i will go with Neil ji Regards
On Aug 18, 9:31 am, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
