... going by the species popular in gardens of India (unacceptable approach for ID !!!) , -- *Brownea coccinea* ... the West Indian mountain rose ... native of West Indies and northern South America. Regards.
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:21 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Brownea coccinea I hope > tanay > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Alok-- >> >> A Brownea species, native to South America, though I'm not familiar >> enough with them to give you the correct species. They are all very >> beautiful (and somewhat similar) in flower. Hopefully someone can provide >> the correct species. >> >> Regards-- >> Ken. >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Alok Goyal <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Thu, September 2, 2010 10:33:30 PM >> *Subject:* [efloraofindia:46359] ID pls >> >> the plant was clicked from bangalore during my recent trip (24th >> August-30th August, 2010). it was drizzling and the temperature was around >> 24-25 degree C. the branches bore a brown felt and the leaves were glabrous. >> >> Flowers reddish in color and the fully opened inflorescence was of the >> size of a large fist. the flowers were slightly fragrant and pretty fragile. >> >> Alok >> >> > > > -- > 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 > >
