Gargji nice discussion but the pictures here are the same that caused all the confusion in the first place.... not the new ones.... would you be kind enough to show the habitat, growth habit, and the diagnostic pictures you took on the subsequent visit that made the diagnosis possible and served as a lesson to you so we may learn a lesson, please thanks usha di
On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 5:38 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear members, > This plant posted in March, 2010, was initially identified as *Commelina > cyanea* after a lot of discussions. Later on it was thought that it may > be *C. dianthifolia *Deille or *C. salicifolia* Roxb. recently > > I finally visited the place (Joka, Kolkata) with Mayur Nandikar ji on > 12.1.13. The species finally seems to be *Commelina* *diffusa* > Burm.f.<https://sites.google.com/tpl/record/kew-233842>after we saw hundreds > of such plants in a large area. The whole plant has > prostrate habit, while the flowering branches appears to be erect. > > The full discussion can be seen at > > https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topicsearchin/indiantreepix/Commelina$20AND$20diffusa$20AND$20Burm.f./indiantreepix/RaAjZgNORCA > > *All this confusion has happened because I didn't take multiple pictures > from multiple angles of different plants & particularly missed the full > habit picture. This was a great lesson to me as it resulted in lot of > confusion & wastage of energies of lot of our experts. Had I taken > photographs as per posted guidelines, possibly all this could have been > avoided. > *-- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2030 members & > 1,42,000 messages on 31/12/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- > > > > -- Usha di =========== --
