Two more photos: Photo1 shows the bush flowering in snow. That is perhaps why it is called *Gol e Yakh* ( Ice Flower) in Persian. The tall tree in the background is an Elm (Ulmus sp.) called *Bren *in Kashmiri. Photo2 is a closeup of the flowers
On Sunday, January 29, 2023 at 11:36:44 AM UTC+5:30 [email protected] wrote: > Dear members, > Am posting photos of the shrub wintersweet (*Chimonanthus praecox*)which > is becoming popular in lawns of homes in Srinagar. > Habitat: Cultivated. In gardens and lawns > Habit: Shrub with a woody stem 3-4 m high. > Family: Calycanthaceae native to China > It is deciduous and sheds all its leaves in autumn. Around the last week > of January it starts flowering and the pale yellow waxy flowers borne in > profusion remain till early March. The inner tepals have purplish red > bases. The flowers are very fragrant and to me their fragrance seems very > similar to that of Narcissus flowers'. In light breeze a single tree can > fill a moderate sized lawn with its fragrance. > For members who like myself are fascinated by the shape of pollen grains I > have also posted pictures of its pollen seen through a microscope. The > pollen is peculiar in that it seems spherical when seen in polar view but > appears elongated in equatorial view. Experts have used SEM images of its > pollen to distinguish between its different cultivars. > Regards > Taffazull > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/34a2b022-0044-470c-a972-8cf94c20b916n%40googlegroups.com.
