Thanks a lot, Chadwell ji. On 12 Jan 2017 1:49 a.m., "[email protected]" < [email protected]> wrote:
> These images do remind me of/suggest what in the UK we know as a > 'Japanese' Anemone - very much a GARDEN plant and NOT a > form of the wild Anemone vitifolia. These are understood to be of HYBRID > origin, a deliberate cross involving Anemone vitifolia (one > of the earliest introductions of this species into cultivation in the West > was from Shimla in the 19th Century and Anemone hupehensis > (a Chinese species widely grown in Japan). In the past the name was > Anemone x hybrid but that may have changed. MANY cultivars > are known such as 'Prince Heinrich' and 'Honorine Jobert'. > > *Does seem strange to apparently have a cultivar being grown in a Shimla > garden with one of the 'parents' perhaps originating not* > *far from the very spot, more than a century earlier!* > > > Anemone vitifolia is an attractive plant by itself but often seems to > struggle in cultivation in the West, whereas various hybrids flourish. > > I grew (and am having difficulties getting rid of it) a plant in the Kohli > Memorial Botanical Garden from seed sent to me as A.vitifolia from > the Berlin Botanic Garden, which flourished and produced an ornamental > plant but I suspect a hybrid. Plants once in cultivation can be > prone to hybridising (unintentionally down to bees or other > pollinators). More genera are susceptible to this than those widely > recognised, > such as Geranium, Aquilegia and so on. It may be worthwhile me posting > some images for comparison purposes. > > > On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 2:57:04 PM UTC, Balkar wrote: > >> Dear All >> pls id this Anemone sp >> shot from IAS Shimla >> Thanks >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> Dr Balkar Singh >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology & >> Horticulture Incharge >> Arya P G College, Panipat >> Haryana-132103 >> 09416262964 >> > -- > 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.
