Satishji's glowing orchids reminds me of this mysterious--(to me ) plant i had seen years back at Nagar in Himachal pradesh.I had sent this mail last year in August only!
Now i have come to know its name "Nisha" in local language and Evening Primrose as such. But this is incomplete without latin name Family etc. I am sure there will be some response this time! We were watching the sunset from the garden of the palace hotel of Nagar.And then as we started to go out for a walk.a strange miracle happened ---the buds from the hedge near the wall started blossoming one by one before our eyes just like the National geographic documentary! In less than ten minutes the whole hedge was full of these golden yellow flowers.We were stunned & awed ! It seems they open up as soon as the sun sets.Unfortunately at that time i was not that interested in noticing the details of the flower-petals,leaves-Nothing! and i regret it to this day. My neice told me she had seen these flowers in Gangotri.Late shri Navneetbhai Parekh (trekker and nature lover )of Khali Estates near Almora also has mentioned written about it .I 'll have to search it out. But one thing is sure that they grow in the colder climate and at about at 3000m height. Many of you might have seen it.Can you throw light? Now the ball is in your court Gargji Regards, Bindu On 8/20/09, satish pardeshi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello all > just wanted to bring to your information. > please go to the following link. it is about an orchid plant which > is a transgenic plant developed to glow in dark. > > > http://www.rv-orchidworks.com/orchidtalk/breeding-hybridization/3452-glow-dark-orchids.html > > i found it very interesting and applying this same thing in other > plants may open up a new area of research and commerce. > > regards > Satish Pardeshi > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
