Santoah ji, Flowering of Karvy happen after 7 yrs !! And yes, agree with you Satish ji, Strobilanthes callosus is a new name for this plant !! I hd already mentioned Carvia callosa (as a synonym) N also agreed that in 2008 Karvy was blooming in some region of W.ghats_Glad to share that I'm having photographs of Karvy in 2008 too :) (at Purandar fort n Bhimashankar region.) I wonderd when i saw blooming in Oct 2012 , these Photographs taken near Torna fort,Velhe(Pune) !!
Warm regards, Anita Kindre. On Feb 27, 2013 6:52 PM, "Satish Phadke" <[email protected]> wrote: > *Strobilanthes callosus * > appears to be the new/latest/unresolved name of the species on The Plant > List <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-100112> we used to call > *Carvia > callosa* earlier. > Mass flowering was observed in Western ghats in Sep 2008. (Most pictures > on our forum and my collection confirms so) Occasional flowering is > observed every year though in an isolated plant in the same region. Its > flowering cycle is supposed to be 7 years so next flowering cycle will be > in Aug/Sep 2015. > > Dr Satish Phadke > > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 2:50 AM, Aneeta Kindre <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear Friends, >> >> Sharing photographs of Strobilanthes callosus >> Synonyms: Carvia callosa >> Vernacular name: Karvy >> Family: Acanthaceae >> Location : Pune, MH_Oct 2012 >> >> >> Warm regards, >> Anita Kindre >> >> -- >> >> --- >> 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.

