hahahaha....was that a joke or you are serious Mani sir!! Pankaj
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:57 PM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: > Shantanu ji, nice capture. Pankaj ji, I think somebody was searching for > Geranium flowers in the jungle and found this flower and named it Jungle > Geranium. > Thanks for sharing, > Regards, > Mani. > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Just out of curiosity, why is it called Jungle GERANIUM? >> Pankaj >> >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Yes Shantanu ji >> > It is after a long time a true specimen of I. coccinea with sessile >> > clasping >> > leaf bases and acute petal tips. There seems to be a lot of mixing up in >> > the >> > internet with riot of colours in almost all species, lot of confusion >> > with >> > I. chinensis (typically leaves not with clasping sessile base, obtuse >> > petals), and many specimens with petioled leaves, sharply acute petals >> > and >> > long tube really belonging to I. casei. >> > >> > -- >> > Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> > Retired Associate Professor >> > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Shantanu Bhattacharya >> > <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi >> >> sharing few pics of the Jungle Geranium (Ixora coccinea). >> >> >> >> Ixora, Flame of the Woods, Jungle Flame, or Jungle Geranium is a bushy, >> >> rounded shrub that has long been a popular hedging plant in the >> >> subtropical >> >> regions of Florida. Ixoras freely produce loose, corymb-like cymes, >> >> 2-5" >> >> across of red, orange, pink, or yellow flowers. Available in a number >> >> of >> >> cultivars, this plant is a member of the Rubiaceae family which >> >> includes the >> >> Coffee plant and Gardenia. >> >> >> >> Shantanu Bhattacharya. >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> *********************************************** >> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" >> >> >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >> Research Associate >> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >> Department of Habitat Ecology >> Wildlife Institute of India >> Post Box # 18 >> Dehradun - 248001, India > > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
