I am not botanist either, Nadeem. I just like the idea of classification based on what we can see
the leaf as you say ... yes, a point to think about and consider. and the flower grouping...ie the inflorescence and the inside structures / face of the flower looks closer to d. pulchra color as you know can be treacherous to id esp in red/pink// violet range in digital; and also it was in analog if polarizer or enhancing filters of any kind were used. and soil condition, metals presence or absence etc can be used to change color of flowers... as we have done for along time in case of hydrangea... blue if you add aluminium sulphate to soil to change the ph... ... etc so just shades of a color in one picture can not /should not be used to id.. if the color is consistent over a number of plants and over seasons it may be a true color... otherwise not. I live and learn this was a good case to illustrate it. Thanks usha di On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 9:34 PM, Nadeem Waqif <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Ushaji, > > Im sorry - im not a trained botanist and being swayed by "peer-pressure" > of multiple ID's pointing towards D. spectabilis. After your rebuke im > going over this again. > > You have yourself suggested D. pulchra as the species, which seems more > appropriate given the size of the leaf i have reported as being about 20 cm > across, while for D. spectabilis the leaf is supposed to be only 2-7 cm > across and long according to flowersofindia and 10-12 cm long according to > the Dombeya page on efi. > > I need to recheck the leaf measurements again when im back at the site > next month. Kindly please do suggest what other features i should look out > for. > > nadeem > > On 1 February 2015 at 20:59, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> color is a reason for classification???? >> >> really? >> >> that's not how taxonomy works >> usha di >> >> On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 1:37 PM, nawaqif <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thank you all - i take this to be Dombeya spectabilis based on color of >>> the flower. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Usha di >> =========== >> > > -- Usha di =========== -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
