Hi Prasad, Excellent picture. I have seen this plant in Hong Kong on the roadsides. I used to mistake it for Asclepiads because of the oppose leaves. But finally I learnt how to differentiate it. Just touch the leaf and smell your hands, it gives a bad smell, probably that is why the species epithet "foetida" . I have never seen the flower and it is very nice to see the beautiful flowers of this plant.
Sid. On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Prasad Dash <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear all sorry for sharing my flora picture of 2012 as i am not able to > spent time to interact in the discussion. I am also not able to share my > picture due to my packed assignment. I am busy in writing my book on Flora > of Odihsa and also busy in field work. > > > I am sharing my Flora picture of the Year, 2012. Since last 3 years i was > searching to get a view of how Paederia foetida looks when in full bloom. I > have visited so many local and regional hot spots of Biodiversity in Odisha > during my documentation of Flora of Odisha. But could not find this plant > flowering. Even if i encountered good population of this species, all were > in vegetative stage. I came to know that this species is listed under RET > by FRLHT and flowering is not common. Finally last year i spotted this > species flowering near to my office at Sahid nagar, Bhubaneswar in wild > condition. I was very very happy and took around 50 snaps. Presenting my > picture bellow. > > Regards > > > Prasad > > -- > Dr. Prasad Kumar Dash > Ecologist, Odisha, India > email: [email protected] > ph. 09437444241 > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
