Garg ji, Usha di, After getting the clue of Opuntia, I did a further search. The closest I could come to is Cane Cactus, Opuntia cylindrica. Aarti
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]>wrote: > Garg ji, > Thanks for resurfacing and a possible id. > Regards, > Aarti > > > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:21 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A reply: >> "Its surely primitive Cactaceae... Opuntia, see fruit >> puk" >> >> >> On 7 March 2013 09:48, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Forwarding again for Id assistance please. >>> "Is it possible to check this one too? >>> >>> Pair of spines makes me think it could be Euphorbia. >>> Aarti" >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> >>> Date: 31 October 2012 21:32 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:136899] Euphorbia Cactus for ID : Nairobi,Kenya >>> : 311012 : AK-2 >>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> A cactus seen on 26/1/2009 in Nairobi, Kenya. >>> Height was about 6-8 feet. >>> It was really amazing to see a Sunbird make a nest in the prickles. >>> Id please. >>> Aarti >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 (largest in the >>> world): http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2065 >>> members & 1,47,500 messages on 28/2/13) or Efloraofindia website: >>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >>> of more than 8000 species). >>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>> India'. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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 (largest in the world): >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2065 members & >> 1,47,500 messages on 28/2/13) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of more than 8000 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> > > -- --- 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.

