Thanks, Tabish ji. Yeah it's about yellow flowers by Pravin ji. On 22 June 2016 at 12:52, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am confused about what is being discussed here. If it is these yellow > trumpet-shaped, flowers, which are part of the post, they look like > *Merremia umbellata* http://botany.cz/en/merremia-umbellata/ > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Yellow%20Hogvine.html > http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=MEUM > Tabish > > ------------------------------------------- > <http://www.flowersofindia.net>www.flowersofindia.net > The waterhole of flower lovers > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 12:38 PM, JM Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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/ >>> >>> > -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the world- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). 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). You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- 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.
