Hi Dinesh, This is the regular Hill Tumeric [Cucurma pseudomontana]. I don't see anything different in this specimen. Have plenty of these currently flowering on my property. Will send photographs later in the day if required. Regards, Neil.
--- On Wed, 8/18/10, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> Subject: [efloraofindia:44629] DV - 14AUG10 - 1058 :: Curcuma sp. near Valmiki Ashram To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 12:50 AM 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.
