Thank you Ushadi for clarifying this. Regards, Ashwini > On 22-Aug-2015, at 7:08 pm, Ushadi Micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > ashwini > all begonias that i have grown or seen very often in gardens are all > monoecious.. > ie male and female flowers occur in the same plant > > b picta is no exception > > some hybrids have "double " flowers and single flowers ... male and female > respectively... > > the pacific bulb society has a nice page > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Begonia > <http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Begonia> > > > usha di > > On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 5:53 PM, Ashwini Bhatia <ashw...@ashwinibhatia.com > <mailto:ashw...@ashwinibhatia.com>> wrote: > The male and female flowers (five petalled) of B. picta occur on the same > plant very often. Please correct me if I am mistaken. > > Thanks. > Ashwini > > <_MG_2057_22August15.jpg><_MG_2065_22August15.jpg> >> On 21-Aug-2015, at 10:33 am, Ushadi Micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com >> <mailto:microminipho...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> very nice tricolored bumble bee with orange yellow and black >> the orange can be reddish, as in you bee >> >> lovely >> >> >> and yes its b. picta >> >> usha di >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 9:09 AM, Ashwini Bhatia <ashw...@ashwinibhatia.com >> <mailto:ashw...@ashwinibhatia.com>> wrote: >> Found a large bumblebee (don’t know which kind) rollicking inside a B. picta >> collecting nectar and coating itself with pollen. I have several pictures of >> Begonias to share and questions to ask too. I will post more soon. >> >> Thanks. >> Ashwini >> >> <_MG_1086_20August15.jpg> >> >>> On 04-Aug-2015, at 9:18 am, Ashwini Bhatia <ashw...@ashwinibhatia.com >>> <mailto:ashw...@ashwinibhatia.com>> wrote: >>> >>> This one is more certain to be B. picta. >>> >>> <IMG_1015_03August15iPhone.jpg><IMG_1020_03August15iPhone.jpg> >>> >>> The underside of a 'Painted Leaf’ photographed in July. >>> <IMG_0898_28July15.jpg> >>>> On 26-Jul-2015, at 11:16 pm, Ashwini Bhatia <ashw...@ashwinibhatia.com >>>> <mailto:ashw...@ashwinibhatia.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Found these near the town this morning. The stalks and the back of the >>>> flowers were covered in white hair and the flowers were very light pink, >>>> almost white, similar to that of B. dioica. The leaves were still green >>>> and hence difficult to tell for certain that they were B. picta leaves. >>>> Next to the flowering plant there were several mature picta leaves, >>>> pointing logically that my plant was of the same species, but I could be >>>> wrong. Please advise. >>>> >>>> Begonia picta, Painted Leaf Begonia–Please confirm. >>>> Above Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP >>>> 1750m >>>> 26 July 2015. >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> Ashwini >>>> >>>> <IMG_4738_26July15.jpg><IMG_4748_26July15.jpg><IMG_4750_26July15.jpg> >>>> >>>> A mature Painted Leaf nearby; >>>> <IMG_4742_26July15.jpg> >>> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:indiantreepix@googlegroups.com>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix >> <http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> >> >> -- >> Usha di >> =========== > > > > > -- > Usha di > ===========
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