Forwarding again for Id assistance please.
Some earlier relevant feedback: The original reference for Ipomoe clarkei, Flora of British India, describes I. clarkei as having ovate-lanceshaped leaves. Leaves are deeply heart-shaped at the base, with a long pointed tip. It does not say anything at all about the leaves being 3-lobed. Also the flowers are described as being more than 1 inch in size, larger than Ipomoea obscura flowers, which many people would have seen: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Obscure%20Morning%20Glory.html (I sometimes get very irritated with botanists for not mentioning a simple thing like the color of the flower!) Now I am sure Niel's flowers are less than 2 cm (Neil, do let me know if it is otherwise). Also, the leaves are sometimes entire-heart- shaped and sometimes 3-lobed. Which makes me strongly believe it to be Ipomoea triloba. Maybe foreigners (exotics) have infilitrated Neil's property without him realizing it! ;-) Coming to Pravin's flower, the leaves seem to agree with the description if I. clarkei quite well, but the flowers *appear to be* large. Pravin, do you remember the approximate size of the flowers? The sepals of I. clarkei are supposed to be narrow, linear - a bud in Pravin's pic does show narrow linear sepals. I am very keen to know the identity of Pravin's flower - if it is indeed an Ipomoea, it would be the only yellow Ipomoea I know! Best wishes - Tabish The flower size is aprox. 2 inches Thanks Pravin On Saturday, 26 September 2009 11:05:38 UTC+5:30, Pravin wrote: > > Hi, > Flowers of Ipomoea clarkei > Marathi name Sonpungali > At Kanakeshwar > 26/09/2009 > Thanks > > > DSC06613.JPG > DSC06611.JPG > DSC06618.JPG > > These pictures were sent with Picasa, from Google. > Try it out here: http://picasa.google.com/ > > -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
