Dear Tabish and Dinesh, thank you so much for your enlightening conversation about pusilla and ramanii! God, there is so much to learn in this beautiful world! For some reason I labelled all my North Bengal pix as Oct08 (it was over 1-4th) We started our trip on 26th Sept. EXIF caught me out and just as well if one is to determine through such a fine (flowering) line betweeen the two species.
I eagerly await the next chapter of this interesting conversation! Thanks again. Sushmita Jha On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 12:30 AM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, I don't know about other species, but it is unlikely to be > Spermacoce ramanii. I read that the two species, although being quite > similar, do not interbreed because of separated flowering periods. S. > pusilla flowers from July to September and S. ramanii flowers from > late October to November. Although Sushmita's picture is named > "..Oct08- 062..", the EXIF information shows that it was taken on 28th > September. > Cheers! > - Tabish > > On May 10, 11:39 pm, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > > Oh dear Tabish, I am far far away from that status, at least not in this > > life :) especially in this case I think I am on a trial !!!! > > ... I believe it to be *S. pusilla*. (my attempted ID: > http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314...@n00&q=Spermacoce+pusilla&m=text) > > ... BUT dear friends, please validate. There are chances that it could be > *S. > > ramanii. * > > Regards. > > > > On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Dear Sushmita, > > > This one is completely unrelated to the previous ones. It should be > > > a Spermacoce species. I would make a guess, Spermacoce pusilla, but it > > > has to be passed by Dinesh. :) > > > - Tabish > > > > > On May 10, 8:50 pm, Sushmita Jha <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Dear Tabish, > > > > Thank you again for your enlightening response and the ID. > > > > When I looked at the two photos again (after posting them), I did > notice > > > the > > > > difference in the leaves. I have another similar one (I think), which > I > > > am > > > > attaching (Garg-ji, please excuse me for crossing my posting limits - > > > doing > > > > it simply because it is relevant to this discussion). > > > > Shall I go ahead and take Anaphalis margaritacea as confirmed for the > > > first > > > > one? And await confirmation on busua or contorta? > > > > Regards, > > > > Sushmita Jha > > > > > > On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Dear Sushmita, > > > > > Beautiful flowers - thanks for the continuing show! > > > > > These look like species of Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis). These > two > > > > > pictures could easily be different species - the leaves seem > different > > > > > in the two. > > > > > The first one could be Anaphalis margaritacea > > > > > > > > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Western%20Pearly%20Everl. > > > .. > > > > > The flowers are not yet open. > > > > > The second one could be Anaphalis busua or Anaphalis contorta. I am > > > > > assuming that some of the flowers are actually open, but the petal- > > > > > like white bracts remain erect and do not spread out, which is a > > > > > characteristic of these two species. > > > > > Cheers! > > > > > - Tabish > > > > > > > On May 10, 3:12 pm, ranjini kamath <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Have been enjoying the series.Thanks Sushmita. > > > > > > > > Ranjini Kamath > > > > > > > > On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Sushmita Jha < > > > [email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > And the third one. > > > > > > > > > Danke Schon. > > > > > > > > > Sushmita Jha > > > > > > Wildflower ID-north bengal, Oct08- 062.jpg > > > > 89KViewDownload > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
