WHAT IS A GOOD INDICATOR OF THE HEALTH OF A GIVEN HABITAT?: Today a very old post by Prasad popped up on my screen through efloraofindia so I felt like sharing my thoughts on this matter.His topic was “LICHEN AS BIOINDICATOR –http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/3a495defc56f8cb0“ Just wanted to share this with…

    Lichen as bioindicat​or: keeping in view of the ongoing climatic variation, it is very demanding to study the lichen distribution as they are the key bioindicators in an ecosystem. The lichens are very less tolerant to pollution load and immediately they respond to any kind of stress by…

    Blog on plant taxonomy: Forwarding a link from Indian Flora facebook group, shared by … http://planttaxonomy.blogspot.in/          

    A query: I have a query to all professional botanists on this forum. Which technique is best used for determination of sucrose, glucose and fructose content in flowers especially really small ones Do you want to analyse the sugar concentration in nectar? If so, you may use any…

    eFlora of India and Indian Herbaria: Do you know any one in you group that would be interested in making herbarium records available online? I am working with US herbaria in this regard and am very interested in encouraging herbaria in other parts of the world to do…

    Carl von Linnaeus – Bicentenary: Carl von Linnaeus-Bicentenary: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF CAROLUS VON LINNAEUS BY D.C.S.RAJU The name Carl Linnaeus is immortalised with classification of plants and Binomial System of Nomenclature.Linnaean Schools of Plant Taxonomy and Linnean Societies were established in many parts of the world. Born at…

    LINNAEUS AND MALABAR: ELEBRATION OF BICENTENARY OF LINNAEUS AT CALICUT Text of the talk by D.C.S.Raju,F.L.S., Central National Herbarium,Botanical Survey of India,Howrah. Honourable Vice Chancellor Dr. Purushottaman,Respected Dr. Gopalakrishnan,Dr.Achutan,Prof. Manilal, and Friends of this august meeting ,I have great pleasure to be with you in a wonderful habitat…

    Edible Sea Weed: Is there a Sea Weed easily available that is edible and consumable for human consumption.Are any of such edible weeds available in the mangroves? According to my colleagues, Sarwanto and Dwi Sunu Widyartini, there are many edible seaweeds such as: Gracilaria verucosa, G. gigas, Gelydium,…

    Our recent Research Article in Current Science: I am very happy to share our recent research article on “Epiphytic orchid diversity in farmer-managed Soppinabetta forests of Western Ghats: implications for conservation“. Please share your valuable critical comments and suggestions with me.        

    query..: 86% of existing species on Earth and 91% of species in the ocean still await description…members please give a more light on this… FALSE AND FICTITIOUS BECAUSE JD HOOKER WAS IN ANTARCTICA EXPEDITION WITH CAPT ROSS AND WITH EARNINGS HE EXPORED INDIA-mADRAS,CALCUTTA,PARASNATH,SHILLONG AND THEN HIGHEST MOUNTAINS IN…

    List of poisonous plants and the puffer fish: I often read about toxic properties of various plants posted in this group. It makes me wonder do we have any such list – a list of medicinal plants, a list of poisonous plants, a list of weeds… so on….

    world enviroment day…: On this world environment day today… I want to say something I am sensitive and sentimental about trees and plants, i am true nature lover but i have to confess that i hate my self that i am helpless , i can’t save my beloved…

    How Many Species Are There on Earth and in the Ocean?: Please find this interesting article attached.Happy reading and happy weekend.          

    Collection of medicinal plants for the establishment of a garden-Reg: We are involved in conservation of the medicinal plants for this we established a medicinal plant garden in our campus. The garden will be used to educate medicinal plant collector, farmers and students about conservation of medicinal plants…

    Great writing by an add agency on facebook: Sharing a status update by an add agency on Facebook Mandir Mein Phool Chadhane Gaye Toh Ehsas Hua Ki, Patharo Ki Khushi Ke Liye Phoolo Ka Qatal Kar Aaye Hum… Mitane Gaye The Paap Jaha Wahi Ek Aur Paap Kar…

    Orchid Accessories: Just wanted to share some pics of Orchid Accessories from SingaporeBotanic Gardens. Hope you all will like them. Costly but Lovely Ornaments Actually they were not so costly. In the garden they were at reasonable rates. But yes outside at the WOC venue they were costly.The…

    Pl suggest tree: This was asked on my FB page —   please suggest the trees with these qualities 1.fast growing tree(max one year) 2.root should not damage the near by buildings. 3.straight tree,not dense. 4.minimum height(max 10 feet) This is for south India. this is my suggestion…

    Value of a tree: In one day a human being breathes oxygen equivalent to 3 cylinders. Each oxygen cylinder on an average costs Rs 700, so in a day one uses Oxygen worth Rs 2100 and for a full year it is Rs 7,66,500. If we consider an…