Would be impossible to identify without flowers. I have photographed both C. chinensis (flowers in globose heads) and C. reflexa (larger bell-shaped flowers in a cluster).
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 Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 10:28 AM, 'Chitralekha P' via efloraofindia < [email protected]> wrote: > This Cuscuta species (probably C. reflexa) has thicker stem as compared to > the flowering species posted in my earlier mail (PC1). Found all over > Delhi. I have never seen it flower in Delhi. Appears to parasitize > many plant species. Around March-April of every year, some Cuscuta plants > appear to die (last photo) and reappear again in June-July on the host > plant. Could it be a mechanism to avoid killing the host plant? I have seen > this particular tree survive with Cuscuta for the last five years. > Best Regards, > Chitralekha > > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- 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/d/optout.
