Yes it is Acorus calamus
On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 10:45 AM, prasad dash <prasad.dash2...@gmail.com>wrote: > Dear all i agreed absolutely with Pankaj, this is Acorus calamus > > Regards > > Prasad > > > On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Dear Mr. Adil. >> This is a very fragrant plant. Even while plucking a part of the plant >> for picture, you must have felt the fragrance If it was fragrant then >> it confirms it to be Acorus. Curves of leaves in young condition in >> this taxa is not a big deal and then the swollen midrib also point >> towards Acorus. >> Pankaj >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 10:34 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Also the aquatic habit goes in favour of Acorus. >> > >> > -- >> > 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, Mar 6, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Yes Pankaj ji >> >> It is possible, especially if it is bach (local name), the leaves are, >> >> however, slightly curved and broader in above plant. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> 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, Mar 6, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> With this photograph, I thought of Acorus calamus!! >> >>> Pankaj >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 9:03 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> >> >>> wrote: >> >>> > Iris sp. Please wait for flowers to come in May onwards. They would >> be >> >>> > really beautiful. >> >>> > >> >>> > -- >> >>> > 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, Mar 6, 2011 at 8:29 AM, aadil meher < >> aadilsharif...@gmail.com> >> >>> > wrote: >> >>> >> >> >>> >> Local name bach grows in aquatic conditions >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> *********************************************** >> >>> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >> >>> Research Associate >> >>> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >> >>> Department of Habitat Ecology >> >>> Wildlife Institute of India >> >>> Post Box # 18 >> >>> Dehradun - 248001, India >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> *********************************************** >> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" >> >> >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >> Research Associate >> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >> Department of Habitat Ecology >> Wildlife Institute of India >> Post Box # 18 >> Dehradun - 248001, India >> > > > > -- > Prasad Kumar Dash > Ecologist, Orissa, India > email: prasad.dash2...@gmail.com > ph. 09437444241 > -- Dr. Amit Chauhan Junior Technical Assistant Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand 263149 ph.05944 234445 mob.+919412161087 mail: amitci...@gmail.com amitci...@rediffmail.com amit.chau...@cimap.res.in