[efloraofindia:67860] Re: Capparis divaricata

2011-04-23 Thread rajiv
omg! what a catch, sir ! esp.the 1st one! awesome. On Apr 20, 2:55 pm, Prashant awale pkaw...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Friends, Came across this throny shrub at the outskirts of Pune (Kondwa). Bot. name: *Capparis divaricata* Regards Prashant Awale  IMG_7139-foi.jpg 405KViewDownload  

Re: [efloraofindia:67861] Double-flowered form of Tabernaemontana divaricata

2011-04-23 Thread H S
Correct name for Tabernaemontana divaricata is Ervatamia divaricata (L.) Burkill. Stapf. segregated the genus Ervatamia from Tabernaemontana L. so any how the cv. 'Flore Pleno' should not go under genus Tabernaemontana L. H.S. On 4/23/11, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Gosavi ji

Re: [efloraofindia:67862] Double-flowered form of Tabernaemontana divaricata

2011-04-23 Thread Gurcharan Singh
We can't ignore the reputed databases GRIN and Kew Plant List. Both treat Ervatamia as a synonym and Tabernaemontana as accepted name especially so for T. divaricata. And also as var. pleno is relegated to synonymy of T. divaricata, we have no choice other than just calling it as cultivar 'Flore

Re: [efloraofindia:67863] Canthium species for ID

2011-04-23 Thread H S
Psydrax umbellata (Wight) Bridson is an correct name for Canthium dicoccum var. umbellatum (Wight) Santapau Merchant Canthium umbellatum Wight Canthium umbellulatum Korth. Plectronia didyma var. umbellata (Wight) Gamble Plectronia korthalsii K.Schum. Plectronia umbellata (Wight) K.Schum. On

[efloraofindia:67864] Re: Plant ID

2011-04-23 Thread Mahadeswara
Photographs are not clear. Photographs showing the foliage and flowers clearly would help proper identification. On Apr 22, 2:36 pm, pallavi doke pallavid...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Please help identify the plant. The pictures were taken at Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai on 09 March 2011. Regards

Re: [efloraofindia:67865] Re: Plant ID

2011-04-23 Thread H S
It is Gustavia gracilium Miers. it is a shrub not tree,, growing in Rani baug, Byculla just front of the Director office. agree with Bapu Gosavi On 4/23/11, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote: I think this is Gustavia superba Tanay On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Ushadi micromini

Re: [efloraofindia:67867] Double-flowered form of Tabernaemontana divaricata

2011-04-23 Thread Gurcharan Singh
Here are links. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=Ervatamia http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=Ervatamia http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/tax_search.pl http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/tax_search.plNot a single species is accepted name at present. -- Dr.

Re: [efloraofindia:67868] Fruit Vegetable Week- Spinach

2011-04-23 Thread Balkar Arya
Wonderfull information Sir Thanks for throwing light on the matter -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964

Re: [efloraofindia:67869] Re: Eulophia dabia (D.Don) Hochr.: On the discovery of the dubious Eulophia

2011-04-23 Thread Balkar Arya
Thanks Pankaj Ji for sharing nice pics and information On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.comwrote: thanks a lot Prashant sir, Muthu sir and Dnesh sir for appreciation. Pankaj On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 7:46 AM, Balkar Arya balkara...@gmail.com wrote: Dear

Re: [efloraofindia:67872] Fruits Vegetables Week : Garden strawberry

2011-04-23 Thread Gurcharan Singh
Yes Fragaria x ananassa -- 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 Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 1:45 PM, J.M.

[efloraofindia:67875] Re: Double-flowered form of Tabernaemontana divaricata

2011-04-23 Thread Mahadeswara
Very common variety in gardens of South India (Chennai and other places). On Apr 23, 12:29 pm, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Here are links. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=Ervatamia

[efloraofindia:67881] Re: 24052010VAI1 - Orchid for ID

2011-04-23 Thread Vijay Anand Ismavel
Thanks. I will post another photo of the stem and leaves - at present there are no flowers. These flowers do not open any further. Regards, Vijay On Apr 23, 1:05 am, Dr Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote: This is not taken from correct angel. Please share front views and views of stem

[efloraofindia:67882] Re: careya arborea

2011-04-23 Thread Mahadeswara
Nice photographs. In general, we tend to forget to take photographs of the fruits and seeds, once we click on the flowers and their close ups. Following the sequence of changes is very important that too fruits and seeds. It is worth emulating. On Apr 23, 4:31 pm, Mohina Macker

Re: [efloraofindia:67884] Lily - Flower and fruit...

