Dear Dinesh, Very nice pics as usual. i had been to Amboli (near Sawantwadi, Maharashtra) in the first week of Aug 2010. i saw same kind of Curcuma plants, nearly 1 to 1.5 mt. tall but unfortunately not a single plant was flowering.
Amboli is called "Cherapunji" of Maharashtra. Cheers, Shubhada "I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do." ________________________________ From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, 18 August, 2010 12:50:46 AM Subject: [efloraofindia:44629] DV - 14AUG10 - 1058 :: Curcuma sp. near Valmiki Ashram Dear friends, ID please ... hopefully, have not mixed two different Curcuma plants ... (please correct me if P1220911.JPG is different) Date/Time: August 14, 2010 at 10.58am IST, Location Place: near Valmiki Ashram, Aaja Parvat, near Shahapur, Maharashtra Altitude: about 526 m ± 10m (above mean sea level) GPS: around 19°27'59.16"N, 73°40'14.29"E Habitat : moist deciduous forest Type: rain-forest Plant Habit : annual herb Height: about 1 - 1.5 m Length: - not a climber - Leaves Type: simple, with entire and slightly wavy margin, ... growing clustered from ground level Shape: elliptic, blunt tip, tapering base, fusing with stalk Size: about 50 -70 cm long, the stalk also as long as (or longer than) the leaf, about 15 - 20 cm broad Inflorescence Type: spike rising from plant base, from - among the leaf stalks Size: about 15 - 20 cm, the stalk too as long (or longer) Flowers Size: the upper-most soft pink ¿ petals ? about 6 - 7 cm x 3 - 4 cm Colour: pink tinted Calyx: do not know Bracts: do not know Fruits Type: do not know Shape: do not know Size: do not know Seeds: do not know Other Info Fragrance: do not know Pollinator: do not know Uses: do not know Regards.
