Data from last year for *Butea monosperma*: Flowering reported in January (started from first week) from southern belt of Rajasthan by Sarita Mehra ji. & in Feb. from Banglore by Raghu ji, from Mumbai by Kiran ji, from Pune by Satish ji, from Kutch by Jugal ji (18/2/08) & near Badalapur, Maharastra by Mangesh ji, from Delhi by Rama ji. Most of the Butea have flowered in Nagpur (26/2/08) as per Rohit. It's flowering profusely now (22/2/08) in Kolkata. Last year, I (J.M.Garg) took pictures of it flowering in March in Kolkata- Flowering profusely now (6/3/08). In Pune (Maharashtra), the trees are flowering for last 2-3 weeks but in some parts there are no flowers at all which may or may not start in few days- 30/1/08- Satish ji. Flowering in March' 08 - Nilje (Dombivali), Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) (Borivali & Thane) Maharashtra- 14/3/08- Tejal ji.
2009/1/27 dhaivat hathi <[email protected]> > from last two years I am observing the same, last year I had seen flowering > in early Dec and this year too I could see in December.. > > Regards, > Dhaivat Hathi > Ahmedabad - Gujarat > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 3:00 PM, satish phadke > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I definitely think this is early.I have seen one tree in Pune city >> flowering in full bloom on 31 Dec 2008. >> Last year also many members have contributed about the flowering data of >> this tree and it was earlier than expected. >> In Pune I think there are two types of strains one flowers early as is the >> case now whereas the trees of the other strain(?)flower little later so at >> present they are devoid of even any buds at present but they are likely to >> flower in late Feb or early march. >> Some environmental indicator as you say? >> Satish >> >> 2009/1/26 satish phadke <[email protected]> >> >> *Butea monosperma* (Palas) >>> My favourite plant seen in full bloom near Nandivali village, >>> Mulshi,Pune.on 25th Jan 2009. >>> Satish Phadke >>> >>> -- >>> >>> http:// satishphadke.blogspot.com >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> http:// satishphadke.blogspot.com >> >> >> > > > -- > Have a nice time, > Regards, > Dhaivat.. > > "Lets Protect What We Enjoy" > > > > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
