Thanks a lot Aparna for the details. You come from no where all of a sudden drop a bomb and then vanish...... This group needs regular participation from people like you!! Pankaj
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 8:18 PM, manasikaran <manasika...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Aparna ji for your elaborate description of the plant because I could > not find it on internet and yes it was not a climber I forgot to mention > that. It was a small herb. I feel Shrikant ji’s id is matching with the > plant I saw there. Thank you Shrikant ji. Thank you all. :) > > Regards, > > Manasi > > > > > On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 9:35 AM, shrikant ingalhalikar <le...@rediffmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Alysicarpus belgaumensis, a common plant around Kas lake in this >> season. Regards, Shrikant >> >> On Oct 5, 8:47 am, Aparna Watve <aparnawat...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Sphenostylis bracteatus is a huge climber, with inflorescence more >> > than a meter high at times and about 3-4 inch flowers and 10cm + pods >> > with some beak. The plant in your pic looks delicate and not as robust >> > as Sphenostylis, and there is no accompanying habit data to help id. >> > Sphenostylis bracteatus is seen along the ghats in open shrublands and >> > is very large and spreading at times. Mahabaleshwar-Panchgani ghats >> > are a good place to see it. So is Mulshi area. But it is nowhere >> > common. >> > >> > http://gallery.bizhat.com/climbers/p36291-sphenostylis-bracteatus.html >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 11:08 PM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> > > I go with Sphenostylis bracteatus >> > > Tanay >> > >> > > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 8:54 PM, manasikaran <manasika...@gmail.com> >> > > wrote: >> > >> > >> hello friends, >> > >> > >> plz identify the plant. The photo was taken at kaas in Oct. 2008. >> > >> > >> Thanks in advance >> > >> > >> Manasi >> > >> > > -- >> > > Tanay Bose >> > > 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) >> > > ta...@interchange.ubc.ca >> > >> > -- >> > Dr. Aparna Watve >> > At present : 34/6, Gulawani Maharaj Rd. Pune 411004 >> > 9822597288/ 020-25430309 >> > Otherwise: >> > Asha Appt, Shanti Nagar, Ekata Colony >> > Nr. BSNL tower, Akbar Ward, >> > Seoni.480661 >> > tel: 07692-228115 >> > mobile: (0)9755667710- Hide quoted text - >> > >> > - Show quoted text - > -- *********************************************** "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