OK. Thanks. On 01-Dec-2017 6:41 PM, "C CHADWELL" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Mr Garg > > That was intentional. > > > Best Wishes, > > > Chris Chadwell > > > 81 Parlaunt Road > <https://maps.google.com/?q=81+Parlaunt+Road%C2%A0+SLOUGH+SL3+8BE+UK&entry=gmail&source=g> > > SLOUGH > <https://maps.google.com/?q=81+Parlaunt+Road%C2%A0+SLOUGH+SL3+8BE+UK&entry=gmail&source=g> > SL3 8BE > <https://maps.google.com/?q=81+Parlaunt+Road%C2%A0+SLOUGH+SL3+8BE+UK&entry=gmail&source=g> > UK > <https://maps.google.com/?q=81+Parlaunt+Road%C2%A0+SLOUGH+SL3+8BE+UK&entry=gmail&source=g> > > www.shpa.org.uk > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Cc:* efloraofindia <[email protected]>; Santhan P < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, 1 December 2017, 13:09 > *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:282771] Re: Ipomoea sp SN251117 > > Thanks, Chadwell ji. > I think your reply is incomplete as you did not tell the final I'd. > > On 01-Dec-2017 10:17 AM, "[email protected]" < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I immediately recognised what this was - an invasive ubiquitous weed I > came across during my first expedition to Ladakh in 1980, which I knew from > the UK; Stewart knew it from Sind and Punjab to 3600m in Ladakh & Baltistan. > > Pity only 2 images, not in close-up and with the flowers over-exposed (to > be fair, it is difficult to get the exposure right for white, yellow and > similar- > coloured flowers on a bright sunny day in Ladakh) were sent. An > approximate altitude should always be given. > > Perhaps the confusion has arisen by the incorrect suggestion of it > belonging to the Ipomoea genus? I do not know why this genus was > suggested. Please, please, would posters of images consider the > geographic and altitudinal ranges of genera and individual species before > making suggestions as to identification, particularly if they are senior > figures, as in many entries I see them immediately out of respect - yet they > are clearly incorrect. A large number of Ipomoea are known from India - > many being natives of tropical America, cultivated in warm countries > for their pretty flowers. However, no species have been recorded wild or > cultivated from Ladakh - it would probably be possible to cultivate > *I.purpurea* > at Leh, if it was provided with the necessary protection (this plant is > grown in Srinagar and the Murree Hills; Collet recorded it in the valleys > below Shimla) > but obviously the plant Santhan photographed is not this. > > The species photographed, assuming in the future, it is not subdivided > into more than one, is highly variable in terms of corolla colour and > leaf-shape - with > quite a number of forms and varieties recognised. > > On Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 1:23:06 AM UTC, Santhan P wrote: > > Wild herb from Hemis area Ladakh > > -- > 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@ googlegroups.com > <[email protected]>. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] . > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/ group/indiantreepix > <https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ optout > <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.
