Dear Dinesh, I was quite intrigued by this plant of yours. However with this kind of yellow flowers with reddish nectar line in the throat, it can't be anything else I know. True that Reinwardtia indica normally has an erect habit, but most often it is grazed by animals and is found in a prostrate state. Flower size is what puzzled me too. Most gardening sites describe the size as about 2 inches, which is 5 cm. However, according to Flora of China the flowers are 1.4-3 cm in diameter. This agrees quite well with your specimen. It appears to me that the flower size is larger when it is cultivated as a garden plant, compared to that in the wild state. Cheers! - Tabish
On Nov 16, 8:04 pm, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: > Agreed Satish ji ... only concern is the habitat and the size. > I am under the impression that *R. indica* grows on slopes as an erect > subshrub, and the flowers are about 1.5 - 2 inches across. > > Plant in my photos, are growing on fort (or temple) walls .. and the flowers > are just about 0.75 - 1 inch across. > Is it possible that *R. indica* adapts to such habitat, exhibiting stunted > growth ? > > Regards. > > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 8:04 PM, Satish Phadke <phadke.sat...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > Dinesh > > The pictures posted by me look to be similar to yours Ided by Shrikantji as > > *Reinwardtia indica* > > Dr Phadke > > > 2009/1/5 Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> > > >> Hello friends, > > >> Attached 2 photos of a plant whose habit is growing from crevices of > >> stone-walls of forts, temples &c at high elevation, say 2000 ft. > >> I have come across this plant twice: last was Jan'08 at Mahabaleswar > >> temple and this time in Dec'08 at Raigad fort. > > >> Links (for choice of higher resolution): > > >>http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/3127016637/sizes/m/in/set-7... > > >>http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/3127847544/sizes/m/in/set-7... > > >> Regards. > > >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "indiantreepix" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en > >> -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=.
