Hi, you can grow gloriosa superbe indoors or outdoors. It is available here in US garden nurseries. I have a few frowing in my garden and they do bloom annually, so if it is endangered it can be reestablished with some effort. All it needs is a will and effort. Just think few decades back both American Bald Eagle and florida alligators were also endangered, today the are plentyful. So let us try to spread them with some dedicated botanists working with many nature enthusiasts.
good luck, Maanav > Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:24:44 -0800 > Subject: [indiantreepix:7391] Re: Gloriosa superba ... > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > The plant is regarded as endangered. It is an alternate source of the > alkaloid -colchicine and is commercially overexploit. > > On Jan 10, 9:23 am, "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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- Hide > > quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_012009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
