I think you are right Tabish ji. Almost similar conclusions in my this thread with similar images especially your last one.
https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic/indiantreepix/YOBJpgyBb6E Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 1:11 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the following is a good resolution to this problem (conjectured by > Wojciech Adamowski). > > - The two attached drawings were initially considered as different > varieties of Impatiens amphorata. > > > - However, the two look very different - apart from the color, the > shape of the lower sepal is different. > - The plant in the drawing labeled Plate6550 looks very close to the > recently described Impatiens devendrei. > - Unfortunately Hooker later decided to treat them as same, and merged > them into Impatiens bicolor. > - In the West the Pink-Yellow one (what Gurcharan ji found in J&K) has > become common as I. bicolor, and is available in nurseries too. However, > the plant in Plate6550 was sort of abandoned. > - As the plant in Plate6550 ls different from the pink-yellow one, > this was described as a new species, Impatiens devendrei. > > For comparison I am attaching 3 images of the flowers found in Dhanolti > and Narkanda. As you can see, they agree with the drawing in Plate6550, and > also agree with Impatiens devendrei. > Tabish > > ------------------------------------------- > <http://www.flowersofindia.net>www.flowersofindia.net > The waterhole of flower lovers > > > On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 12:32 PM Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sending them once again >> Tabish >> ------------------------------------------- >> <http://www.flowersofindia.net>www.flowersofindia.net >> The waterhole of flower lovers >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 10:44 AM Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Tabish ji I could not find the two attachments mentioned by you: >>> There seem to be two distinct forms of Impatiens bicolor, as seen in the >>> two attached illustrations. >>> They may be different varieties of Impatiens amphorata as described in >>> Flora of British India vol I, page 475-476, later merged into Impatiens >>> bicolor. >>> Comments are welcome. >>> >>> The single attachment by you has I. biflora on left and I glandulifera >>> on right. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>> Retired Associate Professor >>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>> Mob: 9810359089 >>> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 10:02 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks, Tabish ji and Singh ji >>>> >>>> On Sun 1 Jul, 2018, 2:27 PM Tabish, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> There seem to be two distinct forms of Impatiens bicolor, as seen in >>>>> the two attached illustrations. >>>>> They may be different varieties of Impatiens amphorata as described in >>>>> Flora of British India vol I, page 475-476, later merged into Impatiens >>>>> bicolor. >>>>> Comments are welcome. >>>>> Tabish >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Saturday, June 30, 2018 at 8:57:52 AM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> *Impatiens bicolor* Royle, Illustr. Bot. Himal. 151. t. 28. 1834. >>>>>> Syn: I. amphorata var. umbrosa Hook.f. >>>>>> >>>>>> Glabrous annual herb up to 70 cm tall; leaves elliptic-ovate to >>>>>> elliptic, up to 12 cm long, margin crenate-dentate, apex acuminate, >>>>>> petiole >>>>>> 2-4 cm long with basal sessile glands; flowers in subumbellate racemes, >>>>>> yellow with rose coloured upper lip; pedicel up to 2 cm long elongating >>>>>> to >>>>>> 2,5 cm in fruit; bract ovate about 3 cm long;lateral sepals 3-4 mm long, >>>>>> green, broadly ovate, subcordate, acpiculate, lower sepal broadly conical >>>>>> gradually narrowed into incurved spur about 10 mm long; anterior petal >>>>>> broadly orbicular about 8 x 15 mm rose pink; capsule cylindrical, erect, >>>>>> 2-3 cm long. >>>>>> >>>>>> Photographed between Banihal and Ramban on J & K road, alt. about >>>>>> 1500 m, July 18, 2013 >>>>>> >>>>>> There is one image of this species uploaded by Dr. Anzar Khuroo in >>>>>> our database. >>>>>> This also puts a doubt on the identity of I. bicolor uploaded on >>>>>> Flowers of India. To me it appears some other species. >>>>>> >>>>>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>>>>> Retired Associate Professor >>>>>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>>>>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>>>>> Mob: 9810359089 >>>>>> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>>>>> >>>>> >>> -- 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.
