The flowers are much bigger for L. speciosa (the now valid name for L. flos-reginae). Thanks. Regards, Mohan
On 25 July 2011 18:33, promila chaturvedi <thegardener.chaturv...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think it is Lagerstroemia flos-reginae. > Promila > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 2:13 PM, mchunkat <mohan.chunk...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I am afraid I do not have any more photographs showing the leaves. The >> flowers were only about 2 cm in size. Thanks. >> Regards, >> Mohan >> >> On Jul 25, 10:18 am, hari lal <taxo....@gmail.com> wrote: >> > it may be Lagerstroemia indica L pls give a complete twing photo >> > clearly showing leaves and infloresence. >> > >> > On 7/25/11, shrikant ingalhalikar <le...@rediffmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > Had you given the size of flowers, it would have been easy to confirm >> > > the ID. They appear to be about 6 cm wide and would be L. reginae. The >> > > other sp. L. indica has flowers about 2 cm only, petals are clawed and >> > > they are in dense panicles. Regards, Shrikant >> > >> > > On Jul 24, 10:33 pm, "Mohan V. Chunkath" <mohan.chunk...@gmail.com> >> > > wrote: >> > >> Dear Friends, >> > >> Posting flowers of Lagerstroemia indica L. Photographed on 24th July, >> > >> 2011 in Besant Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Small to medium sized >> > >> garden tree. >> > >> Cheers, >> > >> Mohan Chunkath >> > >> > >> 5969209051_3d599bf338_o.jpg >> > >> 509KViewDownload >> > >> > -- >> > HARI SHANKAR LAL >> > AT-SHIV KUTIR >> > PO-BARA BAZAR >> > DIST-HAZARIBAG >> > PIN-825301 >> > JHARKHAND,INDIA >> > MOBILE-9431530563 >> > email-taxo....@gmail.com >
