Thank you Saroj ji for checking. If you do see gentians flowering on your outdoor trips, please share.
With warm regards, Ashwini On 25 January 2018 at 18:14, Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
