday, December 6, 2012, 11:00 AM > > Dear Viplav, > Thanks a lot for sharing such nice memory of Fr.Santapau...As a Student > from Blatter Herbarium we are very lucky to worked at place where such > a eminent scientist of India has worked. My great tribute & Salute to > Fr.Santapau. > > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 10:24 AM, Smita > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > I salute Father Santapau > I am having 'The Orchids Of Bomaby' book written by him , which made me > love orchids more > Regards > > > On Thursday, December 6, 2012 8:50:39 AM UTC+5:30, Walaba wrote: > > Staff and Students at Blatter Herbarium, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai > where Fr. Santapau spent the most of his time teaching and researching > plants..remember and pay tribute to this great Botanist! ..We salute you > Father! > > Dr. Rajendra Shinde > > > > > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > > Thanks a lot for sharing this. > Even in Orchid world he is well known as his was one of the first > comprehensive orchid treatise from India on Orchids of Bombay. > Many orchids were first described by him from western Ghats most of which > hopefully still lies at the BLATTER herbarium. > Best regards > Pankaj > > > On Thursday, 6 December 2012 00:56:16 UTC+8, [email protected] wrote: > > Dear all, > > I have just been informed by a good friend from Spain that today is the > 109th birth anniversary of Father Santapau. My friend Miguel's uncle, also > a Jesuit and serious plant aficionado, knew him very well and both of them > shared the same birthplace in north-east Spain. > > In addition to his diverse publications in English, Father Santapau also > wrote about Indian flora in his native Spanish and these papers were > published in journals of the Madrid Botanical Garden, the Antonio José > Cavanilles Institute of Botany et al. I have been reading some of his > Spanish writings on the flora of Bombay, Saurashtra, Khandala, > Mahabaleshwar etc. - an absorbing mix of monograph, travelogue and > anecdotes punctuated with his own line drawings of maps and plant parts. > > The affectionate kinship and the deep sense of belonging with which he > introduced the plants and the forests of India to the native readers of his > motherland suggest that the flora of India had naturalized him long before > he became a formal Indian citizen. Concurrently, his love for the country > of his birth and youth prompted him to liken the red-yellow-red flowers of > *Gloriosa superba* as the most vivid manifestation of the Spanish > national flag in nature! > > Have attached an article on Father Santapau by Prof. PV Bole. Miguel had > sent me some Spanish newspaper clippings of Father Santapau's interviews > from the 1950s and one of these is also attached. > > Best wishes, Viplav > > "I suppose my birth along the banks of the river Ebro endowed me with an > innate love for plants. I come from the charming village of La Galera near > Tortosa. But, above all, I think I found my calling for flowers in the > beautiful mountains of Kurseong when I was studying theology in India." - > Hermenegildo Santapau, S. J. [in conversation with Antonio T. Nicolas, S. > J., 1956] > > > ---------- Mensaje original ---------- > De: *Miguel Garriga* <[email protected]> > > Fecha: 5 de diciembre de 2012 17:12 > Asunto: 109 Aniversario del nacimiento del Padre Santapau > Para: Viplav Gangar <[email protected]> > > > > Hola Viplav, > > Te gustaría saber que hoy es el día de cumpleaños de Padre Santapau y te > echamos de menos en la reunión con vino, buñuelos y un montón de recuerdos > del Padre que está evocando tío Joaquin ... los cuales le gustaría poder > volver a vivir ;-) Vendremos a Khandala en enero ... te voy a telefonear > pronto. La pintura indígena es sumamente preciosa, ya he puesto en un marco > y colgado en la sala! Por acá te mandan saludos Manolo, Cristina y Isabel > tambien. > > Hasta pronto ... Miguel > > -- > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > -- > Anil Rajbhar > Associate Scientist > NutraHelix Biotech Pvt.Ltd. > Navimumbai-400705. > 9702835269 > > -- > > > > > -- > > > > -- Regards Bhagyashri --
