---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: radha veach <[email protected]> Date: 4 February 2014 10:45 Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:180737] Please id this Pogostemon To: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>
Dear Samir, Thanks for your suggestion. It's true that the length of inflorescence seems a bit short for P. purpurascens. My plant was not at all aromatic. From what I've read P. heyneanus is highly aromatic, so I have a doubt. regards Radha On 4 February 2014 08:19, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Samir ji. Hoping we get this ID validated. > Regards. > Dinesh > > > On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 4:35 AM, Samir Mehta <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Radha / Dinesh ji: Suggest P. heyneanus over P. purpurascens. >> >> Reason: >> 1. length of inflorescence in P. purpurascens is longer than what i see >> here. >> 2. Unable to decide whether calyx teeth are long as tube or not. This is >> a 'key' differentiating feature. >> 3. P benghalensis is a large shrub. >> >> Regards, >> >> Samir >> >> >> >> >> >> On Monday, February 3, 2014 10:33:14 PM UTC+5:30, Dinesh Valke wrote: >> >>> OK; would like to find comments from those familiar to this Pogostemon. >>> Regards. >>> Dinesh >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 6:18 PM, radha veach <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> The thing is, this plant was so hairy, and much smaller than P. >>>> benghalensis. It also did not have the strong fragrance of that plant. It >>>> was quite herb like and not at all shrub like. I was quite confused. >>>> >>>> regards >>>> Radha >>>> >>>> >>>> On 3 February 2014 14:37, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> This looks so similar to Pogostemon benghalensis. Now keen to know if >>>>> it is different. >>>>> Thanks Radha for this query. >>>>> Regards. >>>>> Dinesh >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 1:12 PM, radha veach <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Dear friends, >>>>>> >>>>>> This herb was seen yesterday at Tungareshwar. To me it has the same >>>>>> look as Pogostemon purpurascens but the flowers are purple. >>>>>> It is about 1.5ft - 2ft tall, hairy, branches quadrangular, leaves in >>>>>> unequal pairs, flowers in dense spikes. >>>>>> Please help to id this species. >>>>>> >>>>>> regards >>>>>> Radha >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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]. >>>>>> >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>>>>> 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
