For some days I have been wondering why we are forced by market to exchange non-fragrant (though attractive) flowers like Jerbera, Roses, carnations etc. as bouquets? Can we as consumers, start demanding that flower shops keep fragrant flowers too? There is wide variety available in Jasmines, chapha (Michelia, Artabotrys), Hedychium, Mimusops(bakul), nishigandh (polyanthus), Plumeria(chapha), Parijat (Nyctanthus). This will help the small group of people who are into intricate gajra making but are generally only seen selling it at traffic signals for sums as low as 10 rs. for 4 gajras! while a single mass produced carnation can cost around 12-15 Rs. If the demand increases, perhaps the flower industry (so highly promoted by government in Maharashtra) will start researching these species seriously for commercial value. Someone can also suggest making them more attractive as bouquets by making floral offerings as in South-east asia. Aparna
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 5:49 PM, ranjini kamath <[email protected]> wrote: > > Rashida This is a very commonly grown plant in Mangalore.I'm sure > almost all Konkani speaking households would have this in their garden > space,however small. New shoots spring up during the rains.These are > rainy season blooms..... > > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:47 PM, rashida atthar > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I must inform that after going through the Flora of Mah., Vol I, I got to >> know that this species is listed under 'Some botanically important and rare >> plants from western Maharashtra '. > > THIS is highly interesting.V. ingenious methods used by the Spanish women:) > Regards > Ranjini >> >> Another interesting and >> intriguing bit from wiki is that women under Spanish colonial times used to >> adorn themselves and "...because of the intricate structure of the >> inflorescence, women hid and carried secret mesages important to the >> independence cause under it." A plant working for human independence !! >> >> regards, >> Rashida. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> From: [email protected] >>> Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:01:27 +0530 >>> Subject: [indiantreepix:21140] Re: Most fragrant flower- Request ID please >>> 190909 >>> To: [email protected]; [email protected] >>> CC: [email protected] >>> >>> >>> Hi Rashida & Dinesh ji, i always find that these traditional flowers >>> raise such a wave of good feeling! When young i helped my mother make >>> gajras -bending the stalk into half & tying them using plantain pith >>> fibre-because the stalks are too tender to be tied using anything >>> else. >>> Thanks for the additional info too Rashida. >>> This has been a nice inter-change! Thanks:) >>> Ranjini >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 6:18 PM, rashida atthar >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Thanks for the appreciation. I am so happy to know it is one of your >>> > favourite flowers and am glad I uploaded them today! The fragrance >>> > is unbeatable even by Kamini's and sonchampa's which I find very >>> > fragrant. You seem to be good at growing these at different places. >>> > Maybe >>> > Tabish ji should take your help in growing them in Delhi ! Tabish ji I >>> > hope >>> > you can have these soon in Delhi ! >>> > >>> > Thank you Dinesh ji for the prompt ID which I could see only on the main >>> > site and also to Pankaj ji for the the info. from Chattisgarh. What a >>> > fragrant place it will be once the farmers have planted so many of these >>> > flowers. >>> > >>> > The wiki site has very interesting info. about this flower: it is Cuba's >>> > national flower and Floridata says it is native of India and popular >>> > landscape plant throughout Florida, the Gulf, tropical and sub-tropical >>> > areas world wide. >>> > >>> > regards, >>> > Rashida. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >> From: [email protected] >>> >> Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:43:33 +0530 >>> >> Subject: [indiantreepix:21125] Re: Most fragrant flower- Request ID >>> >> please >>> >> 190909 >>> >> To: [email protected] >>> >> CC: [email protected] >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> So nice to see an old favourite,Rashida.Thanks!! Am v. nostalgic about >>> >> this flower.Wonderfully fragrant.I grew this in Goa-both white & >>> >> yellow varieties.It is v. commonly grown in Mangalorean homes-being a >>> >> traditional favourite.There is a special way of weaving it into >>> >> gajras.We called it Basmati in Hindi-[it grew well in Jamshedpur too!] >>> >> Konkani-Sugandhi. >>> >> >>> >> Ranjini Kamath >>> >> >>> >> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> > >>> >> > I have always felt that this is a highly under-appreciated plant. >>> >> > With >>> >> > it heady frgrance, I thought it would be more popular as a house >>> >> > plant. But I am yet to see it growing in Delhi. I used to think, >>> >> > maybe >>> >> > it doesn't do well in hot weather like that of Delhi's, but if it can >>> >> > grow in >>> >> > Chhattisgarh, it can grow in Delhi. >>> >> > Best wishes >>> >> > - Tabish >>> >> > >>> >> > On Oct 19, 12:25 pm, Vijayadas D <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> >> Dear all, >>> >> >> >>> >> >> In malayalam it is known as Kalyana souganthigham. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 8:49 AM, rashida atthar >>> >> >> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> > These beautiful and very fragrant blooms are from Mumbai, taken >>> >> >> > in >>> >> >> > the >>> >> >> > past two days. Request ID of the same please. 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