Yes, Usha Di, i have noticed their herbarium pictures available at their website.
Regards, surajit On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:31 AM, ushadi Micromini < [email protected]> wrote: > Surajit: I am not sure if they have such computerised database facilities > at present... I meant I trust their information on the cards by the plants > ( when you are there personally visiting NYBG ) > or when you call them... they are digitizing their herbarium, whole of it > but not sure how they are putting the database together so general public > can access them .... i have not looked too carefully into it.... > > I trust them implicitly about any information they give out ... that's all. > > otherwise like Gurcharanji has mentioned MOBOT and KEW and GRIN is as > good.... and google images then pick and choose.... > > usha di > == > > On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 10:40 PM, surajit koley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Usha Di, >> >> NYBG also gets priority in my search list, hereafter. >> >> Regards, >> >> surajit >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 9:45 AM, ushadi Micromini < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> yes nybg is that... >>> a prime study place for botany ethnobotany and plain old gardeners' >>> resource for information and plant materials and a visual delight for all >>> including a casual visitor and safe even when it gets dark..., run by >>> honest people at all levels... >>> >>> i wish all indian bot gardens would be like it... would be wonderful. >>> usha di >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 8:15 AM, surajit koley < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Sir, >>>> >>>> Form now on i am going to give priority to GRIN in my search >>>> preferences. >>>> >>>> Wishing best for your California trip, if it were not the net, we >>>> would certainly miss you, and i never like to miss you. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> surajit >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 8:00 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Sorry Surajit ji and Ushadi >>>>> I said yes to the plant being T. grandiflora without reading your >>>>> first line about KEW The Plant List listing. >>>>> Having gone through the Plant List, with so many missing names, >>>>> unresolved names, and many wrong synonymy records, I have become >>>>> increasingly unsure about The Plant List. I prefer to follow GRIN for >>>>> records which are dealt there and periodically updated by its scientists. >>>>> GRIN as well as several recent treatments recognise T. grandiflora. as >>>>> distinct species. >>>>> Yes Ushadi is right, T. alata is a sufficiently distinct from T. >>>>> grandiflora, and to call T. grandiflora its synonym at least I find hard >>>>> to >>>>> digest. >>>>> >>>>> If there is any species closest and can be combined with is T. >>>>> laurifolia. The two are very close. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>>>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 7:09 PM, ushadi Micromini < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> yes Surajit >>>>>> grows at the hort and elliot park on chowringhee and many places in >>>>>> and around the canals in shyambazar etc... saw them during the whirlwind >>>>>> durgapuja pandal hopping a couple of years ago.... >>>>>> >>>>>> your second question I think is the Thunbergia alata... its well >>>>>> accepted that thunbergia alata is a distinctly different species... it >>>>>> had >>>>>> different structure of flowers and leaf... >>>>>> I am enclosing a picture here, from NYBG where plants are displayed >>>>>> with labels once it s classified by their botanists and horticulturists >>>>>> team... I value their opinion above any website for sure... >>>>>> >>>>>> this was labelled a* t. alata orange flowers*... did not photograph >>>>>> the label because I have my self had been growing the typical Yellow >>>>>> flowered t. alata vine for many many years as part of my nostalgia of >>>>>> India >>>>>> garden... t. alata is south african origin as far as I know.. ..yet my >>>>>> Grandma's garden on the east coast or the west coast always had them >>>>>> almost >>>>>> growing like wild ... this link shows both colors.... >>>>>> http://www.plantzafrica.com/planttuv/thunbergalata.htm >>>>>> >>>>>> To confuse the issue its also called *black eyed susan* by some >>>>>> areas of the english speaking world including popular name in seed >>>>>> catalogues and popular flower for cutflower trade in USA and europe and >>>>>> now grows wild in the meadows all over...and by the roadsides ....this >>>>>> Black eyed susan is *Rudbeckia hirta of Aster family... * >>>>>> http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/black-eyed_susan.htm >>>>>> ecologically an important plant, its considered so at least in the >>>>>> USA you'll see that in the site above..... >>>>>> enjoy >>>>>> Usha di >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 6:30 AM, satyendra tiwari < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Dear Surjit ji, >>>>>>> I hope new comers will learn from your posts. How to do homework >>>>>>> before posting it on Eflora. >>>>>>> Nice Pictures. A similar plant is growing on fence in village Tala >>>>>>> Umaria M.P. I will check when it flowers. >>>>>>> Regards. >>>>>>> Satyendra >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 19 August 2012 01:41, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Yes Surajit >>>>>>>> Very nice photographs >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>>>>>>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 12:38 PM, surajit koley < >>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Sir, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> KEW says *Thunbergia grandiflora* Roxb. is a synonym of T*hunbergia >>>>>>>>> alata* Bojer ex >>>>>>>>> Sims.<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-100139>But 'google >>>>>>>>> search' gives all yellow flowers for T >>>>>>>>> *hunbergia alata* Bojer ex Sims ! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Species : *Thunbergia grandiflora* >>>>>>>>> Roxb.<http://www.tropicos.org/name/100139?projectid=27> >>>>>>>>> Habit & Habitat : climber, found outside a residence >>>>>>>>> Date : 18/8/12, 4.41 P.M. >>>>>>>>> Place : Barijahati (Hooghly) >>>>>>>>> website visited : >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 1. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242352257 >>>>>>>>> 2. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242352257 >>>>>>>>> 3. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/EzseeCmIDok/discussion >>>>>>>>> 4. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/lyVN2BHvQEc/discussion >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thank you & Regards, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> surajit >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Satyendra K.Tiwari. >>>>>>> Wildlife Photographer, Naturalist, Tour Leader >>>>>>> H.NO <http://h.no/> 129, P.O.Tala, Distt Umariya. >>>>>>> M.P. 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