Dear Prashant, ... certainly Milind ji's ID must be correct. In your photos, aerial bulbil is seen, though not in focus ... pointing to *D. bulbifera*.
My query: 1) ... are the aerial bulbils only to be seen in *D. bulbifera* ? 2) ... the staminate flower, appears solitary ... would that happen in *D. bulbifera* ? Based my ID with following: 1) ... male-flowered raceme of *D. bulbifera* ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/3871528410/ 2) ... female-flowered raceme of *D. belophylla* ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/4787506842/ Regards. On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Prashant awale <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friends, > Response from Dr. Milind Sardesai ji... > > "It is Dioscorea bulbifera only. There is great variation range one can > observe in Dioscorea". > > Thanks Dr Milind ji & Dinesh ji. > regards > Prashant > > On 7/27/10, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Prashant ... my mistake earlier. >> This indeed is, *Dioscorea belophylla* ... here seen is the male flower. >> >> ... Male spikes 2.5-4 cm long, 1-2 together in the axils or sometimes >> forming leafless panicles; stamens 6, all antheriferous. >> Reference: Flora of Pakistan ... >> http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242422012 >> >> Regards. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Pinki <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> i dont know this plant but have a query regarding Dioscorea >>> belophylla. where in north India i can find Dioscorea belophylla >>> plant...? >>> >>> On Jul 25, 10:49 am, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Think this not *Dioscorea belophylla *Prasant Ji, kindly wait for more >>> > responses. >>> > Tanay >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >>> > On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Prashant awale <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > > Dear Friends, >>> > >>> > > Came across this Climber on the way to Prabalgad. Could this be >>> *Dioscorea >>> > > belophylla*? Pl. validate the ID. >>> > >>> > > Date/Time: 25-07-2010/ 03:25PM >>> > >>> > > Location: On the way to Prabalgad (Panvel region). >>> > >>> > > Habitat: Wild >>> > >>> > > Plant Habit:Climber >>> > >>> > > Flower to small, hardly 2 to 4mm, creamy white. >>> > >>> > > regards >>> > > Prashant >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Tanay Bose >>> > +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) >>> > 9830439691(Mobile) >>> >> >> >
