Beautiful...Character photography again. Can't say more... Dr Satish Phadke
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > I am not very sure whether to call this plant as I. sulcata or I. > amphorata (now correctly known as I. bicolor). I had initially placed this > plant under I. amphorata, primarily because of clearly alternate leaves, > erect cylindrical capsules and spur ending in a swelling. After seeing the > upload by Nidhan ji and key in Flora of Pakistan in which upper leaves are > alternate in I. sulcata. > Looking at my pictures, and those uploaded by Nidhan ji as I. sulcata, > most leaves are alternate (even in distant shots by Nidhan ji), the > floweres are spotted in orange in throat, spur is much more longer and > incurved only at tip, whereas in I. sulcata on Flowers of India website, > they are more uniform in colour. > What intrigues me that eFlora of Pakistan shows upper leaves alternate > in I. sulcata. Both eFl. of China, and Blatter Beautiful Flowers of Kashmir > mention leaves opposite or whorled, but to make things more confusing > illustration on eFlora of China shows alternate leaves and club-shaped > capsules (normally found in I. glandulifera. > > I am as such unable to decide whether our (mine this one, and Nidhan ji > uploaded as I. sulcata) belong to I. sulcata or I. bicolor. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- > > --- > 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.
