Dear mam, The plant shown in photographs are Victoria cruziana. and V. amazonica looks more or less like our Eurayle (makhana). The leaf rim wont exceed 3- 4 inches and the surface is maroon when young and maroon mixed green when matured. I am having one specimen on V. amazonica
Thanks and regards Ganesh Ananthakrishnan On Friday, 28 February 2014 10:47:24 UTC+5:30, Sukla Chanda wrote: > > > *Victoria amazonica* (Poepp.) Sowerby > > Family-Nymphaeaceae > > The species has very large leaves, up to 3 m in diameter, that float on > the water's surface on a submerged stalk, 7–8 m in length. The leaf is > able to support quite a large weight due to the plant's structure. To > counter the fragile nature of the leaf, the weight needs to be distributed > across the surface through mechanical means, such as a sheet of plywood. > This allows the leaf to support up to 70 pounds. > > > Thanks, > Sukla > ------------------------------------------------ > Sukla Chanda, PhD > Science & Education, > The Field Museum, Chicago IL. > -- 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.
