Many thanks Neil ji for this information and for sharing the photos. Regards. Dinesh
On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 7:03 PM, Bhagyashri <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > -- > > > > --
