Hello all Canna can be seen growing luxuriantly in small ponds and places where water has logged and along nallas (common along railway tracks, especially observed in Mumbai). it is not merely a garden plant, but can be commonly found as an escape.
Regards Satish Pardeshi On Feb 16, 5:03 pm, "Gurcharan Singh" <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes Garg ji, you are right. It is C. indica. > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College > University of Delhi, Delhi > Indiahttp://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: J.M. Garg > To: efloraofindia > Cc: Sumit ; Gurcharan Singh-sify ; Dinesh Valke > Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:54 AM > Subject: Fwd: Is this a wild Canna? > > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise pl. > > Earlier relevant feedback: > > “my thoughts: ... assuming it to be the typical Canna indica. > An irony? Though indica, which would mean "of or from India", the plant is > known to be native of tropical region of western hemisphere, widely > cultivated / naturalised in tropical regions of eastern hemisphere. > > Sumit ji, you may have found some of these plants "growing unattended" thus > wild, however in the vicinity of inhabited area. > Please wait for comments.” from Dinesh ji. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Sumit <[email protected]> > Date: 4 January 2010 11:14 > Subject: Is this a wild Canna? > To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> > > Plants were about 6 feet tall on average. Hoogly Dsitrict, WB. > Thanks for your help. > Regards, > Sumit > > Sumit K Sen > Kolkata, India > www.kolkatabirds.com > http://twitter.com/sumitksen > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, > Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & > place-wise):http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg > For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- > Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
