Thanks Pankaj ji for introducing information about this rare, interesting and mysterious plant. The internet is flooded with pictures and videos of this plant which looks like a seed/grain having sprounted under a shaded condition, but much more delicate and thinner. When you try to search Udumbara plant with botanical name, Ficus racemosa comes in, but this tiny plant is apparently totally different. This is the gist I got from one website:
"Udumbara, a legendary flower that is believed to blossom once every three millennia to symbolize the arrival of the Noble King of Falun (Law Wheel), was seen in Batam, Indonesia on April. 30, 2008. This is the first such finding in Indonesia. The world's first report of Udumbara was in 1997 in Korea. Previously, witnesses of Udumbara were reported in Australia, Korea, mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan. The Udumbara sprouted from Buddha Statues, bricks, glasses, iron tubes, and plant leaves. There is not a known match of this species of plant life to date. Delicate flowers are white in color and grow suspended on threadlike stalks. The stems are slimmer than human hair. Altogether Udumbara appeared on eight leaves. Some leaves had 30 little buds on them, some had 40, 50, or 60 buds. According to "Etymology in Huilin's YinYi," a Buddhist scripture from China's Tang Dynasty in the early 9th century, "Udumbara appears in Heaven. It does not belong to the human world. Only the mighty virtue of a reincarnating Tathagata or the appearance of the Noble King of Falun would cause Udumbara to appear in the human world."" Numerous sightings have been reported from China las year -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Pankaj Oudhia <[email protected]>wrote: > Rare Buddhist flower found under nun's washing machine > <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7345137/Rare-Buddhist-flower-found-under-nuns-washing-machine.html> > Ficus racemosa is known as Udumbar in Sanskrit. > > Any idea about plant mentioned in this news? > > > Pankaj Oudhia > > > > > -- > 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]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- 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.
