On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 7:57 AM, Dr Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 1:51 AM, rashida atthar > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> These flowers of what I beleive are of Thunbergia grandiflora-climber were >> seen today, outside my windows, Mumbai. They have climbed from the >> compound, onto the Thespesia tree, and are flowering gregariously all over. >> Tailor birds and sunbirds visit the flowers. Would request confirmation >> whether this climber is indeed T. grandiflora. Thank you. >> >> regards, >> Rashida. >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> Videos Get the latest video streams on movies, Try >> it!<http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-in> >> >> >> Thunbergia laurifolia, and not T. grandiflora. I had sent photographs of > the two species separately in my posts. The leaves of T. grandiflora are > conspicuously cordate, nearly as broad as long, with longer corolla tube. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Associate Professor, Department of Botany, SGTB Khalsa College > University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018 > Phone: 01125518297; Mobile: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > Please note that the photograph on Flowers of India by Aarti Khale is Thunbergia grandiflora, and one by Dinesh Valke is T. laurifolia (foreget flower colour for the moment, it both species it varies from blue to white. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Associate Professor, Department of Botany, SGTB Khalsa College University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018 Phone: 01125518297; Mobile: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
