Dear Sir Ji, >From you mail it seems that this plant is a chimeric by nature containing characters of both *N mexicana* and *N candida*. The point you are referring to is quite visible in your photograph. Can you kindly check from the authorities in KEW whether *N candida* sometimes have such yellow tinge in them. Their confirmation will a great link to solve the ID of this aquatic plant or at least we can get a good link from them.
Regards Tanay On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > Tabish ji, Tanay and Balkar ji > Tabish ji may be right. I had identified this as Nymphaea candida and got > it confirmed from an authority in KEW, but only question mark was that N. > candida is a species of colder climate. For me the flowers were white but > yes I agree they have yellowish tinge. Other features that support Tabish > ji's conclusion are that both leaves (when crowded) and flowers rise above > water surface. The only two things that bother me now are larger leaves up > to 30 cm across (they are generally supposed to be less than 18 cm in N. > mexicana), and absence of brownish spots on the under side. > For present N. mexicana is the logical conclusion. > Thanks Tabish ji once again. > > > -- > 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: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> > > On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 9:06 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From the links provided by Tabish Ji it seems to be Nymphaea mexicana >> >> >> Regards >> >> >> -- >> Dr Balkar Singh >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> Arya P G College, Panipat >> Haryana-132103 >> 09416262964 >> >> -- >> 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.
