Didi, Though i saw one or two species of these plants, as i said earlier, i skipped taking photographs, because i knew this is not my cup of tea. In fact entire flora world seemed (and still now, if you are not there) very tough to cope with.
I remember someone showed me part of a leaf, i think belong to this group, that contained vaseline like substance inside it. This 'vaseline' smelled like a well known winter-care cream, 'borocalendula'! Regards, surajit On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 7:02 AM, ushadi Micromini <[email protected] > wrote: > Yes Surajit its a very interesting group of plants > mainly from southern african continent.... > now the nursery trade had many more of natural and hybrids in India, USA > and SE ASIA.. > seems not so well studied though some "books" are available... > hybridizes crazily among its own.. grows very slowly but people claim they > get seeds... > I have yet to get them... may be we dont have the right kind of natural > pollinators in India for these, or our pollinators have not discovered > them, or dont like them or there is not a critical mass of these flowers in > any one locale for the insects to know they are there.... > > classification is often a problem... > but regardless I enjoy their beauty and slow growing houseplant habit... > > Usha di > ========= > > > > On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 10:37 PM, surajit koley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Didi, >> >> Though i have noticed these plants in urban balconies, also displayed by >> local sapling vendors, i haven't photographed any. It is a new genera to me. >> >> Regards, >> >> surajit >> >> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 8:00 AM, ushadi Micromini < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Nidhan: I found this at our flower show in January this year... being >>> grown in Assam nurseries for the north american nursery trade and are just >>> becoming popular here for the last few years... this year it seems they >>> were all flowering ... most Howarthias have flowers which look similar to >>> me at least a and a few others like a user named Palmbob at Daves garden >>> ... see his write up at http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/471/ >>> >>> My howarthia is NOT H. limifolia... look closely the white lines are >>> flat and vertical , not raised and lateral that limifolia demands... YET >>> FLOWERS are very similar to yours... that's the point Geoff Stein/palmbob >>> is making.. in the link above... >>> >>> As we keep getting more and more Howarthias .. it will be very >>> interesting... So far I have experience with 5 varieties... none have >>> flowered except the one I am showing today... >>> >>> Usha di >>> == >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 6:17 AM, Nidhan Singh >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Many Many Thanks Dr. Jacob for prompt and detailed reply...this was >>>> long pending with me. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Dr. Nidhan Singh >>>> Department of Botany >>>> I.B. (PG) College >>>> Panipat-132103 Haryana >>>> Ph.: 09416371227 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Usha di >>> =========== >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > >
