I was very lucky to be born to parents, Taranath & Sujata, who did not coerce me to complete my formal studies. They allowed me to pursue my hobby of gardening.

I am very much indebted to Prof. P. V. Bole, who initiated me in to the realm of scientific nomenclature of plant kingdom.

Dr. M.R.Almeida & Dr. C.S.Lattu have helped me in identifying certain plants, for which I am grateful to them.

Without the precious help of my son Amar Kalbag, this website would have been an impossible task. All the initial technicalities of formatting plant information on the computer were ably shouldered by him. Once when I had almost completed my work of compilation, the entire data from the computer was lost. Due to his acumen he could retrieve the lost data.

It was Shri. D.D.Sharma of 'Video Lab' who introduced me to digital cameras. It was he who gave me one of the finest cameras and also taught me how to use it.

Initially I had planned for a Plant Information CD. Launching a website was my nephew, Ashutosh Bijoor's idea. He & his wife Sharmila put the foundation of this website.

And of course, without the support of my wife Shobha, this website would have been an impossible task. She not only tolerated my madness about plants but also ably managed the domestic front without any help from me.

I am most grateful to Shri. Sachin Pilankar of Avakashvedh.com who has designed this wonderfull Website for me.

I am also very greatful to Ms. Nawaz Patuck of Patuck Nursery, Shri. U.N.Singh of Mayflower Nursery, Shri. Bharat Soni of Gogreen Nursery, Shri. Devrao Patil of Pachu Nursery & Shri. Shakti Mehta of Nisarga Nursery, Shailesh Kapadia of Neha Exotic for allowing me to photograph their plants.