2011-04-23 Thread mani nair
Nice flower and fruit. Is it possible to grow a new plant from the seeds? Mani.

Re: [efloraofindia:67887] Lily - Flower and fruit...

2011-04-23 Thread Dev Kumar
Will check... and let you know... Dev On 23 April 2011 18:18, mani nair mani.na...@gmail.com wrote: Nice flower and fruit. Is it possible to grow a new plant from the seeds? Mani.

Fw: Re: [efloraofindia:67888] VALMIKI : OBSERVER OF NATURE

2011-04-23 Thread Col Bimal Sarkar
Dear Friend,   There is some correction on the scientific name of KADAMBA..I thank Dr Gurcharan Singh for the correction. Regards Col (Retd) Bimal Sarkar Mobile: 9434194942 --- On Fri, 4/22/11, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: From: Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com

[efloraofindia:67891] Re: Dalhousie id al210411

2011-04-23 Thread Alok
Dear friends You see friends.. it is not the plant itself which is good or bad.. it is our use of it... :) an extract from PFAF.org A protein can be extracted from the leaves. It is an odourless, tasteless white powder and can be added to cereal grains, vegetables, soft drinks and other foods. It

Re: [efloraofindia:67892] VALMIKI : OBSERVER OF NATURE

2011-04-23 Thread Gurcharan Singh
Bimal ji Let us keep one plant (type) per thread. This will be convenient for reference in our database. I notice that your mails don't have option for reply all. I have always to add efloraofindia id. *-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi,

Re: [efloraofindia:67893] Re: Dalhousie id al210411

2011-04-23 Thread Gurcharan Singh
Well written Alok ji You see friends.. it is not the plant itself which is good or bad.. it is our use of it... Never mind, we were just pulling Tanay's legs.a lighter touch to the interactions.for writing it as 'beloved plant' -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB

[efloraofindia:67894] Re: 24052010VAI1 - Orchid for ID

2011-04-23 Thread Dr Pankaj Kumar
Dendrobiums do display deformity one of which is not opening completely. I will just need to see the lip, if any is present there for that I need to have a front view. Please also check the leaves and internode. Show me a picture of the tip of the leaf.

Re: [efloraofindia:67895] Fruits Vegetables :: Red Bananas from Sri Lanka : 030111:AK-2

2011-04-23 Thread Anand Kumar Bhatt
I FIRST BROUGHT THIS banana from \kerala asan item of curiosity for my children decades ago from Kerala where it is available in plenty. But taste wise it is not so good. Some other yellow varieties are sweeter and have better fragrance. ak On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 7:32 PM, J.M. Garg

[efloraofindia:67896] Re: 22052010VAI2

2011-04-23 Thread Dr Pankaj Kumar
Yes sir This does look like Dendrobium moschatum. Thanks for sharing. Is it wild or planted? Pankaj On Apr 23, 5:51 pm, Vijay Anand Ismavel ivijayan...@yahoo.in wrote: Unidentified Orchid Location: Makunda Christian Hospital campus, Karimganj District, Assam Date: May 2010 This picture

[efloraofindia:67897] Re: IDENTIICATION

2011-04-23 Thread Dr Pankaj Kumar
Ardisia solanacea Pankaj On Apr 23, 6:28 pm, Col Bimal Sarkar colbimalsar...@yahoo.com wrote: Dear Friend,              Attaching two images of a wild plant in bloom.I saw this plant for the first time at Tezpur( Assam ).It is a small tree.The leaves are thick and the flowers are waxy.It

[efloraofindia:67900] Re: PR 23-04-11 For ID. A fern.Chennai.

2011-04-23 Thread Dr Pankaj Kumar
If I had to guess, I would have gone for Christella dentata, but please check if the sorus are covered with indusium (a white covering onver the black spots.) Pankaj On Apr 23, 10:53 pm, Padmini Raghavan padi...@gmail.com wrote: Please help me id this lovely fern which I picked up from a

Re: [efloraofindia:67901] Fruits Vegetables :: Red Bananas from Sri Lanka : 030111:AK-2

2011-04-23 Thread Yazdy Palia
Friends, here is a link that gives the local names. Actually, when fully ripe, this is very sweet.

