Not Croton Madhuri ji I hope it is Acalypha wilkesiana
-- 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, Oct 21, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > Sharing pictures of a croton flowering. I agree crotons are appreciated for > the foliage but I have observed that when you photograph these not so > attractive flowers they are really beautiful. This croton was chopped by > some insensitive gardener. It hardly had any leaves but these tiny flowers > attracted my attention. To my surprise there were other well grown crotons > around but none were flowering > > > Date/Time-Oct 2011 > > > Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-Pune > > > Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-Garden > > > Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Shrub > > > Height/Length- about a foot > > > Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- variegated > > > Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- i do not know how to describe > > > no fruits seen > > > Regards > > Bhagyashri >
