Thanks to both Gurcharan ji and Pankaj, for the botanical enlightenment! :-) Sepals in Prashant's flowers look much smaller, whereas the sepals in Gurcharan ji's flowers and my whitish ones, are quite long, almost comparable to the flower tube - because they are spreading, the size is not starkly obvious. - Tabish
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:45 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Pankaj ji > I think we conveyed the same information to Tabish ji, in our own styles. > Good research!! > > -- > 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 18, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Prashant sir's flowers look different just because it seems to be a >> bit dried up and hence the petals are curled slightly. >> Pankaj >> >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:42 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I believe all the three flowers shared here are same. Need to do some >> > research for the id. >> > Wwhen ovary is at the highest position (petals and sepals arising from >> > position below the ovary. Ovary is placed on thalamus) then it is >> > called Superior Ovary. But there are times when ovary is placed inside >> > a cup shaped thalamus with petals and sepals at the margins of the >> > thalamus, then the ovary is called Semi inferior. In inferior ovary, >> > thalamus surrounds the ovary completely and petals and sepals are >> > placed on the top. >> > >> > Pankaj >> > >> > -- >> > *********************************************** >> > "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 >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> *********************************************** >> "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 > > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tabish Qureshi Phone: 011-26981753, 32959320(res) Department of Physics Email: [email protected] Jamia Millia Islamia Webpage: http://tabish.freeshell.org New Delhi - 110025. http://www.jamia-physics.net -------------------------------------------------------------------------
