I also got confused by the varried colour combination in this species !! Tanay
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > 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. >> >> >> > -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant Department of Botany University of British Columbia 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036
