I too think the same it can be a horticultural variety as said by Dinesh ji But *C radicans* is more popular in Delhi and adjoining regions Tanay
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Gurcharan ji, ... horticultural variety is a possibility. > Regards. > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> After seeing C. radicans from Kashmir I was confused about the identity of >> Campsis commonly growing in Delhi and earlier identified by me as C. >> radicans and also depicted on Flowers of India website as C. radicans. The >> typical C. radicans from Kashmir has much longer corolla tube (6-8 cm long >> as against 4-5 in C. grandiflora) and shallowly parted calyx tube. The >> plants from Delhi though with slightly smaller flowers have shorter corolla >> and deeply parted calyx, which leads me to think that my Campsis from Delhi >> may be smaller form of C. grandiflora and not C. radicans. >> Kindly give your critical views on this. >> >> -- >> 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/> >> >> > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile)
