Yes Panka ji ... *Epiphyllum oxypetalum*. At my photostream ... http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Epiphyllumoxypetalum&w=91314344%40N00&m=tags
Regards. On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Pankaj Oudhia <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks Rashida ji and Mani ji. Is it Epiphyllum species? > > regards > > Pankaj Oudhia > > > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 11:43 AM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have seen this flower in my neighbourhood, but it is not the true >> Brahmakamal. It flowers during the monsoon. It is a type of cactus. The >> flower opens during night and by day it closes. The fragrance of this >> flower is very intoxicating. There is one saying that the plant is very >> difficult to flower and the house where it flowers is very lucky. >> >> Regards, >> >> Mani. >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Rashida Atthar <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> Dr. Oudhia ji, >>> >>> This is the one generally seen in home gardens. The true one is the >>> greenish one more like a cabbage seen in the valley of flowers and Hemkund >>> slopes. >>> >>> regards, >>> Rashida. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Pankaj Oudhia >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Group Members, >>>> >>>> I received these pictures from local newspaper claiming it as true >>>> Himalayan Bramha-Kamal. I have doubt. It looks like Cactus. Please confirm >>>> it. >>>> >>>> regards >>>> >>>> Pankaj Oudhia >>>> >>> >>> >> >
