A reply from Santhosh ji & Singh ji: "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 17:30, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > A reply: > "I hope Lotus bartelotii > Coral gem, pelican's beak > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh" > > On 8 March 2013 14:10, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding for Id pl. with a subject line. >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Vijayadas D <[email protected]> >> Date: 8 March 2013 13:28 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:148692] >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> 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. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. 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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. 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