Botanist friends tell me that colors are not very important in flower
identification (although I find it a bit hard to digest). So, I think
it can be safely frozen to Chirita urticifolia.
- Tabish
On May 7, 4:28 pm, Sushmita Jha <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tabish,
> Thanks for the interesting meaning of urticifolia and confirmation of Mr
> Garg's id.
> Both the pictures in your and Mr Garg's links are similar to my photograph
> but not exact in terms of the coloration. Cannt really tell about the
> structure etc. as this is the only photo I have.
> Shall I wait for some more suggestions or freeze the ID as Chirita
> urticifolia?
> Thank you all once again.
> Sushmita Jha
>
> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I think Mr. Garg is right. Another Himalayan species Chirita pumila
> > has lance-shaped leaves, which doesn't agree with Sushmita's picture.
> > A picture of Chirita urticifolia (by the way, urticifolia means nettle-
> > like leaves)
> > http://www.asianflora.com/Gesneriaceae/Chirita-urticifolia.htm
> > - Tabish
>
> > On May 7, 9:14 am, Sushmita Jha <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Thank you, Garg-ji. *Chirita utricifolio* certainly looks like it though
> > I
> > > couldnt find the exact matching flower.
> > > sushmita jha
>
> > > On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 8:16 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > Hi, Sushmita ji,
> > > > It appears to me like *Chirita utricifolia* as per 'Concise Flowers of
> > > > Himalayas' from Gloxinia family (*Gesneriaceae*). I didn't find any net
> > > > link though. Here is one giving lot of Chirita species pix
> > alphabetically:
> > > >http://www.gesneriads.ca/genchiri.htm
>
> > > > 2009/5/7 J.M. Garg <[email protected]>
>
> > > > Hi, Rajesh ji,
> > > >> *Limnophila heterophylla* appears appears to be a different plant as
> > per
> > > >> link:
> > > >>http://images.google.co.in/images?hl=en&ei=hkcCStGyMNGHkAXc0_SaDw&res.
> > ..
>
> > > >> 2009/5/6 Rajesh Sachdev <[email protected]>
>
> > > >>> I guess this is Common Limnophila i.e. limnophila heterphylla
>
> > > >>> On 06/05/2009, Sushmita Jha <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >>> > Dear all,
>
> > > >>> > now that all previous posts from North Bengal have been identified,
> > I
> > > >>> am
> > > >>> > greedily posting more for identification. I have called this
> > Gloxinia
> > > >>> simply
> > > >>> > because it resembles that and my guess is not based on any
> > knowledge.
>
> > > >>> > Thanks once again to all for their helpful inputs and expert IDs.
> > > >>> > Sushmita Jha
>
> > > >>> --
>
> > > >>> Regards
> > > >>> Rajesh Sachdev
> > > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >>>www.rajesh-sachdev.blogspot.com
>
> > > >>> --
> > > >>> With regards,
> > > >>> J.M.Garg
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>
> > > >> --
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> > > >> J.M.Garg
> > > >> "We often ignore the beauty around us"
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