*Pankaj Kumar* *3:42 PM (7 minutes ago)* ** * * ** ** *to me, J.M., surajit, Ritesh, Vijayasankar, Prasad, efloraofindia * ** *"Less water with low temperature could be initiating flowering in this.*"
*Yes Pankaj... that seems to be its biological clock (wintery days) and needs....* Ice plants flower the best in California in early spring/late winter... short days, long cool nites and fog/dew but no rain.... come to think of it many succulents, chrismas cacti, holly, poinsettias etc all want the same ... usha di === On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > 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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Fax: +852 2483 7194* >> * >> * >> * >> * >> >> > > -- > *********************************************************************** > "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" > > Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D. > Conservation Officer > > Office: > Orchid Conservation Section > Flora Conservation Department > Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation > Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > Residence: > 151, 1st Floor, Tai Om Tsuen > Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > email: [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected] > Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 > (mobile). Fax: +852 2483 7194* > * > * > * > * > > -- Usha di =========== --
