Brahama-kamal is Saussure obvallata (DC.) Edgew,, a high altitude plant of Himalayas not found at altitudes below 3500m. The confusion is genuine as you see from the following links (the same blog shows true Saussurea obvallata and flowers with numerous stamens (obviously Epiphyllum oxypetalum). I hope newspaper reporter got carried away by mixture of photographs on the internet:
http://www.somewhereinblog.net/blog/mohdfiendblog/28874873/ Here is the true opened flower head of Saussurea obvallata http://www.eoearth.org/article/Nanda_Devi_and_Valley_of_Flowers_National_Park,_India <http://www.somewhereinblog.net/blog/mohdfiendblog/28874873/> Pankaj ji, you may be right, it could be Epiphyllum oxypetalum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphyllum_oxypetalum http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://chicagohouseplants.com/ESTORE/epiphyllum_02.jpg&imgrefurl=http://store.chicagohouseplants.com/rare-magnificent-bloom-xlarge-epiphyllum-houseplant.html&usg=__jUC07QLUm8KU23dP53uU9CECGjo=&h=619&w=814&sz=85&hl=en&start=0&sig2=dBooXd1lO7Pov054nAHlRw&tbnid=xQXq1hnjP-oI2M:&tbnh=143&tbnw=176&ei=crhXTMaRMYvCrAef5amJCA&prev=/images%3Fq%3DEpiphyllum%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1006%26bih%3D605%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=133&vpy=117&dur=996&hovh=196&hovw=258&tx=144&ty=85&page=1&ndsp=17&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0 -- 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/ 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 >>>> >>> >>> >> >
