Yes Magnolia liliiflora Saw lot many trees in Gardens in Kashmir this year, also uploaded it.
-- 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 Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 10:54 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > “I think it is Magnolia liliiflora. > Regards > Vijayasankar Raman” > > > > “Dr. Raman: > > I think you are right, this is the 'Tulip" tree magnolia that we have > in the NE states, blooms are spectacular, jjust as the snow melts and > spring thinks its coming,often its April 1st... > so I think you are right... > But ...how does one decide ... > Since there INNUMBERABLE hybrids of Magnolia.... > how does one really know which is it? > Thanks, > Usha di.” > > > "It can also be > Magnolia X soulangeana a cultivar, a cross between Magnolia liliflora and > Magnolia denudata. > One such tree is present in San Francisco botanical garden. > http://www.sfbotanicalgarden.org/Gardens/bloom_11_02.shtml > Dr Phadke" > > “” > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: ranjini kamath <[email protected]> > Date: 5 July 2011 17:20 > Subject: [efloraofindia:73312] Magnolia for Bot. ID- California -050711 RK > - 1 > To: indiatreepix <[email protected]> > > > Magnolia for ID. > Photos taken at different times between 4th March 2011 to 27th > April.Last 2 taken in the afternoon. > Location - Home - Los Altos -[next to Palo Alto - close to San Francisco ] > Habitat - Garden > Mild fragrance. > Thanks > Ranjini Kamath > I had enough time to cover details:) > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1725 members & > 85,000 messages on 30/9/11) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of around 5500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > >

