Dear Ashwini Ji, So far I have not shot in Drc/Jan.
Thank you. Saroj Kasaju On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 5:24 PM, Ashwini Bhatia <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Saroj ji for the links. Have you also photographed some in > December or January? Or the *G. argentea*. I am curious if these are > coming out early only in our area. > > Thank you once again for finding the time to reply to my queries. > > > > On 25 January 2018 at 16:05, Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Ashwin Ji, >> >> Very nice documentation covering major aspects. >> >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/ojdT7r5Nswc >> >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/m0yvUC0JeGA >> >> >> >> >> >> Thank you. >> >> Saroj Kasaju >> >> On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 9:41 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Ashwini ji, for beautiful details and presentation. >>> >>> On 25-Jan-2018 8:40 AM, "Ashwini Bhatia" <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> *Gentiana pedicellata* has smaller flowers (7-8mm across), which are >>> usually deeper blue than those of *G. argentea *and *G. capitata*. The >>> throat lines are dark blue. Plicae are closer in size to the petals giving >>> a more round appearance to the flower. The plants now are closer to the >>> ground (about 2cm high), much branched and hardly show the stems. Sepals >>> are out-curved, edged in black or dark purple, and reach about half-way up >>> the corolla tube. The basal leaves are longer and fall off early. I am >>> quoting Polunin and Stainton's description to support my identification; >>> >>> *750-3800m. Cultivated areas, shrubberies; common in Nepal on heavily >>> grazed ground. * >>> *Jan.–Jun.* >>> >>> *A small much-branched annual herb in lax form, with tiny pale blue >>> flowers at the ends of terminal and lateral branches. Flowers 6-8mm long, >>> with shallow triangular lobes with fine points and with lobules a little >>> shorter and broader; calyx about half as long as corolla, with out-curved >>> lobes. Leaves lanceolate 5-10mm, the basal leaves when present much longer >>> and broader; stems branched above, to 8cm but often much shorter.* >>> >>> This description matched our plants closely. Our plants are short and >>> that could either be because of the heavily-grazed slope or the timing of >>> flowering. In better, undisturbed conditions, plants may grow taller. I >>> will keep a lookout for that. >>> >>> Please correct me if I am wrong. I would also love to hear from Saroj >>> Kasaju ji to know if this plant is in flower in his location in Nepal and >>> whether it has similar characteristics. >>> >>> *Gentiana pedicellata* >>> Near Dal Lake, Dharamshala, HP >>> 1800m approx. >>> All photos: 29 Dec. to 18 Jan. 2018 >>> >>> Thank you. >>> Ashwini >>> >>> The last photo shows it next to *G. argentea* stem and leaves. >>> >>> -- >>> 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.
