Thanks, Chadwell ji On 22 Nov 2016 7:44 am, "[email protected]" < [email protected]> wrote:
> *I have, after typing out what is below, just noticed that the FOI site > has the plant photographed from this spot by Mohan identified as > P.bracteosa - I wish someone had told me this, if they knew! Anyhow, it > does not alter my thoughts. If Mohan or anyone else can return to the spot > and photograph the plants at the fruiting stage, the 'mystery' will be > resolved and give us clues as to what to look out for in the early stages > of flowering. Or if the specimen they come across is in flower, then make > sure you look closely to the base of the stalk of an individual flower > (i.e. pedicel) to check if it is part of an umbel (and then peduncle) or > not.* > > I am in agreement with the posting by Dr Bawri but would like to elaborate > and provide additional information. Richards in 'Primula' (2003) says that > P.gracilipes takes and intermediate position between the tighter, dwarfer > P.petiolaris (I think only recorded from Nepal and Darjeeling-side, which > if correct eliminates this from consideration for an AP specimen) and the > larger, laxer P.bracteosa. > > 'Flora of Bhutan' (covering Bhutan and Sikkim, so close to AP) give a key > that separates P.deuteronana (which the AP plant is not), P.gracilipes and > P.petiolaris from P.irregularis, P.bracteosa and P.scapigera on the basis > of: Flowers borne on pedicels amongst leaves of basal rosette, peduncles > absent in flower and fruit - *P.gracilipes* cf. Flowers borne on distinct > peduncle (often very short in flower), which elongates in fruit - > *P.bracteosa*. > > *They also have slight but diagnostic differences in the shape of the > calyx according to Richards but unhelpfully he does not say what. > According to 'Flora of Bhutan' the only differences I can understand are > shape of calyx teeth but these are similar. Such differences cannot be > seen in most photos taken of Primulas. There is a calyx visible (albeit > not very close) in the photo from AP but this does not really help much. > So am still uncertain.* > > > *As to "peduncles" and "pedicels". I think it would help to try and > explain the difference. In P.gracilipes there is no peduncle as each > individual flower is borne on a slender pedicel (the stalk of an individual > flower) from amongst the rosette of leaves. A peduncle is the stalk of the > inflorescence which in the case of P.bracteosa is present (and elongates in > fruit) as seen in the herbarium specimen at Kew: > http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000750225 > <http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000750225>. This > species has a single umbel of 3-17 flowers (each with a pedicel)* > > > On Monday, April 7, 2008 at 6:03:12 PM UTC+1, Mohan Kemparaju wrote: > >> Hi All, >> I made this image in Lama, Eaglenest NP, Arunachal Pradesh >> About 2400 m from sea level. >> Would appreciate the id. >> >> Regards >> Mohan >> > -- > 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 email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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.
