Dear Garg ji, Thanks for confirming. Link to description in Flora of China is : http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200008496 Regards Taffazull
On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 5:24:53 PM UTC+5:30 J.M. Garg wrote: > Yes, matches as per images at > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimonanthus_praecox > > On Fri, 3 Feb 2023 at 15:55, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, Taffazull ji >> -- >> With regards, >> J. M. Garg >> >> On Fri, 3 Feb, 2023, 3:45 pm [email protected], <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Two photos: >>> Photo 1 is longitudinal section of Hypanthium showing multiple carpels >>> and their styles. >>> Photo 2 shows an individual carpel with a ovary of 1mm length and its >>> style of nearly 3mm length. >>> In August the ovaries would have transformed into brown achenes. >>> Although it can be propagated from seed but because of the long time taken >>> it is said that it is better to propagate it from cuttings however so far I >>> have not been lucky in doing this. >>> >>> On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 7:39:50 PM UTC+5:30 [email protected] >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Details of Flower: >>>> Flower1: Photo of long waxy yellow tepals and shorter purplish red >>>> inner tepals >>>> Anther 1 and Anther 2: photo of 5 stamens with tepals removed >>>> Filament 1: Photo showing attachment of filament to anther. >>>> Style: Shows multiple styles(styloids) . Both styles and bases of >>>> filaments are hairy. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 2:46:33 PM UTC+5:30 [email protected] >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> 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/565cf80d-d9af-404e-8774-cc58c70e3b48n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/565cf80d-d9af-404e-8774-cc58c70e3b48n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. 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