Less water with low temperature could be initiating flowering in this. On Wednesday, January 16, 2013, Pankaj Kumar wrote:
> Thanks. It doesn't matter if it flowers in cooler season. It means > water needs to be stopped after monsoon for it to flower. > > On Wednesday, January 16, 2013, Ushadi Micromini wrote: > > 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. 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