Thank you very much Tabish for the resolving my doubt. Regards.
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Sushmita Jha <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
