That is great Mayur ji
-- 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, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:34 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for posting sir the photo of the flower is really awesome > Tanay > > > On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Mayur Nandikar <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *Tradescantia pallida* (Rose) D. R. Hunt, Kew. Bull. 30: 452. >> 1975.*Setcreasea >> pallida *Rose, Contr. U. S. Natl. Heb. 13: 294. 1911; *S. purpurea*Boom. >> >> Herbs, perennial, succulent. Stems suffused with purpulish >> violet. Leaves spirally arranged; blade not variegated, suffused with >> purplish violet, lanceolate-oblong to oblong-elliptic, (4-)7- 15 x 1.5- 3cm, >> base symmetric, rounded to broadly cuneate, margins ciliate or ciliolate, >> apex acute, glabrous or glabrescent. Inflorescence terminal, often becoming >> leaf-opposed, pedunculate; peduncles (3.5-) 4- 13 cm; bracts similar to >> leaves but usually greatly reduced. Flowers subsessile; pedicels densely >> white –pillose at summit; sepals distinct, 7-10 mm, pilose basally; petals >> slightly connate at base, pink clawed, 1.5-2 cm; stamens epipetalous; >> filaments very sparsely bearded. Capsules 3.5 mm, glbrous. Seeds 2.5-3 mm. >> >> *Flowering:* Always. >> >> *Distribution:* Native to Mexico; introduced as garden ornamental. >> >> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> Commelinales and Zingiberales Week: Commelinaceae, *Tradescantia pallida >>> * (Rose) D. R. Hunt, Kew Bull. 30:452. 1975 >>> syn: *Setcreasea* *pallida* Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13:294. 1911 >>> * **Setcreasea* *purpurea* Boom >>> *Tradescantia purpurea* Boom >>> >>> Commonly grown ornamental in Delhi, used as ground cover, with reddish >>> leaves and short decumbent branches. >>> >>> Common name: Purple heart, purple queen >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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/ >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar, >> Research Student, >> Department of Botany, >> Shivaji University, >> Kolhapur. >> > > > > -- > *Tanay Bose* > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > Department of Botany. > University of British Columbia . > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > [email protected] > *Webpages:* > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ > > > x
