fourth flower is Meconopsis aculeata
On Jul 14, 6:23 pm, satish phadke <[email protected]> wrote:
> *IMG_2725.jpg
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> *appears to be* Iris kemaonensis**
> Satish Phadke
> *
> 2008/7/12 J.M. Garg <[email protected]>
>
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> > The yellow flower in the first mail appears to be a *Lilium oxypetalum*.
> > Pl. see the link:
> >http://www.christiealpines.co.uk/showbigimage.php?image_id=pageimages...here
> >is a link for details:
> >http://www.backyardgardener.com/plantname/pd_2851-2.html
>
> > Here are extracts from Wikipedia link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily
>
> > The genus <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genus> *Lilium* are
> > herbaceous<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbaceous>flowering plants
> > normally growing from
> > bulbs <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulb>, comprising a genus of about 110
> > species <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species> in the lily family,
> > Liliaceae <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liliaceae>. They are important as
> > large showy flowering garden plants, and in literature. Some of the bulbs
> > have been consumed by people. The species in this genus are the true lilies,
> > while other plants with lily in the common name are related to other groups
> > of plants.
>
> > Lilies are leafy stemmed herbs. They form naked or tunic-less scaly
> > underground bulbs <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulb> from which they
> > overwinter. In some North American species the base of the bulb develops
> > into rhizomes <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizome>, on which numerous
> > small bulbs are found. Some species develop
> > stolons<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolon>.
> > Very few species form near the soil surface.
>
> > Many species form stem-roots. With these, the bulb grows naturally at some
> > depth in the soil, and each year the new stem puts out
> > adventitious<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventitious>roots above the bulb
> > as it emerges from the soil. These roots are in
> > addition to the basal roots that develop at the base of the bulb.
>
> > The large flowers <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower> have six
> > tepals<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tepal>,
> > often fragrant, and come in a range of colours ranging through whites,
> > yellows, oranges, pinks, reds and purples. Markings include spots, brush
> > strokes and picotees.
>
> > The plants are summer flowering. Most species are
> > deciduous<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deciduous>,
> > but a few species (*Lilium
> > candidum<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilium_candidum>
> > *, *Lilium
> > catesbaei<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lilium_catesbaei&action=edi...>
> > *) bear a basal rosette of leaves during dormancy.
>
> > On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 8:39 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> The White flower in the first mail is an *Anemone* species, possibly *
> >> tetrasepala* or *polyanthes*. Here are some extracts from Wikipedia link:
> >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemone
>
> >> *Anemone*
> >> (*A-ne-mó-ne<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllable_stress_of_Botanical_Latin>
> >> *, from the Gr. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language> Άνεμος,
> >> wind), is a genus <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genus> of about 120
> >> species <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species> of flowering plants in the
> >> buttercup family
> >> Ranunculaceae<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranunculaceae>in the north and
> >> south temperate zones. They are closely related to Pasque
> >> flower <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasque_flower> (*Pulsatilla*) and
> >> Hepatica <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatica> (*Hepatica*); some
> >> botanists include both of these genera within *Anemone*.
>
> >> *Anemone* are perennial <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perennial>
> >> herbs<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb>;
> >> plants which grow from rhizomes <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizome>,
> >> caudices <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudex> or
> >> tubers<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuber>.
> >> Leaves grow from the base and can be simple, compound or attached with a
> >> leaf stalk. Terminal
> >> inflorescences<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflorescence>with two to nine
> >> flowered
> >> cymes <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyme> or
> >> umbels<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbel>,
> >> or solitary flowers <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower> that depending
> >> on the species can be up to 60 centimeters tall. The flowers are
> >> bisexual<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_sexuality>and radially
> >> symmetric. The
> >> sepals <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepal> are not persistent in
> >> fruit<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit>,
> >> and can be white <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White>,
> >> purple<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple>,
> >> blue <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue>,
> >> green<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green>,
> >> yellow <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow>,
> >> pink<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink>or
> >> red <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red>. Fruits are
> >> achenes<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achene>
> >> .[3] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemone#cite_note-FNA-2>
>
> >> On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 8:13 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >>> I think the purple flower in first mail is Iris kemaonensis. Pl. see the
> >>> link:http://www.badbear.com/signa/signa.pl?Display+Iris-kemaonensis+3+3
>
> >>> On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 7:35 PM, Madhuri Pejaver <[email protected]>
> >>> wrote:
>
> >>>> yellow one is a type of lily
> >>>> purple varity of curcuma
> >>>> third some varity of passiflora
> >>>> the one in previous mail was a relative of opium
> >>>> madhuri
>
> >>>> --- On Thu, 7/10/08, vivekmail <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >>>> > From: vivekmail <[email protected]>
> >>>> > Subject: [Indiantreepix] re:at gangotri
> >>>> > To: "Indiantreepix" <[email protected]>
> >>>> > Date: Thursday, July 10, 2008, 9:09 AM
> >>>> > flowers in gadhwal himalayas near gangotri
> >>>> > (shot by sameer kelkar, aurangabad)
>
> >>> --
> >>> With regards,
> >>> J.M.Garg
> >>> "We often ignore the beauty around us"
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>
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> >>>http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/J.M.Garg
>
> >> --
> >> With regards,
> >> J.M.Garg
> >> "We often ignore the beauty around us"
> >> For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group
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> >> For my Birds, Butterflies, Trees, Landscape pictures etc., visit
> >>http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/J.M.Garg
>
> > --
> > With regards,
> > J.M.Garg
> > "We often ignore the beauty around us"
> > For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group
> > (Indiantreepix)http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en
> > For my Birds, Butterflies, Trees, Landscape pictures etc., visit
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>
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