Mani ji This is portulaca x Yubi. Some consider it to be a variety of P. oleracea, others a variety of P. grandiflora and still others as a hybrid between the two species. This seems to be a good material for any one interested in Biosystematic or Molecular studies.
-- 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 Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 8:01 PM, mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here is the photo of Office time. > Photo credit : Ms. Smita Raskar. > Regards, > Mani. > > On 1/12/11, mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes sure Gurcharan ji, it is the same plant you are talking about. > > Let me see whether I got some photos with me, I will send. Otherwise I > > will give a link to the archives. > > > > Regards, > > > > Mani. > > > > On 1/12/11, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Mani ji > >> Can you send photographs of this Office time plant. Could it be P. > >> grandiflora?. They are in our archives, you can confirm if you like. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> 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 Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 1:19 PM, mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> Gurcharan ji, nice photo. The beautiful flowers often planted in > >>> hanging boxes - commonly called "Office time" is a cousin of this > >>> plant. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> > >>> Mani. > >>> > >> > > >
