Thanks, Singh ji. I will certainly have a look and do the needful pl. Thanks, for the wonderful discussions.
On Mon 2 Jul, 2018, 6:25 PM Gurcharan Singh, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Tabish ji for opening up the topic. After sending you confirmed > images of I. bicolor to you last week I was all the time wondering what > would be the plant which was earlier on Flowers of India as I. bicolor. I > think that plant as well as my images Chakrata which I was unsure between > I. amphorata and I. sulcata, and regarding which there were useful feedback > from Wojciech, a well known authority, we can safely say these images > belong to I. davendrae. > Garg ji you can remove ? after I. davendrae regarding my images. > > 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 6:02 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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.
