At present all the 64/68 previously described genera by Bremekamp  are
merged into one genus Strobilanthes. This plietesial/monocarpic genus is
very interesting. We have 30 species in our living collection at Tropical
Botanic Garden . Carvia callosa? lost from our collection.

Santhosh

On 27 February 2013 21:46, Aneeta Kindre <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
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