Dear friends, Adding more photos with the hope that it helps in ID. These are cropped versions of the photos already put at the top of this thread. The oily sheen on the plant (especially seen on the leaves) is the deposit of fuel emission from vehicles.[image: Strobilanthes ¿ species ?] <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F16968723678&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcK7cEt1QlDv7iS8cNyHNmJ4GVnUA>
[image: Strobilanthes ¿ species ?] <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F17156483065&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcsqSiHW_Z4oMQBG4_4GNSdnlMnHg> [image: Strobilanthes ¿ species ?] <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F17130541746&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf0v90n37l2WI9OAONm4BAvu-cVfQ> [image: Strobilanthes ¿ species ?] <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F16968962470&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeZDbT_wlZgm9I01rHy-z2hhAdogw> Regards. Dinesh On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 11:47 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > Dinesh ji you are great to post this much nice images on account of > Acanthaceae fortnight, it may be *Strobilanthes zenkeriana T.Anderson, *which > is reported from Doddabetta(in PF Fyson flora of south indian Hill > station)- from Santhan ji. > > Interesting plant Dinesh ji, could this be *Strobilanthus foliosus*?- > from Muthu ji. > Thank you very much Santhan ji and Muthu ji for suggesting the IDs. > I found botanical painting of *Strobilanthes zenkeriana* at Plant > Illustrations ORG > <http://plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=86727> ... > the leaves are kind of round rather than elliptical. > At India Nature Watch > <http://www.indianaturewatch.net/displayimage.php?id=475064> I found one > closeup of *Strobilanthus foliosus *flowers, and hint of a leaf. > > Let me check the descriptions and then come back to this post. > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > Date: 26 March 2015 at 21:28 > Subject: [efloraofindia:219269] Acanthaceae Fortnight :: Strobilanthes FOR > ID :: Ooty :: DVMAR121/132 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > > Acanthaceae Fortnight > acanthus, or ruellia family > *Strobilanthes* ¿ species ? > Dear friends, > The shrub about 3m high; flower about 4 - 5 cm long, 2 - 2.5 cm across. > ------------------------------ > at Doddabetta, Ooty on November 17, 2011 > > [image: Strobilanthes ¿ species ?] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F6370616973&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcd-CghjuK0P4JB5LMnSOpKYseFOg> > > > [image: Strobilanthes ¿ species ?] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F6370626003&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeL6VcQfl0KZzKwtBPaih0OVQDe_A> > > > [image: Strobilanthes ¿ species ?] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F6370637203&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdkyZKhrvnxibK6MTCy-z943j_eBw> > > > [image: Strobilanthes ¿ species ?] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F6370647529&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcgvgB9R_IbSOEGg6mRuoVCIn1Zqw> > > > [image: Strobilanthes ¿ species ?] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F6370661067&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf-1kFUftFYXdE92J7wOrHSeoIPiA> > > > [image: Strobilanthes ¿ species ?] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F6370675935&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfcmbz1zGS2zFbY-qjZbQl1lKRctA> > > > [image: Strobilanthes ¿ species ?] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F6370689783&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeVN9PPdkHjg_wHXsC7YbQgWTHnyg> > > > [image: Strobilanthes ¿ species ?] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F6370702921&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfsZkP92d9mJtmqu2DUMECSqkJxtw> > > > [image: Strobilanthes ¿ species ?] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F6370997283&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzctXidBnmTAE5EyqcoT4D097WBGvQ> > > > [image: Strobilanthes ¿ species ?] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F6371011071&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeHN-rEvzSiyhbs2sPnGyj8I42lqA> > Regards. > Dinesh > > -- > 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. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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