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-- 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 Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Shantanu Bhattacharya <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks a lot Mani ji > > regards > Shantanu > > > On 10/4/10, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Beautiful flower - one of my favorites. >> Regards, >> Mani. >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Shantanu Bhattacharya >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> taken this snap of Sunflowers in an agricultural field at Shyamkhola near >>> Kolkata. >>> An interesting fact about this flower is that although we call it >>> sun-flower but actually its an inflorescence made up of several >>> florets....the larger Ray florets of the margin, and the tiny Disc florets >>> of the central disc. >>> Just recollected this fact from my botany syllabus.... : ) >>> Botanists can throw more light on this aspect. >>> >>> regards >>> Shantanu : ) >>> >> >> >
