Nice catch Shantanu da, long time after seen a perfect specimen of I coccinea Tanay
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:01 PM, Shantanu <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks a lot Gurcharan Sir for the info on the mixing of species of > Ixora. > Sometimes the purity of the species is lost due to hybrids and > mixing... > > Thanks to Mani ji for the "most possible" explanation of the origin of > the name : P > > > regards > Shantanu : ) > > > > On Sep 8, 9:44 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Connecting with other names Jungle flame, Flame of the woods, may be > Jungle > > Geranium because of similarity in the colour of the flowers and > flat-topped > > inflorescence. > > > > -- > > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 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- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - -- *Tanay Bose* B.Sc (Hons), M.Sc (Gold Medallist) 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 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) [email protected]
