Yes, really an illustrative and informative post. Last year i too had seen this Dipcadi at kanheri caves. Regards Prashant
On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 9:55 PM, Nidhan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks for this illustrative post Viplav Ji.. > > > On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 9:14 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Very good post >> >> Dr Satish Phadke >> >> >> On 2 August 2013 21:08, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Endemic to Maharashtra, the scapigerous *Dipcadi saxorum* was described >>> by Father Ethelbert Blatter from the rocky plateaus atop the Buddhist >>> rock-cut Kanheri Caves within Borivali National Park, North Mumbai. These >>> basalt uplands are studded with the flowering scapes of this herb in the >>> monsoon. >>> >>> The flowers are quite small at about 1.2 cm in length and the pedicel is >>> around 0.6 cm long. The pea-sized fruits are 3-lobed; having examined a >>> number of these capsules, I've noticed that each cell bears 6-7 seeds >>> unlike Blatter's description - "cells 5-seeded". Have attached a scan of >>> the original description from a paper by Ethelbert Blatter & Charles McCann >>> - Some new species of plants from the Western Ghats (1928), Journal of the >>> Bombay Natural History Society, vol. 32, p. 736. >>> >>> Photographed in the type locality of this herb on an overcast morning >>> last week. >>> >>> Best wishes, Viplav >>> >>> -- >>> 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]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>> 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]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > Regards, > > Dr. Nidhan Singh > Assistant Professor > Department of Botany > I.B. (PG) College > Panipat-132103 Haryana > Ph.: 09416371227 > > -- > 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]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
