Thank you very much Neil ji. *CURCUMA*s keep confusing me. Would like to see different stages of this *Curcuma*'s growth. - Does the plant starts growing with the first showers of monsoon ? - Does the flower spike start growing right then, and grows along with leaves - Normally, how long do these flowers stay with the plant ?
Regards. On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > >
