Dear all, Many thanks for the identification. On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 8:47 PM, ushadi Micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com > wrote:
> Yes it seems they are Pentas... but flowers are a bit larger than what we > see in current nursery stocks I have had several of them in recent > years... regional difference? > > usha di > ----- > > > On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 5:34 PM, jmgarg1 <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> A reply: >> "*Pentas lanceolatus*. A common garden plant. There are many coloured >> varieties (flowers) in this species. This is one of the "Butterfly garden" >> plants." from Mahadeswara ji. >> >> On 11 May 2012 14:37, jmgarg1 <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >>> >>> Some earlier relevant feedback: >>> >>> “This looks to be *Pentas lanceolatus*..” from Nidhan ji. >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Muthu Karthick <nmk....@gmail.com> >>> Date: 4 May 2012 08:59 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:115552] Rubiaceae for identification 040412MK01 >>> To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >>> >>> >>> Dear all, >>> Please help me to identify this Rubiaceae shrub. Is this a *Pentas* sp.? >>> Date: 05 Feb 2012 >>> Place: a garden in Coimbatore city, TN >>> >>> The plant was 3 metres tall and with leaves c.10x4 cm; inflorescence >>> head c.10cm across >>> >>> -- >>> Muthu Karthick, N >>> Care Earth Trust >>> #15, second main road, >>> Thillai ganga nagar, >>> Chennai - 600 061 >>> Mob: 0091 96268 33911 >>> www.careearthtrust.org >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> 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 1860 members >>> & 1,15,000 messages on 30/4/12) or Efloraofindia website: >>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >>> of more than 6500 species). >>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>> India'. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> 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 1860 members & >> 1,15,000 messages on 30/4/12) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of more than 6500 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> >> > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > > -- Muthu Karthick, N Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 0091 96268 33911 www.careearthtrust.org
