Inquiry about Herbarium: While searching for the type specimen of one species of Arisaema, I came across “Herb. Musei. Vindob.“, the only clue I could find out from the protologue, probably where the actual type is housed at. Unfortunately I couldn’t trace the actual herbaria yet. Here I…
Help required…………………….: Require a paper “Medicinal and aromatic plants of Himachal Pradesh” by N.S. Chauhan (2003). Indian Forester. Can anybody help. If that can serve your purpose, I can give you mobile number of Dr. NS Chauhan….
Fotos for use in Field Guide: I will be obliged to receive and use close up fotos of inflorence/flowers of following plants in the coming new field guide. 1. Cynometra iripa 2. Tropidia angulosa 3. Sagittaria trifolia 4. Desmos chinensis 5. Aniseia martnicensis 6. Hewittia malabarica 7. Phrynium…
eFI library: Here was … idea & it was discussed among moderators & agreed to: “As a taxonomist, literature collection has been a matter of difficulty, especially those papers published in Indian journals (hope all our members do have the same opinion). And we had discussed this earlier…
PRAJAPATITIR PAKHA : 4: আজকালকার গতিময় জীবনে প্রজাপতির পাখার রং দেখার সময় কি হয় ?দেখলে আনন্দ পাবে ।আনন্দে থেক বন্ধু।
Flora picture of the Year 2011: Year 2011 is passing by & efloraofindia (efi in short) has generated lot of interest in photographing Indian Flora, their identification & knowing/ learning about them. Let us post one of our best images by each of the member. It may be…
My Flora Picture of the Year 2011_Ritesh Kumar Choudhary: I don’t know whether my post is suitable for this title or not but the intention behind this post is to spread awareness among eFlora members. I am sure … is going to be the most disheartened person to…
Durga Puja : green style: Holidays in the air and West Bengal is in festive mood. It is Durga Puja and tomorrow will be SHASHTI. It is said that Durga Puja is one of the greatest festivals, if not the greatest, in Bengal. Maybe, i do not know,…
Monsoon Magic..”Diamonds” in the vegetation: To add a little two-bit science…. apparently this phenomenon is called “Guttation”. It occurs when a plant (Xylem) has absorbed a lot of water.Excess water is released through tiny cells in the margins of each leaf…. Extra ordinary! Which plant leaf is this?…
Vishen Sar: May I share photos of the VISHEN SAR (sonamarg) Kashmir (0637) and Krishen Sar (0619) taken last week.
DO NOT ID THIS PLANT: Flora Picture of the Year 2011: 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…
FloraIndia Community of Google+: If you are on Google+ we have Floraindia community there @ https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/105787408294306595087 Please do join the community and participate in the discussions.
Request for info on drought resistance of various species: I am a landscape designer trying to expand the range of drought resistant species grown in Los Angeles, California, United States, where I am located. Does anyone have experience of the following species tolerating extended dry periods, e. g.,…
Algae may be heterotrophic!: http://indianbotanists.blogspot.in/
One of our many Orchid Sheds at KFBG: Sent from my iPhone Woww….great collection …!Are they hybrids? Or collected from wild and multiplied? This is a very small part :). Not all are hybrids. All are marked with tags so all have their history record maintained. We also…
Yesterday i was eating an orange and then: A very warm hello to everyone…Hope you all are fine…Yesterday i was eating an orange and then a question arose in my mind..I thought why all the oranges have same shape…Why all are spherical or rounded…Why not some of them…
Ancient plants back to life after 30,000 frozen years: Ancient plants back to life after 30,000 frozen years http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17100574 YesI read it in February , PNAS paper
Quadrate sampling: Please let me know that which is the best quadrate method to survey grass lands for the herbs, shrub, tree etc. If anybody have more information about it please tell me. Your question is your answer. Quadrat method is the best. Use 1m x 1m quadrats….
mushrooms: yesterday I attended a mushroom-excursion. I shall send the fotos one by one, as soon as I get some time. We found many edible mushrooms. People here normally look for edible mushrooms, other mushrooms which are poisonous or not goodtasting, they just ignore, which means, one perhaps…
Propagation of important native tree species: Welcome to Ambika NurseryWho are we?We Ambika Nursery produce thousands of trees each year for reforestation and other plantings across Maharashtra. We’ve been in the tree business for over six years. Our first nursery established at Mangalwedha in 2006 and look forward…