Dear Gurcharanji and Dinesh ji
The Sterculia foetida tree photographed by me is visible from my fifth floor
flat balcony.
What I have observed for several years is :
The flowering starts on a leafless tree. The new leaves start appearing and
the flowering still continues. It depends when you take the
photograph.........if late you may have a photograph of both as seen in Mine
and Dinesh's pictures as well as that on Flowers of India website.
The difference I wanted to point is:
The pattern of colouring in Shubhada's flowers. The petals are more
triangular and the red colour is restricted to the central portion of the
petals. Whereas in my picture the petals are much darker reddish (Even the
younger petals have red spots till the periphery.)and they are thinner and
longish rather than equilateral triangle. My picture have been taken in Feb.
Dr Phadke
2009/8/12 Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>
> Dear Dinesh ji
> I don't think there is anything peculiar.
> 1. The flowers in your photograph and that by Shubhada are similar. The
> photograph reproduced by Pradip Kishen in his book Trees of Delhi are very
> similar to Shubhada from old leafless branch.
> 2. Sterculia foetida in Delhi produces new leaves in late March or early
> April, flowers mid to Late March, so it should not be unusual to see young
> leaves (in your photograph) along with the inflorescences with flowers.
>
> Gurcharan Singh
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>
> *To:* Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>
> *Cc:* satish phadke <[email protected]> ; shubhada
> nikharge<[email protected]>; J.M.
> Garg <[email protected]> ; indiantreepix <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 12, 2009 10:26 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [indiantreepix:15788] Re: Sterculia foetida (Wild Almond)
> dried fruits and flowers
>
> ... what makes the sight different is that the flowering seems to be
> happening while there are no leaves around.
> I am referring to my own sightings, where I get to see flowering in a
> profuse manner in much branched ¿ panicles ? arising from tender branches,
> and just below canopy of leaves.
>
> Whatever Shubhada ji has sighted is certainly interesting ... flowering
> twig stemming from altogether dried-up branch with no scars of fallen
> leaves.
>
> Attaching few of my photos, more at
> http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Sterculia+foetida&w=91314344%40N00&s=int&z=e
>
> Regards.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Mr Satish ji
>> It will more useful if differences noticed are pointed out. I have not
>> been able to find any.
>>
>> Gurcharan Singh
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* satish phadke <[email protected]>
>> *To:* Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>
>> *Cc:* shubhada nikharge <[email protected]> ; J.M.
>> Garg<[email protected]>;
>> indiantreepix <[email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 12, 2009 12:54 PM
>> *Subject:* [indiantreepix:15788] Re: Sterculia foetida (Wild Almond)
>> dried fruits and flowers
>>
>> I think the flowers are little different than what I have observed.
>> Dr Phadke
>> Look at the attached picture and the link.
>> http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Java%20Olive.html
>>
>> 2009/8/12 Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>
>>
>>> ... many thanks for photo of flowers, Shubhada ji.
>>> Regards.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:41 AM, shubhada nikharge <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Few more pics of Sterculia foetida. (bark, flowers and dried fruits)
>>>> cheers,
>>>> shubhada
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> *From:* J.M. Garg <[email protected]>
>>>> *To:* indiantreepix <[email protected]>
>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, 12 August, 2009 8:40:22 AM
>>>> *Subject:* [indiantreepix:15772] Sterculia foetida (Wild Almond) fruits
>>>>
>>>> Just to show the colours of these.
>>>> On 13/6/09 in Hyderabad, AP.
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>>>> J.M.Garg
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