A lovely picture, Dinesh ji. 2009/1/9 Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>
> ... for Flora Picture of the Year 2008 > > Hello friends, > Sometimes the Stars, the Moon, the Sun -- all of them are happy at the same > moment -- I mean happy with my photo-shooting skills. > One such moment: September 16, 2007 11.03am ... clicked Gloriosa superba at > Valley Park, Navi Mumbai. > > Native of India (and south-east Asia) ... a very different flower ... > colors blending from green to yellow to orange to red ... and almost to > scarlet ... a very different plant of lily family ... reaches out for > support with help of its leaves ... the leaf tip elongates to form a very > slender tendril to coil around nearby support. > > Commonly known by many names: climbing lily, creeping lily, fire lily, > flame lily, gloriosa lily, glory lily, malabar glory lily, superb lily, > tiger claw ... and *kandhal* in Tamil (காந்தள்) ... it is the State Flower > of Tamil Nadu, India. > > Regards. > > > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg "We often ignore the beauty around us" Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group (Indiantreepix) 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
