I think the species with 17 year flowering cycle is Strobilanthes kunthianus called Kurinji. THough large scale flowering occurs cyclic we see some plants in flower every year. Had gone to Yercaud to see this sight in the nineties when I lived at Coimbatore. Lovely with less crowd than these days
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 12:16 AM, Aneeta Kindre <[email protected]>wrote: > Santoah ji, > Flowering of Karvy happen after 7 yrs !! > And yes, agree with you Satish ji, > Strobilanthes callosus is a new name for this plant !! > I hd already mentioned Carvia callosa (as a synonym) > N also agreed that in 2008 Karvy was blooming in some region of > W.ghats_Glad to share that I'm having photographs of Karvy in 2008 too :) > (at Purandar fort n Bhimashankar region.) > I wonderd when i saw blooming in Oct 2012 , these Photographs taken near > Torna fort,Velhe(Pune) !! > > Warm regards, > Anita Kindre. > On Feb 27, 2013 6:52 PM, "Satish Phadke" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> *Strobilanthes callosus * >> appears to be the new/latest/unresolved name of the species on The Plant >> List <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-100112> we used to call >> *Carvia callosa* earlier. >> Mass flowering was observed in Western ghats in Sep 2008. (Most pictures >> on our forum and my collection confirms so) Occasional flowering is >> observed every year though in an isolated plant in the same region. Its >> flowering cycle is supposed to be 7 years so next flowering cycle will be >> in Aug/Sep 2015. >> >> Dr Satish Phadke >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 2:50 AM, Aneeta Kindre <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Dear Friends, >>> >>> Sharing photographs of Strobilanthes callosus >>> Synonyms: Carvia callosa >>> Vernacular name: Karvy >>> Family: Acanthaceae >>> Location : Pune, MH_Oct 2012 >>> >>> >>> Warm regards, >>> Anita Kindre >>> >>> -- >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Dr. Chitra Shanker Sr. Scientist (Entomology) Directorate of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad -500030 -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
