Santosh ji This interesting plant I found this year only being sold in Farmers Market in California, looking something like Clianthus puniceus but with much narrower leaf segments. The seller could utter only Lotu. I could connect the rest when I came home. Incidentally both are known as parrot beak.
-- 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/ On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 11:03 PM, Dr Santhosh Kumar <[email protected] > wrote: > Lotus berthelotii, the Coral gem or Pelican's beak is a good example of > how an endemic species which extinct in wild in Canary Islands, still > surviving in cultivation because of its beautiful flowers. We never see its > fruits. > > Internet surces tell us the following > The flowers of *Lotus berthelotii* and some other Canary Island species > appear to be adapted for bird > pollination<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_pollination>. > It was once thought that the original pollinators of these plants (and > other genera such as *Isoplexis <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoplexis>*and > *Canarina <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canarina>*) were > sunbirds<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbirds>which had become extinct on > the Canary Islands, explaining why they are > rare and considered endangered species (Vogel 1954; Vogel et al. 1984; > Valido et al. 2004). However more recent work has shown that these plants > are adequately pollinated by non-specialist flower visiting birds, > particularly the Canary Islands > Chiffchaff<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_Islands_Chiffchaff>( > *Phylloscopus canariensis*), and in fact show some specific adaptations > to infrequent pollination by these birds, such as extended flower lifespans. > [1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_berthelotii#cite_note-1> > > > Interesting > > > On 8 March 2013 14:18, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I hope Lotus bartelotii >> Coral gem, pelican's beak >> >> -- >> 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/ >> >> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Vijayadas D <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> Please help me to identify this plant, from Riyadh , KSA >>> >>> Creeping habit, ash coloured leaves, seems to be a Papilionaceae member. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> -- >>> Vijayadas >>> Trivandrum >>> Kerala >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Do not judge a person by his looks, >>> Go deeper into the heart; >>> only then you can understand him better. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> --- >>> 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. >> >> >> > > > > -- > SANTHOSH > ------------------------------------------ > Dr. E.S. Santhosh Kumar MSc, PhD, FIAT, FLS (on leave for 2 years) > Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode > Thiruvananthapuram-695562 > Kerala > India > www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com > > Presently working for the British Aerospace, Riyadh, KSA > NB: Please consider your environmental responsibility! Ask yourself before > printing this email !!! > -- --- 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.
