Yes I hope you are correct tabish Ji, the flower has a yellow shade . Tanay
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 8:49 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > Nymphaea candida is supposed to have ovate-oblong petals. The petals > in the pictures here look too pointy. My second doubt comes from the > color of the flower, which looks pale yellow rather than white. > I suspect it to be Nymphaea mexicana. See the following links: > http://www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=14548 > > > http://www.ew.govt.nz/Policy-and-plans/Regional-Pest-Management-Strategy/Regional-Pest-Management-Strategy-2008-2013/Part-2/5-Pest-plants/54-Potential-pest-plants/5414-Mexican-water-lily-Nymphaea-mexicana/ > However, I cannot say all this confidently. > - Tabish > > On May 24, 7:30 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nymphaea candida growing in Lily pond of our College. For some time I was > > considering this as N. alba but as per Flora Europaea and Flora of China > the > > two differ in that stigmatic disc is depressed and stigmatic rays less > than > > 14 in N. candida as against flat or slightly convex disc and more than 14 > > rays in N. alba. Kindly compare and validate. > > > > -- > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > Retired Associate Professor > > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: > > 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/<http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > > > Nymphaea-candida-Delhi-1.jpg > > 171KViewDownload > > > > Nymphaea-candida-Delhi-2.jpg > > 152KViewDownload > > > > Nymphaea-candida-Delhi-3.jpg > > 126KViewDownload > > > > Nymphaea-candida-Delhi-4.jpg > > 142KViewDownload > > > > Nymphaea-candida-Delhi-5.jpg > > 251KViewDownload > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
