Dear Surajit, Garg ji, Ritesh, Prasad, Vijay and Pankaj Thanks for liking the picture and its life story
Pankaj... there was not any special reason... not to submit it... was waiting to see the flowers, then to id it ..(on my own !!) and I get lazy about having to reduce the pixel size of each pic that I want to submit.. etc etc ... AND IT FLOWERS IN COOLER TEMP... in addition to its xeriscaping potential... it grows weedy in California, remember? :) Usha di On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 12:07 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > A great capture & details, Ushadi. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> > Date: 14 January 2013 22:22 > Subject: [itpmods:6238] Flora Picture of the year 2012 UD > To: Satish Phadke <[email protected]>, [email protected] > > > Dear all and Satish : > here is my flora picture of the year picture and its story : > > This is an example of endurance and perseverance along with zeal to > survive in the plant, and I love it for it. > > I bought it in hanging planter , nursery man said it would flower in a > couple of weeks just water it and put in sunny location. I did , and it > flourished, growing longer and greener…. Summer came and went, so did a > winter, and then spring, summer and fall…. Nary a bud nor a flower…. And I > thought it was a dud… ready to discard it because my balcony can only > take so much green trailings… and then it got very very cold winter of > 2012, I thought it would surely die of the bitter winds and frigid fog. Then > one morning 3 or 4 of these flowers popped up, gladdening the hearts of the > beholders…. Including mine. > > > > Not only had this plant survived the 105 degrees Farenheit temp in summer, > the typhoons, and monsoons and then the cold… it has blossomed….. just like > some late bloomer kid in a classroom, surprising everyone. > > I then went looking for its proper name, found it… Its really an iceplant > …. A ground cover that forms tight layer described as a mat… originating > in South Africa, its adapted in many distant lands… in California its known > to escape and become weedy. The botanical name is Aptenia cordifolia of > Family Aizoaceae. Colloquially known as heart-leafed iceplant. > > > In 2013, this winter its back reveling in the cold... best survivor I > know. > > > > Usha di > > > > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ITPmods" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/itpmods?hl=en-GB. > > > > -- > 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 =========== --
