After feedback from Facebook groups, I take it as R. nudiflora
On Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 11:46:39 AM UTC+5:30, Dinesh Valke wrote: > > Many thanks Gurcharan ji for bringing up these two close species ... was > not aware of *Ruellia nudiflora* being close to *Ruellia tuberosa*. > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:13 AM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for any assistance inthe matter please. >> >> On 1 April 2012 10:38, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Photographed Today from Vikas Puri, Delhi. Was growing outside a private >>> house so could net dig out for possible tuberous roots. Bracts and >>> bracteoles are definitely shorter than calyx lobes, flowers 5-6 cm long >>> blue-mauve; plants hardly 50 cm tall, leaves 5-8 cm long, long hairy >>> especially on petiole and young shoots, margin somewhat undulate with >>> prominent veins. The plant resembles one depicted as Ruellia nudiflora at >>> Flowers of India website. Please help in ID. >>> >>> >>> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-HcKPqp3ChVY/T3fhh9mlIHI/AAAAAAAAAk8/KlQQXP_rgxU/s1600/Ruellia-nudiflora-tuberosa-Vikas+puri-IMG_0081-Delhi-1.jpg> >>> Ruellia-nudiflora-tuberosa-Vikas >>> puri-IMG_0081-Delhi-1 >>> >>> >>> >>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oi8mcr9Hkw8/T3fhw1iMsyI/AAAAAAAAAlI/H6IDTcgyM4o/s1600/Ruellia-nudiflora-tuberosa-Vikas+puri-IMG_0087-Delhi-2.jpg> >>> Ruellia-nudiflora-tuberosa-Vikas >>> puri-IMG_0087-Delhi-2 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-EKjcl6hpXcs/T3fiKb-L-8I/AAAAAAAAAlU/5K42pi_RlZk/s1600/Ruellia-nudiflora-tuberosa-Vikas+puri-IMG_0084-Delhi-3.jpg> >>> Ruellia-nudiflora-tuberosa-Vikas >>> puri-IMG_0084-Delhi-3 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-H8eKt51QS_g/T3fiamAC0fI/AAAAAAAAAlg/9sOnM91yvmM/s1600/Ruellia-nudiflora-tuberosa-Vikas+puri-IMG_0091-Delhi-4.jpg> >>> Ruellia-nudiflora-tuberosa-Vikas >>> puri-IMG_0091-Delhi-4 >>> >>> >>> Gurcharan Singh >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* >> & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >> alphabetically & place-wise): >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use >> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1840 members & >> 1,10,000 messages on 31/3/12) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of more than 6500 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> >> > On Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 11:46:39 AM UTC+5:30, Dinesh Valke wrote: > > Many thanks Gurcharan ji for bringing up these two close species ... was > not aware of *Ruellia nudiflora* being close to *Ruellia tuberosa*. > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:13 AM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for any assistance inthe matter please. >> >> On 1 April 2012 10:38, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Photographed Today from Vikas Puri, Delhi. Was growing outside a private >>> house so could net dig out for possible tuberous roots. Bracts and >>> bracteoles are definitely shorter than calyx lobes, flowers 5-6 cm long >>> blue-mauve; plants hardly 50 cm tall, leaves 5-8 cm long, long hairy >>> especially on petiole and young shoots, margin somewhat undulate with >>> prominent veins. The plant resembles one depicted as Ruellia nudiflora at >>> Flowers of India website. Please help in ID. >>> >>> >>> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-HcKPqp3ChVY/T3fhh9mlIHI/AAAAAAAAAk8/KlQQXP_rgxU/s1600/Ruellia-nudiflora-tuberosa-Vikas+puri-IMG_0081-Delhi-1.jpg> >>> Ruellia-nudiflora-tuberosa-Vikas >>> puri-IMG_0081-Delhi-1 >>> >>> >>> >>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oi8mcr9Hkw8/T3fhw1iMsyI/AAAAAAAAAlI/H6IDTcgyM4o/s1600/Ruellia-nudiflora-tuberosa-Vikas+puri-IMG_0087-Delhi-2.jpg> >>> Ruellia-nudiflora-tuberosa-Vikas >>> puri-IMG_0087-Delhi-2 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-EKjcl6hpXcs/T3fiKb-L-8I/AAAAAAAAAlU/5K42pi_RlZk/s1600/Ruellia-nudiflora-tuberosa-Vikas+puri-IMG_0084-Delhi-3.jpg> >>> Ruellia-nudiflora-tuberosa-Vikas >>> puri-IMG_0084-Delhi-3 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-H8eKt51QS_g/T3fiamAC0fI/AAAAAAAAAlg/9sOnM91yvmM/s1600/Ruellia-nudiflora-tuberosa-Vikas+puri-IMG_0091-Delhi-4.jpg> >>> Ruellia-nudiflora-tuberosa-Vikas >>> puri-IMG_0091-Delhi-4 >>> >>> >>> Gurcharan Singh >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* >> & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >> alphabetically & place-wise): >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use >> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1840 members & >> 1,10,000 messages on 31/3/12) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of more than 6500 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/6a21e76f-ef59-455a-a078-8fd3a21f7284%40googlegroups.com.
