1,2, 4 pics are Kalanchoe delagoensis 3rd is a fern called Hemionitis arifolia. 5,6 are Chameleon Regards Pankaj
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 9:52 PM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: > For ID - Chamundi hills, Mysore | 01Oct10AR03 > PS: There could be more than one plant species. > One of the flowering plant (bluish purple) resemble Cyanotis tuberosa - > Greater cat ears > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Greater%20Cat%20Ears.html > > /* > On the last photograph - > Road kill - Chameleon this time > (While we were photographing this plant, we noticed a chameleon half dead in > road accident. Before we arrived another high speed vehicle silenced this > lizard. My fellow nature photographers post chameleon sightings regularly > and this species was in my wish list from many years. Its really sad, I have > to see many of the species in my wish list in road kills. Here in Chamundi > hill forests even fully grown leopards are not spared from speeding > vehicles. In forests we should respect all living creatures and let them > live. > Pls check this link for more road kill encounters > http://picasaweb.google.co.in/earthsublime/OJudgementThouHastFledToBruitishBeasts# > . > A death statistics that would have been ignored by the Traffic > Department...... After all, isn't man the only supreme being ??? > Let's hear it from Shakespeare who said: O judgement, thou hast fled to > bruitish beasts! (Oh God..., you are in favour of brutal killers) & Albert > Einstein "Our Task must be to widen our circle of compassion to embrace all > living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty" Live and let live.. > > */ > Date/Time- 8/9 Sep 2010 > Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Chamundi hills, Mysore, elev - 3054 feet > Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Wild, rocky slopes, Forest > Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- > Height/Length- 30 cms > Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- > Inflorescence Type/ Size- > Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- > Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- > Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- > > > Regards > Raghu > -- *********************************************** "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