Fwd: Fwd: [efloraofindia:67902] Flora of Andaman33- 110111-PKA1

2011-04-23 Thread Pascal Bruggeman
Only 2 Amorphophallus species occur at Andaman: Am. muelleri and Am. longistylus. Because I was unfamiliar with the berries of longistylus I have asked Amorphophallus expert Wilbert Hetterscheid and according to him the shape of the fruits on the picture is more towards muelleri. As this species

[efloraofindia:67903] Re: 05122010VAI1 - Wildflower for ID

2011-04-23 Thread Pudji Widodo
Please check Carludovica palmata Ruiz Pav. from Cyclanthaceae Pudji Widodo Fakultas Biologi Universitas Jenderal Soedirman PURWOKERTO 53122 INDONESIA

[efloraofindia:67904] Re: Plant ID

2011-04-23 Thread Ushadi micromini
pallavi, thats right...now i am not at all sure a littlte research and advice from experts is called for... lets see what i can find and what the taxonomists at eflora say, usha di On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 11:55 AM, pallavi doke pallavid...@gmail.com wrote: hi Usha di Thanks for

[efloraofindia:67905] Re: Lily - Flower and fruit...

2011-04-23 Thread Ushadi micromini
dear dev: what lily is it? knowing the name/id help my appreciation more, ha ha usha di On Apr 23, 4:04 pm, Dev Kumar dev.kumar.vasude...@gmail.com wrote: When a flower became a fruit  DSC00688.JPG 91KViewDownload  DSC00691.JPG 44KViewDownload

[efloraofindia:67906] Re: 19/04/11/YRP/02/Cherplashery, Tootha Puzha, Palakad district Kerlala

2011-04-23 Thread Pudji Widodo
I like your first nice picture! Because we usually take the pictures of the mature red fruits, never take the green ones. You call it rambutan, we also call it rambutan. Rambut = hairs. Thus, fruits with hairs. Many Indian words are the same as Indonesian words. Pudji Widodo Fakultas Biologi

[efloraofindia:67907] Re: Dalhousie id al210411

2011-04-23 Thread Ushadi micromini
Dear Alok: you are right no plant is a villain... its usefulness and goodness is not doubted, and if you read history even doctors recommended its use... just look at the ads in Life magazine in the last century early half... but the current society's use is... definitely and most

[efloraofindia:67908] Re: PR 23-04-11 For ID. A fern.Chennai.

2011-04-23 Thread Pudji Widodo
I also think Cyclosorus dentatus (Forssk.) Ching, synonym Christella dentata. Pudji Widodo

[efloraofindia:67910] Re: identification no190411sn2

2011-04-23 Thread Pudji Widodo
Dear Satish Nikam Yes I think the first picture is Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels in U.S. Dept. Agr. Bur. Pl. Ind. Bull. 248: 25. 1912. We call it Duwet or Jamblang. It has a distinctive long peduncle with several pairs of horizontal branches and small flowers forming dense heads at the end of the

Re: [efloraofindia:67914] Re: PR 23-04-11 For ID. A fern.Chennai.

2011-04-23 Thread tanay bose
Christella dentata Tanay On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Pudji Widodo pudjiuns...@gmail.com wrote: I also think Cyclosorus dentatus (Forssk.) Ching, synonym Christella dentata. Pudji Widodo -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of

Re: [efloraofindia:67915] Cyperus difformis from Tikkar Tal Lake, Morni

2011-04-23 Thread tanay bose
Yes nice shot Sir Ji Tanay On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 9:18 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: *Cyperus difformis* L., Cent. pl. II:6. 1756 (Amoen. acad. 4:302. 1759) A tufted annual with numerous fibrous roots; stems trigonous; leaves shorter than stem, smooth; spikes small, up to 5

Re: [efloraofindia:67916] Cyperus difformis from Tikkar Tal Lake, Morni

2011-04-23 Thread Gurcharan Singh
thanks Tanay -- 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 Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 11:03 AM, tanay bose