I am forwarding this message again for sake of re-surafcing attached photos.
Shrikant ji, I hope you now get to see the attachments. As put in the message above, I found *Heterostemma* plants in large numbers -- about 10 -12 separate places along a trail in Yeoor Hills, last Sunday (16 AUG) At Tungareshwar, I have not found the plant this year yet; perhaps yet to flower. In the photos above, point to notice is the central structure of flower changing its colour from cream to golden yellow to maroon. To avoid confusion, I have not added photos in which, the petals (I hope, they are petals) are of maroon colour ... not sure whether it is just a change due to ageing of flowers OR a different species of *Heterostemma*. Regards. On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear friends, > > I find this plant at deciduous forests of Northern Konkan: Tungareshwar > Wildlife Sanctuary and Sanjay Gandhi National Park. > ... attached photos with file names having location and the dates. > > I have referred Ingalhalikar ji's Further Flowers of Sahyadri. The book has > 3 Heterostemma species illustrated, of which 2 are very close what I have > found. > Page 345 and 348 show *H. dalzellii* and *H. tanjorense* respectively. > > *H. dalzellii* is distributed in deciduous forests of Northern Konkan > And, *H. tanjorense* in evergreen forests of southern hills of Sahyadri. > > > Today's find at Yeoor Hills (part of Sanjay Gandhi National Park), I > discovered that the central structure of the flower changes colour. > I have started thinking it to be *H. dalzellii* based on distribution and > appearance-wise (earlier had thought it to be *H. tanjorense*). > Since it is not ditto as shown in the book, ID please ... it could be some > other species of *Heterostemma* not known to me. > > Regards. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
