This is Strobilanthus lupulina Nees. More often S. hyneanus Nees also treated as a synonym to this species. S.heyneanus has greenish bracts and bracteoles whereas S.lupulina has pink-purplish bracts and bracteoles. Now a days we can see S.lupulina as a garden plant. S.heyneanus still in the wild and will flower once in every 4 years. I have no idea of the flowering cycle of S.lupulina. I guess it will flower annually? Its gorgeous flowering nature is interesting.
Thanks Santhosh Dr E S Santhosh Kumar 2009/9/17 raghu ananth <[email protected]> > Came across these purple blooms in the forest hills of > Kakkabbe-Nalnad. They appear to be a kind of Kurinji flowers. > (The famed Nila-kurinji flowers are by nature plietesials - blooms once in > 12 years. ) > > Would request Identity confirmation. > > (Links : flowersofindia.net website has photo information on karun > kurinji http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/alphabet.html which > morphologically resembles to the one posted in this mail.) > > Habitat Forest hills, forest path, > Place: Betweeen Kakkabbe-Nalnad and Thadiandamol, coorg, Part of western > ghats, Karnataka > > Sep 03 2009 > Regards > > Raghu > > ------------------------------ > Yahoo! India has a new look. Take a sneak > peek<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_metro_2/*http://in.yahoo.com/trynew> > > > -- SANTHOSH ----------------------------------- Dr. E S SANTHOSH KUMAR Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode Thiruvananthapuram-695562 Kerala, India www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com Please consider your environmental responsibility:Before printing this e-mail, ask yourself whether you need a hard copy! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
