A stupid question from me again! I had the impression that there are male as well as female flowers on ons single plant. I had grown zucchinis this year , and pumpkins last year. though I had put four seed in the soil just one plant survived and produced fruits. So why Shrikant ji should look for a male plant? Do Chinese Cucumber behave differently?
Regards Nalini ----- Original Message ----- From: Gurcharan Singh To: shrikant ingalhalikar Cc: efloraofindia Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 3:40 AM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:48528] Re: Cucurbit for ID Snrikant ji, best of luck for male plants. An intelligent grower generally grows several vines in the same area to get a good mixture of male and female plants. -- 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 Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 5:39 PM, shrikant ingalhalikar <[email protected]> wrote: Yes it is the female plant of M. cochinchinensis. Now I should look for a male plant to enjoy the Chinese Cucumber. Thank you Dr. Gurcharan Singh ji and Dinesh ji. Regards, Shrikant. On Sep 26, 10:28 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Dinesh ji, you are right, it is Momordica cochinchinensis. Yellowish colour > appears to be the rule, white a rarity. > > http://gardeningwithwilson.com/2008/10/14/the-spiny-bittergourd-omord... > > http://blog.yume.vn/xem-blog/nho-hoi-nho-qua-.nhim_lemon07.35B670F5.html > > -- > 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/ > > <http://gardeningwithwilson.com/2008/10/14/the-spiny-bittergourd-omord...> > > On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Shrikant ji ... resembles *Momordica cochinchinensis* at FOI > >http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Chinese%20Cucumber.html... > > differs in colour. > > Regards. > > > On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 7:50 PM, shrikant ingalhalikar < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > >> Singh Sir, the flowers are really that big, about 10 cm. This is found > >> on a hedge and vegetable vendors sit near it. I wonder if it is any of > >> the plants used as vegetables but I do not know any. Regards, Shrikant > > >> . > >> On Sep 26, 9:31 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Shrikant ji > >> > Flower size, is it cm or mm? > > >> > -- > >> > 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/<http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> > > >> > On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Shrikant Ingalhalikar < > >> [email protected] > > >> > > wrote: > >> > > Pls ID this anuual climber. Leaves broadly ovate, cordate, coarsely > >> > > serrate, 8-12 cm. Flowers 8-10 cm, pale yellow. Fruits caducous > >> prematurely > >> > > but resemble Momordica, 3 cm long, tubercled, red. > > >> > > Shrikant Ingalhalikar > >> > > 12 Varshanand Society > >> > > Anandnagar Sinhagad Road > >> > > Pune 411 051.www.idsahyadri.com > >> > > Tel 91 20 2435 0765. > >> > > Fax 91 20 2438 9190. > > >> > > < > >>http://sigads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/www.rediffmail.co...>- > >> Hide quoted text - > > >> > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
