Thank you Ushadi. You are too kind. Regards, Ashwini
On Tue, 23 Apr, 2019, 10:57 AM Ushadi Micromini, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ushadi Micromini > 11:01 AM (0 minutes ago) > to efloraofindia, J.M. > what a wonderful insightful observation > and detailed macro shots > i love the details in photos > and keen observation > i applaud you, Ashwini > > Usha di > ps forgot to check the addressee list a moment ago > =========== > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 11:01 AM > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:320104] Valeriana jatamansi flower structure > ABMAR2019/01 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > Cc: J.M. Garg <[email protected]>, efloraofindia < > [email protected]> > > > what a wonderful insightful observation > and detailed macro shots > i love the details in photos > and keen observation > i applaud you, Ashwini > > Usha di > =========== > > > On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 8:03 AM Ashwini Bhatia <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Following this observation I thought it would be important to see if the >> 'male' plants seed (proving they are not male but hermaphrodite). I found >> both the larger and the smaller varieties seeding. Am I correct in deducing >> that both flowers intact are hermaphrodites and in our populations there >> are no separate male and female flowers? Please advise. >> >> Thank you. >> Ashwini >> >> *Valeriana jatamansi* >> Photos shot on April 8, 2019 >> 1800m >> Dal Lake, Dharamshala, HP >> >> >> On Fri, 5 Apr 2019 at 15:57, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Ashwini ji, for the wonderful insight. >>> >>> On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 at 18:58, Ashwini Bhatia <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> *Valeriana jatamansi* >>>> March 2019, >>>> Mcleodganj and above, Dharamshala, HP >>>> >>>> I have been looking at the flowers of our valerians here. In much of >>>> the literature on the species *V. jatamansi*, it is mentioned that the >>>> male and female flowers are found on different plants. I decided to have a >>>> closer look at the flowers and found the following: >>>> >>>> There are two kinds of flowers on different plants, one larger than the >>>> other. >>>> >>>> The smaller flowers are barely 3mm across with a style (with a trifid >>>> stigma) projecting well beyond the corolla tube. Inside the tube are three >>>> stamens whose anthers are below the neck of the corolla tube. Unless the >>>> stamens are sterile, the flower is hermaphrodite and not a female flower >>>> even though only style is visible. >>>> >>>> The larger, almost twice the size, has three stamens projecting out >>>> with white anthers and one hair-like style which seems to grow longer after >>>> the stamens drop their anthers. That stigma too becomes trifid later. Here >>>> again, unless the stigma is sterile, the flower is hermaphrodite. >>>> >>>> It can very well be that the stamens of the smaller and stigma of the >>>> larger are sterile and flowers are dominantly male and female. Otherwise >>>> they are merely pin and thrum type. >>>> >>>> Please advise. >>>> >>>> With thanks and regards, >>>> Ashwini >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at https://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> >>> >>> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >>> >>> 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 2975 members & 3,00,000 messages on 25.7.18) or >>> Efloraofindia >>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>> database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which 1,00,000 >>> are directly displayed). >>> >>> 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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