Nice pic and story! I also captured it at Naini Tal Uttarakhand and thus attaching one pic. DSRawat Pantnagar
On Tuesday, January 15, 2013 12:07:21 PM UTC+5:30, JM Garg wrote: > > A great capture & details, Ushadi. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ushadi Micromini <[email protected] <javascript:>> > Date: 14 January 2013 22:22 > Subject: [itpmods:6238] Flora Picture of the year 2012 UD > To: Satish Phadke <[email protected] <javascript:>>, > [email protected] <javascript:> > > > 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]<javascript:> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:>. > 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'. > --
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