Thanks Taffazul ji, seen lot of them but never clicked (photography was a big luxury in sixties and seventies. Aarti ji had shared pictures of fruiting twigs in April from Botanical Garden, Srinagar.
On Monday, January 30, 2023 at 9:12:08 AM UTC+5:30 taffa...@gmail.com wrote: > Sorry pressed post button by mistake.Here are the photos: > > On Monday, January 30, 2023 at 9:09:19 AM UTC+5:30 taffa...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> Two more photos: >> Photo1 shows the bush flowering in snow. That is perhaps why it is called >> *Gol >> e Yakh* ( Ice Flower) in Persian. The tall tree in the background is an >> Elm (Ulmus sp.) called *Bren *in Kashmiri. >> Photo2 is a closeup of the flowers >> >> On Sunday, January 29, 2023 at 11:36:44 AM UTC+5:30 taffa...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>> Dear members, >>> Am posting photos of the shrub wintersweet (*Chimonanthus praecox*)which >>> is becoming popular in lawns of homes in Srinagar. >>> Habitat: Cultivated. In gardens and lawns >>> Habit: Shrub with a woody stem 3-4 m high. >>> Family: Calycanthaceae native to China >>> It is deciduous and sheds all its leaves in autumn. Around the last week >>> of January it starts flowering and the pale yellow waxy flowers borne in >>> profusion remain till early March. The inner tepals have purplish red >>> bases. The flowers are very fragrant and to me their fragrance seems very >>> similar to that of Narcissus flowers'. In light breeze a single tree can >>> fill a moderate sized lawn with its fragrance. >>> For members who like myself are fascinated by the shape of pollen grains >>> I have also posted pictures of its pollen seen through a microscope. The >>> pollen is peculiar in that it seems spherical when seen in polar view but >>> appears elongated in equatorial view. Experts have used SEM images of its >>> pollen to distinguish between its different cultivars. >>> Regards >>> Taffazull >>> >> -- 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/55ccccfb-9e28-4cf6-a41f-c2386646d9a5n%40googlegroups.com.
