Thanks, Ganesh ji. Pl. also see other threads at efi page at Victoria amazonica <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/n/nymphaeaceae/victoria/victoria-amazonica> to be more clear. One of the threads you can see from Botanical Garden, Kolkata by Surajit ji is Shibpur Bot. : Victoria amazonica (Poepp.) J.C. Sowerby <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/n-WD076MjBQ>
On 8 October 2014 12:32, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: ganesh kumar <[email protected]> > Date: 8 October 2014 12:21 > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:182688] Interesting plants of AJCB Indian > Botanic Garden: AMAZON LILY (Victoria amazonica), Shibpur, Howrah: SCFEB23 > To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> > > > Dear Sir, > > The entire bud (particularly the sepals) will be covered by thorns in > V.amazonica. And the leaves are not at all bright green as in the > picture. The immature leaves are having dark maroon coloration in > V.amazonica. Cruziana having thorn less sepals on the bud, the > intermediate cross longwood hybrid is more similar to cruziana. > > Majority of the photographs found on internet are of V.cruziana or > V.longwood hybrid. True Victoria photographs are hard to find out. i > will update with photographs , my only v.amazonica is just 4 months > old. > > Thanks n regards > Ganesh > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 11:09 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > > > 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 > > > > efi page on Victoria amazonica > > > > I have gone through the differences at Victoria cruziana and V. > amazonica, I feel it is V. amazonica only. This is very clear from the > thorns on the buds. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Sukla Chanda <[email protected]> > > Date: 28 February 2014 10:47 > > Subject: [efloraofindia:182688] Interesting plants of AJCB Indian > Botanic Garden: AMAZON LILY (Victoria amazonica), Shibpur, Howrah: SCFEB23 > > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > 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. 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