Pankaj ji The swollen back portion of lower petal I think is gibbous condition found in most Impatiens species, the spur to my mind is alway the narrowed projection at the end of it. May be I am wrong!!
-- 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, Oct 13, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > Pankaj, look at Prashant's 2nd picture. I think the margins have > rounded teeth. The identifcal pattern on the petals would be too much > of a coincidence. :-) What say you? > - Tabish > > On Oct 13, 11:51 pm, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > > Oh, thats very strange. Why cant we call the whole thing as broad spur > > with small tip ? I think now I will have to recheck as per Dr. > > Gurcharan's suggestion!! > > By the way Tabish sir, your plant has crenulate margin but I think > > Prashant sir's pic has serrate or serrulate margin? > > They should be different. > > Pankaj > > > > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 12:14 AM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > > > We also found this Balsam in Dhanaulti. It does have a small curled > > > spur. I could not find this one in Polunin & Stainton. > > > - Tabish > > > > -- > > *********************************************** > > "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 >
