Thank you Dineshji and Sanal. Indeed the flower is identified in flowersofindia as:
*Clerodendrum chinense* *Family:* *Verbenaceae* (verbena family) *Synonyms:* Clerodendrum fragrans/philippinum I wish I had stayed on in Samsing till evening to enjoy its fragrance! Sushmita Jha On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 10:42 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > ... most probably *Clerodendrum chinense* (syn. *C. fragrans*, *C. > philippinum*) ... please wait for friends to validate. > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Chinese%20Glory%20Bower.html > > > Regards. > > > > > > > On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Sushmita Jha <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> am posting pictures of wildflowers, plants, etc. taken last October in >> North Bengal (Suntaleykhola, Samsing, Gorumara, Kalimpong, Lava). Would very >> much appreciate ID help. >> >> I had wrongly posted photos of 3 different flowers in one email with the >> following text, which I am not sure whether it had reached your inboxes: >> >> "Hello all, >> >> Last year in October I had taken so many pictures of wildflowers in North >> Bengal that cropping and sending them for ID remained as it was very >> time-consuming and labourious. Significantly, I have finally cropped them on >> Labour Day! >> >> I will be sending one request per day of 2-3 different flowers/plants. >> Apologies for the deluge. Would very much appreciate your help with >> identification." >> >> Many thanks. >> Sushmita Jha >> >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

