Dear Tanay, The correct name is indeed Strobilanthes auriculata, according to International Plant Names Index. Strobilanthes auriculatus is not an accepted name. Dear Prashant, I myself was planning to write to JRI Wood, seeing that he is an expert on Strobilanthes species. You already did that, he identified it without expressing any doubt. It must be the right ID. I haven't been able to get a description of this species yet. Cheers! - Tabish
On Mar 11, 6:37 pm, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Tabish Ji, > I hope it will be *Strobilanthes auriculatus* and not *S auriculata*. > Regards > Tanay > > > > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Prashant awale <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Tabish, > > Here is the reply which i had received from Mr J.R.I. wood (John Wood), > > Oxford. > > > "Plant is *Strobilanthes auriculata*. Note broad bracts covered in long > > hairs and sessile leaves. > > A very nice photo!. > > > regards > > Prashant > > > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Dear Tanay, > >> The flower at FOI, named Koutruk Lei, has proved to be really difficult > >> to identify, simply because not much was known to us apart from this poor > >> quality picture taken at a flower show, where the claim about the long > >> flowering period was mentioned (has not been verified). Dimple's plant > >> looks > >> to me the same as what we have - so I am happy to have clear photographs > >> and > >> more info on it. > >> I was very excited at first, to know that this has been identified. > >> However, in your description, the flowers are 2-2.8 cm long, and the > >> bracts > >> are 2 cm long, lanceshaped. So, the bracts are nearly as long as the > >> flowers. On the other hand, in Dimple's pics, the bracts (forming spikes of > >> overlapping green bracts) are much smaller than the flowers, and are > >> roundish or heart-shaped in shape. > >> I am attaching a drawing of *Strobilanthes quadrifaria *for > >> comparison. So, to me it appears that this should be some other species of > >> Strobilanthes. > >> I should also mention that the genus Strobilanthes has many species > >> with long gaps between flowering - Kurinji and Karvy are two well-known > >> examples. > >> Best wishes > >> - Tabish > > >> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 9:07 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>> Dear all, > >>> The plant in the attached photo is *Strobilanthes quadrifaria **(Wall. > >>> ex Nees)* belonging to the family Acanthaceae. In the Flowers of India > >>> site it has been put under the unidentifies section calling it "Kortuk > >>> Lei" > >>> in Manipuri. > > >>> Description of the plant : > > >>> Undershrub (0.2–)1–1.5 m high, stems pilose with large-celled hairs. > >>> Leaves equal in > >>> each pair, petiolate; petioles (0.3–)1.5–4 cm long, pilose; blades > >>> 5–11×2–6 cm, elliptic to > >>> ovate, acute, base attenuate and ± decurrent onto the petiole, margin > >>> crenulate-dentate, rather > >>> densely pilose with large white hairs on both surfaces and especially on > >>> the veins. > >>> Inflorescence of shortly pedunculate axillary and terminal spikes densely > >>> covered with long, > >>> silky, white large-celled hairs, spikes 2–5 cm long, ca. 1 cm wide, very > >>> compact; peduncles > >>> 0.5–1 cm long. Bracts lanceolate, ca. 2×0.6 cm, pilose with white > >>> large-celled hairs; > >>> bracteoles ovate, ca. 5×2 mm, pilose with white large-celled hairs > >>> especially towards the > >>> apex. Calyx 8–10 mm long, silky, with white large-celled hairs, 5-lobed > >>> to 1 mm of the base, > >>> lobes linear, acuminate, ciliate. Corolla in bud puberulent, in flower > >>> purple, 2–2.8 cm long, > >>> straight, the tube 2 mm wide at the base, then gradually widened to 6–8 > >>> mm, outside glabrous > >>> except for the lobes, inside glabrous except for hairs retaining the > >>> style, lobes ovate, rounded, > >>> 4×4 mm; stamens 4, didynamous, filaments pilose, the longer pair ca. 8 mm > >>> long, the shorter > >>> pair ca. 4 mm long; anthers included, the thecae oblong, glabrous, 3×1 > >>> mm. Style ca. 2 cm > >>> long, glabrous except for pilose at the base, ovary glabrous. Capsule not > >>> seen. > >>> Regards > >>> Tanay > > >>> *Garg Ji Please forward this mail to Tabish Ji from "Flowers of India " > >>> He can use this information if need . > >>> * > >>> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 5:54 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> Forwarding again for Id assistance pl. > >>>> Earlier relevant feedback: > >>>> “... *some species of Strobilanthes*?” from Dinesh ji. > > >>>> “............*looks like Perilepta auriculata from Acanthaceae* > >>>> thanks > >>>> N.S.Dungriyal IFS” > > >>>> “Thanks for trying but it *did not match*. I went through The flowers > >>>> of > > >>>> India & I found it in the list of unidentified flowers. Would you > > >>>> please help me identify it. Regards dolly” > > >>>> "Thanks Mr.Garg I have little more information regarding the flower.*In > >>>> the flowersofindia this flower is unidentified > >>>> * & in the details it says that it flowers once in nine years which > >>>> could be true but I have been seeing it flowering for two to three years > >>>> in > >>>> the same spot & it is exactly the same flower shown in the unidentified > >>>> pics > >>>> of flowersofindia. Regards Dimple. " > >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >>>> From: dimple bhati <[email protected]> > >>>> Date: 3 January 2010 15:14 > >>>> Subject: [indiantreepix:25911] Hairy looking blue flower for Id > >>>> To: [email protected] > > >>>> Hi friends I have seen this flower growing in the creeks of the dried > >>>> river bed & close to the nallah in MP. It grows up to 2 to 2.5 ft in a > >>>> creeping way but the flower always upwards, it grows from March till > >>>> April. > >>>> I am pretty sure that it is not nilgonda. > > >>>> -- > >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>>> Groups "indiantreepix" 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. > > >>>> -- > >>>> 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]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > >>>> . > >>>> For more options, visit this group at > >>>>http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > >>> -- > >>> Tanay Bose > >>> +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) > >>> 9830439691(Mobile) > >>> 9674221362 (Mobile) > > >> -- > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Tabish Qureshi Phone: 011-26981753, 32959320(res) > >> Department of Physics Email: [email protected] > >> Jamia Millia Islamia Webpage:http://tabish.freeshell.org > >> New Delhi - 110025. > >>http://www.jamia-physics.net > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> -- > >> 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. > > -- > Tanay Bose > +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) > 9830439691(Mobile) > 9674221362 (Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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