Category: Miscellaneous

Fwd: Identifying plants from a train window…. : 3 posts by 2 authors. Earlier this week I was on the south coast of England lecturing about how to grow Himalayan alpines. To help pass the time on the train journey back to London I looked out of the very large windows the carriage I was travelling in had, […]

… wilderness around Bangalore : 3 posts by 2 authors. Wanted to know of nearest wilderness places around Bangalore (those which can be botanized in day’s trip). Nandi Hills would be a good option, in case you have not been there.   

interesting idea worth imitating : 1 post by 1 author. english: http://greencitysolutions.de/english/ German http://greencitysolutions.de/stadt/ naturally there is much more information available in German.

Plants of the World online portal : 5 posts by 3 authors. I came upon the following link which may be found helpful. http://wfo.kew.org Thanks … for information and the link. Once complete it should be real asset taking us back to versatility of Famous Index Kewensis. The amount of mistakes in The Plant List […]

Hatoo (Narkanda, Shimla, H.P.) AT OCT2016/12 : 13 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (4) Hatoo is a place frequently mentioned in Collett’s ‘FLORA SIMLENSIS’. It is about 75km away from Shimla (H.P.) on Rampur road and rich in plant biodiversity. It was a nice experience to visit Hatoo alongwith Dr. Nidhan Singh and his students. […]

Identification of plant species mentioned in Valmiki Ramayana : 2 posts by 2 authors. I am not able to identify the plant “churnaka” mentioned in Valmiki Ramayana:https://www.valmiki.iitk.ac.in/content?field_kanda_tid=4&language=dv&field_sarga_value=1&field_sloka_value=79&अङ्कोलाश्च कुरण्टाश्च चूर्णकाः पारिभद्रकाः। Can anybody please help me out? Please take a look into Prin. V. S. Apte’s The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary … it is some species of silk-cotton […]

Identifying orchid hotspots for biodiversity conservation in Laos : 3 posts by 3 authors. Please find one of our new publication on Orchids of Vang Vieng at the link below. It is freely downloadable. Hope you will like it. —- Citation: Kumar, P., S.W. Gale, A. Schuiteman, S. Bouamanivong & G.A. Fischer(2016). Identifying orchid hotspots […]

flowers from Himachal Pradesh : 3 posts by 2 authors. A set of flower pictures from Himachal Pradesh 2014https://www.flickr.com/photos/adam_dare/albums/72157645842734418 Show trimmed content Thanks & welcome … If you post the respective images as attachments it will be nice.

Pictures from Ladakh : 3 posts by 2 authors. Pictures of flowers from Ladakh, which have been identified by Chris Handoll.If you need any of these pictures for your records, I’m happy to help.https://www.flickr.com/photos/adam_dare/albums/72157646178450015 Thanks & welcome … If you post the respective images as attachments it will be nice. Attachments has to be of […]

Fwd: Survey on data sharing : 1 post by 1 author. Below is the link to a preliminary study by Foundation for Ecological Security, investigating how data collection and sharing in the scientific community works.  Your responses will help better understand how scientists manage their data and will contribute to building better tools and processes […]

Algal bloom -Ladakh flora 1 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5) We saw an Algal bloom- experts pl confrm- a rare natural phenomena in the waters of extended arm of the Pengang tso lake during our visit to the lake in Ladakh on 1st August 16. We were proceeding from Pangong to changthang plateau. […]

How trees talk to each other : 5 posts by 4 authors. http://www.ted.com/talks/suzanne_simard_how_trees_talk_to_each_other# Thanks for sharing. … Luckily I had learnt and taught something similar to my students under Mutualism and Proto-cooperation. ok. underground mycelial networks is studied by many. nat geo repoted these time and again. thanks makes an interesting read. not only humans […]

GHG platform India launched on 15th July 2016. : 3 posts by 3 authors. I am happy to inform you  that  India specific “GHG platform- India” on Green House Gases emission was launched in New Delhi on 15th July 2016  and  I am one of the sectoral experts   for AFOLU sector (more specifically  for […]

Plants from Ladakh : 2 posts by 2 authors. I had visited Ladakh between 1970 and 1974 and collected several plants not represented on our website Flowers of India. I have digitised these herbarium sheets, some may not be very good. There are similar some from Kashmir valley. Would it be a good idea to […]

Sh. Krishan Lal ji is no more : 20 posts by 14 authors. News from Anil Thakur ji in another thread: “There is a very sad news for all of us. One of our experts, Sh. Krishan Lal ji from Nahan, Himachal Pradesh is no more in this world. We have lost a great nature […]

Delhi’s Tree Map : http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/hardlook-delhi-landmark-tree-map-know-your-trees-capitals-green-folk-get-their-very-own-map/

First flower in space station : International Space Station Astronauts Have Grown The Very First Flower In Space American astronauts have successfully grown a flower in space for the first time on the International Space Station (ISS). A series of stunning pictures of the… Both these links provided by … are duds. nothing but a lot […]

Observation skills of citizen scientists : 3 posts by 2 authors. I found this paper interesting…. and apt for our group: “Can Observation Skills of Citizen Scientists Be Estimated Using Species Accumulation Curves?” http://www.plosone.org/article/fetchObject.action?uri=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0139600&representation=PDF Hope you’ll also find it interesting. Thanks, … I cursorily went through it. Can you some up the observations relevant to […]

Fwd: [itpmods:9032] Can you help? : 4 posts by 3 authors. I found your page very interesting, because I live in a gated community called Ferns Meadows. We pride ourselves because we are very green and conscious of our biodiversity. I was especially happy to see your list of trees that sustain birds, bees and […]

    identifying seeds : 4 posts by 3 authors. i remember, long ago I sent some fotos of seeds and had asked in the group to help me identify them.I have found some good links to seeds.FYI http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seeds&uselang=de http://theseedsite.co.uk/allpodsfam11.htmlhttp://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0901.htm http://www.seabean.com/seabean/guide/ Now though it is very cold here at present, we have started sowing seeds […]