Dear Shobha Ji, The plant in the attached photo is a monocot plant which can be said from the parallel venation of the leaves. Common name of this plant is Princess Lily it was named after Princess Diana its a hybrid plant hence its scientific name is *Alstroemeria 'Princess Grace' .*Alstroemerias commonly known as "Peruvian Lily" or the "Lilies of the Incas" are all native to South America, mostly Chile and Brazil belonging to the family Alstromeriaceae. There are about 50 species and they are all in the family. Read a bit about this plant from wikipedia in the attached link... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alstroemeria
Regards Tanay On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 5:11 PM, shobha chavda <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All, > > Posting a photo for Id. > > > > *Request for ID – 260310SC1* > > Date / Time – 18 th Jan. 2010 / 10.00am > > Location – Place /Altitude / GPS – Hakgala Botanical Garden,Sri Lanka. > About 5000- 6000ft.above sea-level > > Habitat – Garden/ Urban/ Wild / Type – Garden > > Plant Habit – Tree/Shrub / Climber /Herb – A small herb > > Height /Length – About 2 ft. > > Leaves Type / Shape / Size – As seen in photo > > Inflorescence Type /Size – > > Flowers Size /Colour /Calyx – Pinkish red corolla > > Fruits Type /Shape /Size / Seeds – > > Other Information like Fragrance,Pollinator,Uses etc – > > > > Thanx, > > Shobha > > -- > 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. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
