Category: Miscellaneous

जंगली सोया : 3 posts by 2 authors. जंगली सोया :- जिसकी टहनियां जमीन पार बिछी राहती है . ठंडल काली होती है . पत्ते सोये के समान और स्वाद कडुवा होता है . यह बुटी ठंडी पहाडी जगहो पर कहीं कहीं पाई जाती है . यह अल्मोड़े में भी होती है। I want common […]

क्षिप्रा या शिप्रा बूटी : 3 posts by 2 authors. क्षिप्रा या शिप्रा बूटी :- ये बूटी यमुना के पश्चिमी तट पर होती है। इसका तना (काण्ड) अंगुली के सामान मोटा होता है।  गायें भी इसे भक्षण करती है।  इसको तोड़ने से दूध निकलता है।   इसका फूल चित्रक के समान लाल होता है।  फूल झड़कर फल […]

    Snags to plant in a lake bed : 6 posts by 3 authors. Here’a another question – we want to plant perches in the lake bed for the kingfishers, cormorants and others. Do suggest suitable tree species that can withstand prolonged water logging. They must be easy to obtain too! 🙂 To add […]

    trees to plant in a lake bed : 11 posts by 7 authors. Before the water level increases in monsoon, we want to plant tree saplings in the lake bed and on a couple of islands at the Puttenahalli Lake, J.P. Nagar, Bengaluru . Specifically we are looking for trees which can grow […]

    Mushroom diversity documentation in India : 1 post by 1 author. Thanks for your kind interest on biodiversity documentation.  For your kind information, I do not have any specific publication on mushroom biodiversity as i am a soil scientist. My small contribution is the collection of previous works on mushroom diversity documentation in […]

    Environment Ministry proposes India’s first tree census : 1 post by 1 author. http://www.livemint.com/Politics/rifIxLLgYAjDoInX2v01MO/Environment-ministry-proposes-Indias-first-tree-census.html ….which local municipal corporations, developers, builders, highway authorities, slumlords, etc. disposes….        

    Re: Citizen Science:Assessing Its Potential and Capacity Building for Environment – Final Project Update : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) It is a festive season and we thought this is a perfect time to knock on your doors. A much delayed update on the project but finally here it is. Please […]

    PRESENTATION ON ARDS DESIGNED WITH BOTANICAL MATERIAL : 5 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1) You have received cards designed by me on different occasion. I have some 33 sets of presentations in power point on these cards, each having 100 cards. Attaching a sample. Common names have mainly been used. Thanks, … […]

    AKOCT05 : 4 posts by 4 authors. 1 image. Had been to Rishikesh last weekend and went and visited a few gem stores. They sold spatik malas, navrathan malas, etc. and also Rudraksh beads of many types. One particular Rudraksh at a State Government run shop caught my attention, the shopkeeper said this […]

    Saving the Slipper Orchids : 1 post by 1 author. Thought of sharing this in our group. http://www.kew.org/discover/blogs/red-listing-slipper-orchids    

    Fwd: my paper : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) – Vol80_2014_3_Art13.pdf You may find the attached paper interesting. The Bhitarkanika mangroves are richest in diversity compared to other regions of country. BUT due to likely reduced fresh water flow to these estuarine regions because of dev. need upstream of power,mines and […]

    ID please : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). This I got it through a friend in whatsappHelp me to identify the plant. Is it a plant? Seems a fake plant. This is new genus and species We have to named it as Dominaenudus tentorifructuma. This is not true plant, it is […]

    Orchid group on Indian Biodiversity Panel : 1 post by 1 author. I am very happy to announce that Indian Biodiversity Panel has agreed & accepted my proposal to initiate online group on documenting orchid diversity of our country. On this portal, I request all my friends to please upload your orchid photos […]

    Plants related to Buddha and Bharhut : 2 posts by 2 authors. Came across this site: which narrates Jataka tales with illustrations: stone sculptures mainly from Bharhut and mural paintings from Ajanta/Ellora. Most stories revolve around plants, trees, and the stone sculptures do show them. http://ignca.nic.in/jatak.htm        

    Fwd: Well written piece on tree planting : 2 posts by 2 authors. Just read this article and thought I should share it. The bigger picture should always be taken into account. 🙂 For PALs, we need to concentrate on planting trees that will help the nesting and food needs of native birds. […]

    Re: Extending botanical knowledge to rural India (Alirajpur pilot) : 4 posts by 3 authors. we are documenting the botanical wealth in our villages in Alirajpur. most of the flora that have been documented by the village people have Bhili names and only a few have Hindi names. So to get the latin […]

Flora of Karnataka : 11 posts by 9 authors. I am just entrusted with the final editing of the Flora of Karnataka (Dicotyledons), to be completed within next six months so that it can be published by Botanical Survey of India on priority basis.In the above context, I request you all to kindly inform me […]

    fibrous plants of India, Odisha for making cloths : 6 posts by 3 authors. I am researching the fibrous plants of Odisha and Central Indian provinces (special attention), but also rest of India for a research project on cloths made from the fibrous plants. Would appreciate if anybody has any information on plant, […]

    If Hard disc refuses to open : 8 posts by 7 authors. Many of us must be having their collection of photographs on hard drives, and even maintaining two copies on separate drives, as we have often heard about external hard drives getting corrupted and all data lost. I maintain two 1tb hard […]

    Pollination can be ferocious : 13 posts by 6 authors. 3 images. Please find some pics shwing pollinators on an Orchid called Bulbophyllum lasiochilum. I have shared few of these pics earlier too, but this time there are two extra images. It depicts how ferocious act of pollination can be. The pollinator got […]