A reply from another thread: "Today I received the deliver of my purchase Hortus Third, a monumental work on cultivated plants. As opposed to Manual of Cultivated Plants, this book has entries arranged in alphabetic sequence (and not family-wise). The first use of this book lead me to rethink about the correct identity of my Abelia uploaded from Kashmir. I am now inclined to think that *this plant is in fact Abelia x grandiflora and not A. serrata*. The distinguishing features are shining leaves, more or less bell-shaped corolla, fls in loose panicles and 2-5 sepals. A. serrata has hairy leaves, fls in pairs, corolla funnel shaped, and sepals consistently 2. I am uploading the plants again. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh"
On 21 July 2010 19:18, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Sir Ji > I have seen this plant couple of times but never with such red leaves but > the leaves were green > Is there any special reason for this leaf colour > is it a garden variety of this plant?? > > Regards > tanay > > > > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Abelia serrata from Kashmir, growing in newly laid Hazuribagh Garden in >> Srinagar. Photographed on 16-7-2010. >> >> >> -- >> 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/ >> >> > > > -- > Tanay Bose > +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) > 9830439691(Mobile) > > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1400 members & 50,000 messages on 10/10/10 & with a database of around 4100 species on 31/8/10)
