Dear Gurcharan ji and Garg ji, Thanks sirs for your kind appreciation Previously these bushes were only seen in Mughal gardens but now people have started planting them in their private gardens. As Gurcharan ji has rightly said before the advent of digital cameras photography was a luxury. I too purchased an entry level digital camera only after retirement when my local vendor stopped selling films saying there was no demand for them. Garg ji as always is very kind. With sincere regards Taffazull
On Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 11:41:09 AM UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote: > Beautiful presentation, Taffazull ji. > Yeh dil mange more. > > -- > With regards, > J. M. Garg > On Sun, 29 Jan, 2023, 11:36 am [email protected], <[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/81007323-a876-44c7-9762-ae9a0b28ac64n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/81007323-a876-44c7-9762-ae9a0b28ac64n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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/d69f0ebc-281b-47b8-8348-75057e701fabn%40googlegroups.com.
