I thank you both and Please convery to santosh kumar that this isnot a*rock rose. *not a rock rose <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cistaceae>.. sorry usha di
ps its an iceplant.. On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 1:03 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dr Santhosh Kumar <[email protected]> > Date: 19 January 2013 11:30 > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:143978] Fwd: [itpmods:6238] Flora Picture of > the year 2012 UD > To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> > > > Nice picture of a Rock rose > > santhosh > > On 15 January 2013 09:37, 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'. >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > SANTHOSH > ------------------------------------------ > Dr. E.S. Santhosh Kumar MSc, PhD, FIAT, FLS > Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode > Thiruvananthapuram-695562 > Kerala > India > www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com > > > > -- > 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 =========== --
