Didi, I googled and found that Burbank is US city. Rest of the story is wonderful, I love it, be it fact or fiction.
Thank you very much. Regards surajit On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 8:58 PM, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> wrote: > Well , Nobody seems to have caught that... > you are the only one who asked...Surajit > > Burbank is a city in california named after Luther Burbank... a humanist, > horticulturist, Botanist and my hero.. ever since I read about him in one > of the numerous american magazines my dad used to get..I was may in > grammar school..or younger... i was very impressed with the.. spinless > cactus > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luther_Burbank_Spineless_Cactus.jpg> > its a part of a small write up at this url > <http://mentalfloss.com/article/57818/10-crazy-creations-plant-wizard-luther-burbank>... > they have been writing about him since about 1901... wiki has a page > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Burbank>... and more intense and > human interest and science related write up is in this book Rupa > publications book > <http://books.google.co.in/books/about/The_Secret_Life_Of_Plants.html?id=OWKWB6MEcq8C&redir_esc=y>. > called THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS... reading this book sparks interest in > many things including Botany plants and their living systems /processes ... > > he was spiritual and used to tell his spiny nasty plants that they did not > need the thorns, he was not going to hurt them and he would protect them... > several generations later the thornless plants were emerging.. > > ( I dont want to argue with any self-styled the hard nosed non-believers > about this, so nobody should bother attacking me) ... (its a fact or a > myth, if you read mythology like ramayana and mahabharata, bible, old > testament stories etc and believe them then where 's the problem with > Burbank???)) > > Surajit... his spineless plants reverted back after his death!!! > > ==== > SO my comment was tongue in cheek reference that:: ?? are the temple > folks in India generating spineless euphorbia ??? in their yards like so > many Modern day Burbanks.... > > > be well > > usha di > > > === > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 8:08 PM, surajit koley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Thank you Gurcharan Sir, thank you Didi. >> >> What is Burbank? >> >> I will follow the development of this plant. Meanwhile more photos, >> recorded on last Monday. >> >> Regards >> surajit >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 2:18 PM, Ushadi Micromini < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> do you think we may have another Burbank in our own West Bengal temple >>> yards? >>> >>> so that the trees dont need their thorns? >>> >>> usha di >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 2:04 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> The cyathia very much resemble E. nivulia, both in colour, peduncle >>>> length, glands, etc. Even cyathia are in pairs as we can see scar of fallen >>>> one, we can even see vestiges of two cyathia on the top of peduncle on >>>> either side of central cyathium. Even leaves resemble. The only feature not >>>> seen is the spines, which can't be ignored in this genus. >>>> >>>> >>>> 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 Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Nambiyath Balakrishnan < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear Surajit >>>>> I have examined the details as can be seen in the photos. It appears >>>>> to be near to E. nivulia but there are differences. >>>>> Your plant does not show any indication of spines, not even remnants >>>>> of fallen spine clusters. >>>>> Further the cyathia are all solitary, whereas in E. nivulia, they are >>>>> mostly in diads or triads. >>>>> Therefore, I am unable to identify this species. Probably it is an >>>>> introduced species. >>>>> N. P. Balakrishnan >>>>> 5 March 2015 >>>>> >>>>> On 3 March 2015 at 21:53, surajit koley <[email protected] >>>>> > wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Sir, >>>>>> >>>>>> This is a crooked shrubby plant found on roadside. The appearance is >>>>>> like that of a crooked *E. nivulia*. But, I couldn't find any spine >>>>>> on its trunk and branches. I have examined several branches. The leaves >>>>>> of >>>>>> this plant is about 15 cm long. >>>>>> >>>>>> Upon receiving Tapas Sir's advice I pray to you for your opinion >>>>>> regarding this species. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> >>>>>> surajit koley >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>>> From: surajit koley <[email protected]> >>>>>> Date: Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 10:37 PM >>>>>> Subject: Hooghly2015Mar01sk01 : Euphorbia what ? >>>>>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> This is often planted on roadside SHIV-MANDIR or some other diety. I >>>>>> couldn't find spine on the stem and branches, probably due to age. I >>>>>> didn't >>>>>> have scale or ruler with me. But leaves are, I think, more than 8 cm. >>>>>> >>>>>> Photographs were taken on 28.02.2015. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> surajit >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Usha di >>> =========== >>> >> >> > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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