Thank you Pankaj ji, So this would seem to be a hybrid between columbine and delphinium varieties!! Since obviously it has traits of both of them... The part of this forest where I found it did indeed have a lot of Columbine... but Delphinium..... hmmmm.. don,t remember..... regards Alok
On 2/13/11, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hybrids can of course develop on their own specially if the species > concerned are cross pollinated in nature. Not a big deal about that. > Regards > Pankaj > > > On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Alok <alokisabe...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Dear Gurcharan ji, >> As Nalini ji said Aquilegia vulgaris (var stellata) for example has >> hybrid (double columbine) varieties... which seem similar in certain >> characteristics... but to have it in a totally wild area... is >> something strange... I do not know about hybrids.. can they develop on >> their own?? You would have a better idea.. >> Regards >> Alok >> >> On Feb 12, 9:14 pm, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Alok ji >>> This is turning out to be really interesting. Your this photograph >>> clearly >>> belongs to Ranunculaceae, either Delphinium or Aquilegia. But looking at >>> the >>> flowers especially in the second photograph, I am unable to decide >>> whether >>> it is a single flower (with numerous petals) or a cluster of flowers. In >>> the >>> second option I can see only single spur (Aquilegia should have five), >>> but >>> then calyx + corolla should have maximum 10 members. Here I see many. >>> Perhaps some one will resolve the mystery. >>> >>> -- >>> 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>> >>> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Alok & Isabelle >>> <alokisabe...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>> > YAHOO...!! It IS from the family {Akelei (german name)} Aquilegia... >>> >>> > I chanced upon a lost photograph from my archives of the seed pod and >>> > it >>> > definitely reminds me of the columbine family... is it presumptuous of >>> > me?? But to my limited knowledge it does indeed look like that... some >>> > kind of a freak wild hybrid of a double columbine.. perhaps something >>> > like Aquilegia vulgaris var stellata in blue.. >>> > Thanks for the inspiration... >>> > Ecstatic..... :)) >>> > Alok >>> > On Fri, 2011-02-11 at 12:24 +0100, Na Bha wrote: >>> > > >>> > > can it be Akelei (germanname) (Aquilegia)? >>> > > ----- Original Message ----- >>> > > From: Gurcharan Singh >>> > > To: Alok & Isabelle >>> > > Cc: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com >>> > > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 11:21 AM >>> > > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:62535] ID request from a newbie.. >>> >>> > > Looking at leaves it appears Corydalis (flower head reminds >>> > > Trifolium). If flowers and leaves belong to the same plant, >>> > > the closest match seems to be Corydalis cashmeriana (though >>> > > inflorescence is more dense). >>> >>> > > -- >>> > > 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 Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Alok & Isabelle >>> > > <alokisabe...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > > Dear friends, >>> > > My first mail of request and I am asking help to ID >>> > > the flower which got >>> > > me into studying wildflowers in Dalhousie (Chamba) >>> > > HP. >>> > > Date/Time- May 2010 >>> >>> > > Location- Kalatope wildlife Sanctuary, Chamba dist. >>> > > Himachal Pradesh, >>> > > India approx. 2400 mts altitude >>> >>> > > Habitat- Wild >>> >>> > > Plant Habit- Herb >>> >>> > > Height/Length- approx. 2 feet >>> >>> > > The other info can be better deduced from the pics >>> > > P.S.- My camera is not too good and I apologise for >>> > > the quality of >>> > > photos. >>> >>> > > -- >>> > > Himalayan Village Education Trust >>> > > Village Khudgot, >>> > > P.O. Dalhousie >>> > > District Chamba >>> > > H.P. 176304, India >>> > > www.hive.interconnection.org >>> > > www.hivetrust.wordpress.com >>> >>> >http://mushroomobserver.org/observer/observations_by_user/2186 > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India >
