Thanks Prashant ji, Tabish ji and Pankaj ji for encouraging comments.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Tabish <tabi...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Blue Pimpernel and the Scarlet Pimpernel both are often called > shepherd's weather glass or shepherd's clock because the flowers close > before sunset or if it is about to rain. These brightly colored > flowers appear as bright dots in the field, which dramatically > "disappear" when the flowers close, if the sky is overcast or the sun > is about to set. Closed flowers are quite hard to notice because of > their dull color. > - Tabish > > On Jul 26, 12:17 pm, Pankaj Oudhia <pankajoud...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Nice pictures Gurcharan ji. Not sure about the medicinal properties of > this > > type as blue flowered Anagallis is very common in crop fields specially > in > > winter season crops in my region. Anagallis is known as Poor man's (or > > farmer's) weather clock as its flowers close before bad weather. Again I > am > > not sure whether your Anagallis is also having same property or not? > > > > While walk in forest when we get injury from Tribulus or Asteracantha > spines > > the Healers use local herbs whereas I prefer use of Anagallis as > > Homoeo-drug. It acts in miraculous way. > > > > Anagallis arvensis possess benefical Allelopathic properties. I tried it > on > > different medicinal and aromatic crops, at first in lab and then in > fields, > > and now my farmers are using it. > > > > Accprding to weed researchers it is a curse but for the farmers aware of > its > > healing properties it is boon. This is the reason in general they ignore > > research recommnedations specially in the field of weed management. > > > > regards > > > > Pankaj Oudhia > > > > On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > Have seen a lot of blue flowered Anagallis (Anagallis arvensis ssp. > > > foemina) in Delhi, usually growing at altitudes below 1500 m or so, but > was > > > lucky to find both subspecies in Kashmir. This one is A. arvensis ssp. > > > arvensis with orange-red flowers fairly common in Kashmir in the valley > > > (1600 m and above), photographed in June 26, 2010 from Srinagar. > > > -- > > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > > Retired Associate Professor > > > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > > > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > > >http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/<http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/>
