Dr. Ritesh Kumar Choudhary- ‘Best International Researcher of KRIBB for the year 2011’: Dr. Ritesh Kumar Choudhary has been awarded as the ‘Best International Researcher of KRIBB (Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology) for the year 2011’. The award was conferred on him yesterday on the…
Limitations on orchid recruitment: not a simple picture: This article may be of interest to you all. It was published today.
A happy news………..: I am very happy to inform you that, K. S. MANILAL AWARD for the best paper in Floristics (Including new taxa/new reports) has been awarded to me in the International Symposium and XXII Annual Conference of Indian Assocoation for Angiosperm Taxonomy on Innovative Prospects in…
flora and fauna in bangalore: I have redesigned my sites, added more photos and added seasonal info for the trees. Trees http://dl.dropbox.com/u/43406542/Flora%20and%20Fauna/Trees.html Birds http://dl.dropbox.com/u/43406542/Flora%20and%20Fauna/birds.html You are comments are more welcome
6th International Symposium on the family Zingiberaceae: I am very happy to inform you that, IAPT Award 2012 (International Association for Plant Taxonomy, Zlovakia) received to me for the best poster presentation in 6th International Symposium on the family Zingiberaceae held at Calicut University during 10-13th September 2012….
Prof.S.D.Mahajan Book Publication: Presentation of Maruti Chitampalli Nisarg-mitra Award to Shrikant Ingalhalikarand the release of Next book in the series of books by Prof.S.D.Mahajn.Lecture by Shrikant Ingalhalikar on the occasion.A good opportunity for Puneites
For ITP members in and around Pune: I will be delivering a lecture with PPT presentation on the subject of ‘Poisonous Plants Around Us’ at Bal Shikshan Auditorium, Mayur Colony, Kothrud, Pune. on Sunday 25th Dec 2011 at 6 pm. ITP Members in and around Pune are cordially…
Some pics from my High Altitude Trip including Valley of Flowers.- DR. Pankaj Kumar: Please find some of pics attached from my high altitude trip. Hemkunt at 4200m asl is the highest that I have trekked on foot till now, Otherwise I had been higher on taxi in…
Blog on flora of Sahyadri: Quite interesting http://presam77.blogspot.in/
Panipat is now better known for Flora of Panipat rather than the Battle of Panipat: Panipat is now better known for Flora of Panipat rather than Battle of Panipat.Thanks, Balkar ji for single handedly doing so- re-writing the word ‘battle’ with ‘flora
Chapter in a book: I am very happy to inform you all that our work on Spatio-Temporal Variation in Pollinators and their Efficiency: A Case Study in Cardamoms by K. R. Shivanna, Giby Kuriakose and P. A. Sinu has been published in Advances in Botany, Indian Botanical Society…
Dracaena cinnabari Balf.f., Trans. & Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 30: 623 1882. (Syn: Draco cinnabari (Balf.f.) Kuntze); Fwd: Socotra Island !!!!!: Friends, this is interesting and I thought of sharing with all you botanist friends: The Mysterious Socotra Island (Indian Ocean ) Welcome to the Alien…
Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult.f., Syst. Veg. 7: 1487 1830. (Syn: Chamaerops palmetto (Walter) Michx.; Corypha palmetto Walter; Corypha umbraculifera Jacq. [Illegitimate]; Inodes blackburniana (Schult. & Schult.f.) O.F.Cook; Inodes palmetto (Walter) O.F.Cook; Inodes schwarzii O.F.Cook; Sabal bahamensis (Becc.) L.H.Bailey; Sabal blackburnia Glazebr. [Invalid]; Sabal blackburniana Schult. &…
Gentiana carinata var. intermedia C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 4: 113 1883. as per A CENSUS OF GENTIANA L. IN INDIA ; Gentiana membranulifera var. intermedia (C.B.Clarke) T.N.Ho, Worldwide Monogr. Gentiana 391 2001. (Syn: Gentiana carinata var. intermedia C.B.Clarke) as per The Plant List ; Images by Nidhan Singh (ID Gurcharan…
Mushrooms for ID : 010212 : Pahalgam : AK-2: Another type of Mushroom found on the hotel’s lawns quite close to the first one, on the 8 th of Sept, 2011, Pahalgam. Size of this too about 2 inches. May be Lactarius sp. I am not sure…
Unity in diversity: Please give high priority to cordiality: Ours is a unique group where members from all fields and diverse expertise share a common passion: a love for plants and the love for photography. Ours is also a unique group in which several non-botanists, to name…
Please avoid comments on uploads without subject line or common subject lines: We have repeatedly seen some new members uploading photographs for ID without subject line or with common subject lines like “ID Please”. Though some of us may get tempted or feel obliged to identify such photographs,…
Giving efloraofindia (efi) site links in the posts: You are requested to add efloraofindia (efi) website link (/home) in their favourites & give species’ links from this while posting or replying in a thread as lot of discussed data is already available here. This will also help the…
Please add place name in all your uploads: identified or for ID, both in subject line and text: I have repeatedly been requesting to include the name of place in both subject line and in body text. This is essential for a country like India where you may…
A camera question: This question came to my mind after reading about camera used by …: “Currently I am using Canon 400 DSLR and 100mm F2.8 macro lens for all my photography of plants” My question is, especially to …: with this macro lens (or other macro lenses)…