Thanks Vijaysankar ji, - Tabish
On Jul 30, 1:26 pm, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> wrote: > Tabish ji, i will verify the id once again. My id has reference to the short > calyx lobes.http://www.iaat.org.in/Rheedea19_53-57.pdf > M. glabra looks different from my plant as well as that of Prashant > ji:http://www.flickr.com/photos/ncmls/4326249184/;http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Dwarf%20Mussaenda.html > > Prashant ji's plants (beautiful pictures!) have longer calyx lobes and > pubescent corolla. So both are different species as you said. > > Dinesh ji, i understand that there are some 'climbing' (straggling) shrubs > in Mussaenda, for e.g. M. pubescens. Your plant looks like a straggling > shrub to me too. So this thread contains three different species i hope. [I > am unable to give a clearer picture as i dont have access to Indian Floras > at present]. > > With regards > > Vijayasankar > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 2:44 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Vijaysankar ji, the query because, had found similar species of *Mussaenda > > * at Prabal Machi (near Panvel, Maharashtra) ... 11JUL10 8:28AM > > Could see those white bracts on the canopy of a small tree (this tree was > > out of reach, so could not get nearer). > > > A photo (very poor quality, attached) shows the sighting, leading me to > > wonder whether any Mussaenda "climbs". > > Climb may not be appropriate, nor straggle ... very loosely growing with > > sturdy support. > > > The habitat is a slope, and it is possible that the *Mussaenda* plant > > could be rooted somewhere higher up on the ground, and may have sent its > > slender branches among the tree branches ... the apparent sight could have > > misled me. > > > Regards. > > > 11JUL10 8:28AM at Prabal Machi, near Panvel, Maharashtra > > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 10:42 AM, R. Vijayasankar < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > >> It was a shrub Dinesh ji, if i remember correctly. > > >> With regards > > >> Vijayasankar > > >> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Dinesh Valke > >> <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>> Vijayasankar ji, does this plant have a climbing tendency ? > >>> Regards. > > >>> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 9:15 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>>> Thanks for sharing ... I appreciate the photography. > > >>>> Tanay > > >>>> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 8:28 AM, R. Vijayasankar < > >>>> [email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>> *Mussaenda macrophylla*, the white bracts are attractive even from a > >>>>> distance in the forest. > > >>>>> With regards > > >>>>> Vijayasankar > > >>>> -- > >>>> Tanay Bose > >>>> +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) > >>>> 9830439691(Mobile)
