[indiantreepix:25457] Re: Pods of the Indian Cork

2009-12-24 Thread Chandramohan Reddy
Hi all, During the previous year 2 trees from Sanjeevaiha park, Hyderabad have produced pods and i have photographs. I took photographs which i will be uploading in a day or two for the benefit of many members who have not seen the pods of Millingtonia tree. Thank you regards Chandramohan Reddy

[indiantreepix:25459] Re: Flower from Nandi Hills, Karnataka

2009-12-24 Thread Tabish
Dear Narendra, Doesn't look like a cosmos to me, especially because of the leaves. - Tabish On Dec 23, 10:02 am, Narendra Joshi narend...@yahoo.com wrote: Is it a variety of Cosmos? Narendra Joshi --- On Wed, 12/23/09, Tabish tabi...@gmail.com wrote: From: Tabish tabi...@gmail.com

Re: [indiantreepix:25460] Re: ID PLS 23/12/09 RDS

2009-12-24 Thread kiran srivastava
Although not an expert I would hazard to mention that both Thunbergia and Ramphicarpa are found in different habitats. I have seen the latter amongst grasses in more open patches in Sanjay Gandhi National Park. But then I could be wrong... Cheers, Kiran Srivastava Mumbai On 12/23/09, Rajesh

RE: [indiantreepix:25461] in my garden ,request ID 221109 SS 1

2009-12-24 Thread promila chaturvedi
The photo does not show any similarity with Cryptanthus or Draena species. Promila Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:49:38 +0530 Subject: Fwd: [indiantreepix:25393] in my garden ,request ID 221109 SS 1 From: jmga...@gmail.com To: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com CC: sin...@sify.com;

RE: [indiantreepix:25463] what fruit is this

2009-12-24 Thread promila chaturvedi
It looks like grapefruit. Promila Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:00:54 -0800 Subject: [indiantreepix:25462] what fruit is this From: alok12...@gmail.com To: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com the fruit was plucked from Solan district in Himachal Pradesh from a home garden a few days back and has

Re: [indiantreepix:25464] what fruit is this

2009-12-24 Thread R. Vijayasankar
Citrus limon, perhaps. On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Alok Goyal alok12...@gmail.com wrote: the fruit was plucked from Solan district in Himachal Pradesh from a home garden a few days back and has extremely sour taste. the plant was growing in kind of rocky soil and is about 7-8 ft high.

Re: [indiantreepix:25467] Is this Mentha piperita?

2009-12-24 Thread Gurcharan Singh
I suppose Mentha spicata -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh 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, Dec 24, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Nanu Rathore

Re: [indiantreepix:25469] mustard Fields

2009-12-24 Thread Gurcharan Singh
Janaki ji The so called mustard (read sarson saag) sold in the market may belong to any of atleast the four species: auricled leaved medium sized (ca 2 mm) seeds, some what thicker leaves, about 1cm long petals species with either bluish-green glaucous leaved and pale yellow flowered B. napus or

Re: [indiantreepix:25470] Re: Flower from Nandi Hills, Karnataka

2009-12-24 Thread Gurcharan Singh
Leaves and achenes don;t suggest Cosmos. Unable to think of any member -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh 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

Re: [indiantreepix:25471] Wild Flower for Bot. ID-261109-RK-1

2009-12-24 Thread Gurcharan Singh
Flower suggests Ipomoea indica, but Pankaj ji is right, leaves (and side shot of calyx) are necessary for confirmed identification. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone:

Re: [indiantreepix:25472] what fruit is this

2009-12-24 Thread Gurcharan Singh
Thickness of rind suggests C. medica. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh 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, Dec 24, 2009 at 8:18 PM,

Re: [indiantreepix:25473] what fruit is this

2009-12-24 Thread Swapna Prabhu
I don't think it is C. medica. C. medica has prominent mamilla and comparatively less warty rind. - Swapna On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Thickness of rind suggests C. medica. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College,

Re: [indiantreepix:25474] what fruit is this

2009-12-24 Thread Yazdy Palia
I know that this plant is used as the base on which Oranges are grafted. Quite often, when one does not take care, the orange graft perishes and new shoots of this citrus grows and bears fruits as seen in the pictures. It is either Citrus medica or citrus hustrix. Please have a look at the link

Re: [indiantreepix:25475] what fruit is this

2009-12-24 Thread Gurcharan Singh
Yazdy ji and Alok ji Perhaps it is one of the two. The surface of fruit is similar to C. hystrix but thickness of rind suggests C. medica. Perhaps if leaves could be seen it would be clinching. They are quite distinct. Petiole is hardly winged in C. medica whereas winged petiole is almost 3/4 as

Re: [indiantreepix:25476] Re: ID PLS 23/12/09 RDS

2009-12-24 Thread Gurcharan Singh
Trying to analyse images of flower of Rhamphicarpa longifolia on the net I notice that corolla seems to imperfectly bilipped in Rhamphicarpa with 3-lobed lip having middle lobe not reaching more than half of the lip, whereas in T. fragrans the corolla lobes seem to be somewhat equally divided. On

[indiantreepix:25479] Photos of the year - 2009

2009-12-24 Thread Rajesh Sachdev
Hello all, pls find below a link of my log, on which I have uploaded bet of my pis of the calender year - 2009. http://rajesh-sachdev.blogspot.com/2009/12/photos-of-year-2009.html -- Regards Rajesh Sachdev Mumbai,India +91 98902-55616 rajeshdsach...@googlemail.com rajesh_sach...@in.com

Re: [indiantreepix:25480] ID help pls

2009-12-24 Thread Dinesh Valke
... garden flora. The third photo could be showing poinsettia, a native of Mexico ... *Euphorbia pulcherrima* ... has connection with Christmas, please read at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphorbia_pulcherrima. FOI: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Poinsettia.html Regards. On Fri,

Re: [indiantreepix:25481] Re: ID PLS 23/12/09 RDS

2009-12-24 Thread Aparna Watve
Acanthaceae (now Thunbergiaceae) and Scrophulariaceae should be perfectly distinguishable without detailing any corolla characters- those taking pics should check the key and try to include them in photo if it has to be a good id pic aparna On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Gurcharan Singh