Thanks Satish ji
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 7:16 AM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > Gurcharan ji > Thanks for including one of the most beautiful Iris species as your > picture of 2012. > I have added this to Flora > Picture2012<http://indiantreepix.blogspot.in/search?updated-min=2013-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2014-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=1> > Dr Satish Phadke > > > On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 10:59 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Presenting my flora picture of the Year 2012,* Iris japonica*, the >> fringed iris or butterfly flower. >> >> I had known about several species of Iris being grown in Kashmir to >> decorate graveyards and as ornamentals, and a few forming enormous meadows >> both in the valley (Iris lactea, which for a long time was identified as >> I.ensata) and alpine hills (I. hookeriana). These species were mostly >> possesed by me in the form of dried speciments. I missed photograhing these >> in previous years as they are early flowering plants, and I would miss >> their flowering. This year I planned an early visit to Kashmir to catch >> these and other similar flowers. Luckily I was able to catch almost all, >> but my prized click was this species which I found in gardens for the first >> time in Kashmir. >> Despite its scientific name, the plant is neither a native of Japan >> (rather being a native of China), nor bearing the common name Japanese iris >> (which belongs to Iris ensata). >> The plant is a rhizomatous perennial with sword-shaped leaves up to >> 60 cm long, up to cm wide, without midvein; flowers pale blue to white, 4-6 >> cm across, with fringed falls spotted with purple and orange crusts, up to >> 1.5 cm long spathe, up to 2.5 cm long pedicel and perianth tube shorter >> than 1.5 cm, flowers are arranged on much branched stems. >> Photographed from Botanical Garden below Cheshma Shahi in Kashmir. >> >> The species has been widely cultivated in different parts of the world >> and has been given 'Award of Garden Merit' by Royal Horticultural Society. >> >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > --
