can it be Arisaema murrayi http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanbrookes/2590229214/ Regards Satish Pardeshi
On Jul 2, 9:35 pm, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Tanay, many thanks for your efforts. Am not convinced with *A. > tortuosum* because its spathe is normally green all over including the limb. > Moreover, the plant has 2 - 3 leaves, unlike solitary that is seen for this > plant. > > Many thanks to Prashant; he suggested *A. murrayi* ... this plant has > characteristic pink / purple hue on the white spathe, which is missing in > the plant in attached photos. > Re looked the photos of other plants in the same vicinity, found them to > have the purple colouration in various degrees, > > Thus considering this plant to be A. murrayi; > > Attached are cropped versions of two other plants for supporting the ID. > > Thanks and regards. > > > > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 7:42 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Dinesh Ji , > > I am quite sure it is yet to grow , if this would have been a mature spadix > > it would have turned some what black in colour which me too have noted but > > here the colour is completely green which denoted its immaturity and hence > > will still grow. I have checked it with "Flowers of Himalaya" By Oleg > > Polunin & Adam Stainton [Plate No 128] confirms the description. I am > > attaching the scanned copy of the picture and description from the book. > > Regards > > Tanay > > > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> But Tanay, > >> ... Spadix appendage 8-19 cm long , stout, at first curved and then > >> *prolonged > >> upright beyond the limb* ... > >> *is not observed* here in this plant. > > >> OR is it that the spadix is yet to grow ? > > >> Regards. > > >> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 7:14 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> Pakistan | Family List | Araceae | Arisaema > >>> *Arisaema tortuosum* var. *curvatum* (Roxb.) Engler in Pflanzenr. 4, 23 > >>> F: 191. 1920. > > >>> *Vern.:* ‘Kiriki kukri’. > > >>> *Arisaema* *curvatum* (Roxb.) Kunth > >>> *Arum* *curvatum* Roxb. > > >>> Usually monoecious but sometimes paradioecious. Leaves (1-)2, pedate; > >>> leaflets 11-13, linear to lanceolate, 9-19 x 0.6-1.7 (-2.5) cm. Spathe > >>> longer than the foliage, green, ribbed; tube 5.4-5 cm long, cylindrical, > >>> gradually broadening into an ovate, caudate-acuminate limb, larger than > >>> the > >>> tube. Spadix appendage 8-19 cm long , stout, at first curved and then > >>> prolonged upright beyond the limb, black when dry. In monoecious forms the > >>> male zone longer than the female. Stamens stalked; anther dehiscence > >>> porose. > >>> Ovary ovoid, c. 1.5 mm long; style short, stigma discoid, papillate. Berry > >>> 6-7 mm broad. Seeds 4-5, ± angular-ovoid, testa rugose, coriaceous, > >>> yellowish-brown. > > >>> *Fl. Per.:* June July. > > >>> Type: Nepal, *Wallich* 8926 (K). > > >>> Distribution: Temperate and subtropical Himalaya, Baluchistan, W. China > >>> and N. Burma. > > >>> Not common. The shape of the leaflets varies from linear-lanceolate to > >>> lanceolate. The colour of the anthers is bright yellow to white (fide > >>> Collett, l.c. 540). The type variety *tortuosum* (*Arum tortuosum* Wall. > >>> Pl. Asia, Rar. 2: 10, t. 114. 1830) differs in the broad elliptic-ovate to > >>> oblong-lanceolate leaves (4.6-10 x 2-4 cm) and the purple anthers (fide > >>> Collett, l.c.). Collett mentions that it is also earlier flowering. Its > >>> distribution is from Simla east to Burma. > > >>> A root extract is used as a vermifuge for cattle. > >>> Tanay > > >>> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 7:03 PM, Dinesh Valke > >>> <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>>> Dear friends, > >>>> This cobra lily does not have the tell-tale pink hue that is seen in > >>>> *Arisaema > >>>> murrayi*, the spadix ends within the hood of the spathe -- assumimg > >>>> therefore it may not be *A. tortuosum*. > >>>> ID please. > > >>>> Date/Time : June 27, 2010 at 3.20pm IST > >>>> Location Place : near Pavana lake > >>>> Altitude : about 600 - 700 m (above mean sea level) > >>>> GPS : not sure of location > > >>>> Habitat : wild > >>>> Type : slopes > > >>>> Plant > >>>> Habit : tuberous herb > >>>> Height : about 30 cm > >>>> Length : - not a climber - > > >>>> Leaves > >>>> Type : digitate leaf with 5 leaflets > >>>> Shape : leaflet - elliptic, pointed at both ends. > >>>> Size : about 12 cm x 8 cm > > >>>> Inflorescence > >>>> Type : spadix > >>>> Size : do not know > > >>>> Flowers > >>>> Size : do not know > >>>> Colour : do not know > >>>> Calyx : do not know > >>>> Bracts : light green spathe blending to pure white > > >>>> Fruits > >>>> Type : berries > >>>> Shape : do not know > >>>> Size : do not know > >>>> Seeds : do not know > > >>>> Other Info > >>>> Fragrance : do not know > >>>> Pollinator : do not know > >>>> Uses : do not know > > >>>> Regards. > > >>>> -- > >>>> 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%2bunsubscr...@goog > >>>> legroups.com> > >>>> . > >>>> For more options, visit this group at > >>>>http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > >>> -- > >>> Tanay Bose > >>> +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) > >>> 9830439691(Mobile) > > > -- > > Tanay Bose > > +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) > > 9830439691(Mobile) > > > > P1190756_cropped.jpg > 86KViewDownload > > P1190752_cropped.jpg > 112KViewDownload -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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