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…
Effective publication melbourne code chapter IV: plz find document regarding effective publication as attachment. this may be useful to us.
List of Plants for Afforestation……………: Please find an attachment of list of plant of afforestation.
Vernacular Names of Indian Plants: I came across eflora a little while ago, congratulation for the painstaking work. I admire it very much. In the meantime, I would like you all to visit http://www.patalkot.com/Herb%20Database/ I would be happy to have your critical feedback about it. Late Dr. G.L.Shaw…
Orchids of Western Ghats : Website: I am sharing a website link, on Orchids of Western Ghats. I am sure this would be of useful to members having interest in captioned subject http://www.weatheredwind.org/owg/ If you know him then let him know that there are some mistakes. If he…
Edible weeds: Thought this was interesting: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/weed-my-plate
endangered medicinal plants of India: Have been looking for the endangered plants especially which are critically tndangered plants in India. found a state wise list of such plants on FRLHT website but that list does not correspond with the list of plants given on IUCN red data list….
list of threatened plants of Maharashtra: I have the list of threatened plants of Maharashtra and in that there is no description of any trees in that. Anyone having such data, I would request to pls share. so where is the list? put it up here and we…
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU BOTANICAL GARDEN – RUMTEK: JAWAHARLAL NEHRU BOTANICAL GARDEN – RUMTEK, SIKKIM by D. C. S. RAJU F.L.S & N. C. SHENGA I.F.S This is a part of 750 acre reserve forest adjoining the Monastery at Rumtek. An area of 150 acres covering the Eastern slopes of…
group’s- experts’ views on the exotic plantation: I wish to know this group’s- experts’views on the exotic plantation like eucalyptus, A. acacia,gliricidia sepium & subabul being carried out in India for greening the barren lands by forest n Muncipal authorities. I have seen such monocultures in Uttarakhand, Gujrat…
Life in One Cubic Foot: You may like to see this. It compares about how much life can be present in one cubic feet of volume in different regions of world.http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/02/cubic-foot/liittschwager-photography#/video/