Thanks, Chadwell ji On 24 Nov 2016 7:05 pm, "C CHADWELL" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Sonali > > Greetings. Your observation suggests that this plant *has* naturalised > (whereas in 'Flora of Bhutan' the authors > said it was not (at least not when published in 1994) but their > frist-hand field experience in Sikkim would have been > minimal (or perhaps even zero as they concentrated upon Bhutan) . I > hope 'Montbretia' has not or does > not, become an invasive weed damaging populations of native plants. In > the wetter districts of the UK (and many other > parts of Europe, through to arctic Norway and even Alaska) 'Himalayan > Balsam' (Impatiens glandulifera) has become > an invasive weed being troublesome in places - it seems to have been first > introduced (deliberately, for its ornamental > merit sometimes back in the 1830s). > > Plants are naturalised all over the world. I encounter many people who > think a cultivated plant or escape > from cultivation (or a plant which arrived accidently as seed) are > natives/growing wild. > > Some of such plants which in the UK botanists call ALIENS & ADVENTIVES can > be prominent and showy. > > The National Flower of the Philippines (decided by an American) is not a > native species! > > Where I live in the UK, such ALIENS & ADVENTIVES represent a significant > part of the flora. > > Best Wishes, > > > Chris Chadwell > > > 81 Parlaunt Road > SLOUGH > SL3 8BE > UK > > www.shpa.org.uk > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Sonali Verma <[email protected]> > *To:* J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > *Cc:* [email protected]; efloraofindia < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, 24 November 2016, 10:25 > *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:257535] Re: ID this plant seen in > Darjeeling and also in places in Sikkim. > > Thanks so much for the id, Chadwell ji and Garg ji! I almost thought it > was a naturally growing plant since I could see it everywhere on the hills. > :) > > On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 5:37 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, Chadwell ji > > On 24 Nov 2016 7:04 am, "[email protected] om > <[email protected]>" <[email protected] om > <[email protected]>> wrote: > > Not much of an image to go on but this is distinctive. Commonly known in > UK as 'Montbretia' this is Crocosmia x crocosmifolia. Local forms typically > with tawny-orange flowers but specific cultivars available. According to > Flora of Bhutan found in Darjeeling Town etc. and Sikkim (Yoksum etc.) - a > hybrid of horticultural origin from S.African parents commonly cultivated > in gardens in Darjeeling and Sikkim, less frequently in Bhutan but not > becoming naturalised. Close to Gladiolus (Iridaceae - the Iris family). > > Commonly cultivated in UK and very tolerant of shade; naturalised by sides > of lakes, rivers and ditches in hedge-banks, on waste ground and in woods, > spreading by vegetative means and by seed. > > First raised at Nancy, France by Victor Lemoine by crossing C.potsii with > C.aurea. Flowered for first time in 1880. > > Even found it within the 2km x 2km tetrad local tetrad I am recording > towards the Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland's 2020 Atlas in waste > ground at the edge of a wood where garden refuse was dumped. > > On Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at 5:43:29 AM UTC, Sonali Verma wrote: > > Please help me identify this. > > -- > 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 indiantreepix+unsubscribe@goog legroups.com > <[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] . > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/grou p/indiantreepix > <https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/op tout > <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.
