Hello Mayur Nandikar has identified this as Crassula quatrifida. Below is an extract of the mail that he sent to me:
Unfortunately, a year before the tree where you have clicked the pictures > fall down on glass house and it is under renovation. > The good thing is, we are able to locate the same plant in a rock garden, > and along the Ghat side towards Canoor, apparently it is naturalized. > A further search revealed the plant is listed in the checklist of Ooty > Botanical Garden and Flora of Tamil Nadu as *C**rassula quadrifida > *(Crassulaceae). > It is a synonym of *Crassula **multiclava *and probably from South Cape. > How it has been introduced is unclear!. It is a beautiful plant. Thank you Mayur ji for the ID. Regards Alka Khare On Monday, January 5, 2015 at 9:42:19 AM UTC+5:30, Ushadi wrote: > > yes that is a distinct possibility > i have been searching my brains out for 4 petaled flowers of succulent > leaved plants ... but the growth habit of the stalk throws me > > it may be the place and where / how its growing... > > Kalanchoe sp is definitely a good fit > > I wonder what would it do and develop as if planted if a cutting or even a > leaf were to be transplanted in a well drained sandy soil, like any old > kalanchoe? > > > > usha di > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 8:46 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: V.S. Ramachandran < >> Date: 4 January 2015 at 22:57 >> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:209698] Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and >> Myrtaceae Fortnight :: Crassulaceae :: ID Request :: Ooty Bot. Gdn. :: >> ARKDEC-26 >> To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected] <javascript:>> >> >> >> It is Kalanchoe sps. >> >> On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 6:44 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected] <javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> Forwarding again for Id assistance please. >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Alka Khare <[email protected] <javascript:>> >>> Date: 19 December 2014 at 11:54 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:209698] Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and Myrtaceae >>> Fortnight :: Crassulaceae :: ID Request :: Ooty Bot. Gdn. :: ARKDEC-26 >>> To: [email protected] <javascript:> >>> >>> >>> Hello friends >>> >>> Requesting to please provide ID of the plant captured at Ooty Bot. Gdn. >>> in November 2013. >>> It was found growing on a tree. >>> >>> Thanks and regards >>> Alka Khare >>> >>> -- >>> 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] <javascript:>. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> <javascript:>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >>> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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Of Botany >> Bharathiar University >> Coimbatore- 641 046. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >> The whole world uses my Image Resource >> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as >> per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >> world- more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or >> Efloraofindia >> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >> database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 images). Winner of >> Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >> >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> > > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > -- 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.
