Dear Ms Raghavan, Dr Turaga, Dr Alfred, Mrs Pejaver Sorry for the long silence. I was away for some time myself from Pune. When I came back, pre-monsoon showers wet many seeds s I had to wait for two-three days of good sunshine to collect seeds.
I have been able to collect small numbers of a variety of seeds but I could not get Dalbergia melanoxylon as the ripe ones had been dashed to the ground. I am sending Ms Raghavan, Dr Turaga & Dr Alfred packets of the following seeds: Trees : - *Neem *(Azadirachta indica). - *Shisham *(Dalbergia sissoo). - Sausage Tree (Kigelia africana) - *Chandan *(Santalum album) Creepers : - *Gokarn *(Clitoria terneata) - Dutchman's Pipe or *Badak-vel* (Aristolochia ringens) These are being sent by registered post to your addresses. My father-in-law, Mr Nandan Kalbag tells me that the Aristolochia seeds have high failure rates, so I think that you may get about four-five plants max from the seeds I am sending you. Mrs Pejaver, I have collected a large packet of Chandan seeds. I will now collect Karanj (Pongamia glabra) seeds for you. If the students you mentioned could contact me it would help me get the seeds before Monsoon. For your needs, I am trying to collect Indian species only. I do hope you enjoy planting the seeds and getting saplings. Growing plants from seeds gives you happiness different from buying from Nurseries but is more challenging. I think these should be able to survive anywhere in the plains of mainland India. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Col Ashwin Baindur OIC Corps Archive & Museum, CME, Dapodi Pune 411031 ------------------------------------------- Tel : 020-27147976 (R), Mob : 09923454462 Email: ashwin.baindur(at)gmail.com, ashwin_baindur(at)yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ One does not often associate James Michener with nature-writing.Yet it is difficult to find one of his epics which has not been embellished by a tale about the land, its formation, the animals, the plants and the people who live amongst them.... Read "Epic splendour- The nature writing of James Michener. " in... Blog: http://thebutterflydiaries.wordpress.com/2010/02/13/epic-splendour/ "The Butterfly Diaries" The natural travails of an Army Officer in Hindostan! On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]>wrote: > I am interested in African Blackwood and Chandan seeds-- if you have any > left after the eagar response you have received! > I can give you seeds of Mahogany and Mauve Lagerstroemia speciosa and the > Badminton ball tree (Parkia biglandulosa). > Regards, > > Padmini Raghavan > 5, Madhuvan > 200 LLoyds Road > Chennai 600086. > 9840220673 > 044-28352226 > [email protected] > > PS. I live in a second floor apt but have given saplings to a few friends, > a PWD Park maintained by our NGO, Nizhal, and the garden started at Puzhal > Jail. > I've just planted three saplings outside my apt block. > -- 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.
