Dear Dinesh, I had noticed this plant both on Panvel side as well as on matheran side.Photos shared by me were from Matheran side. regards Prashant On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote:
> If not wrong, my plant could be same as Prashant's, on account of location. > My plant found near Prabal Machi (Panvel side) ... Prashant's could be > Matheran side. > > Regards. > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com>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 >> <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>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 < >>> vijay.botan...@gmail.com> 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 < >>>> dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Vijayasankar ji, does this plant have a climbing tendency ? >>>>> Regards. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 9:15 AM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for sharing ... I appreciate the photography. >>>>>> >>>>>> Tanay >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 8:28 AM, R. Vijayasankar < >>>>>> vijay.botan...@gmail.com> 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) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
