The species is there in FBI, distributed in Western Himalayas. I was trying to identify from there but unfortunately there is little information in that.
-- 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 1:24 PM, Tabish <tabi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Gurcharan ji, > I am tempted to agree with you on this, except that the corolla of > C. cana looks more campanulate (bell-shaped), whereas our flowers are > more towards funnel-shaped (narrower at the base). Otherwise, > agreement seems to be quite good. This species is found at altitudes > 1200-3400 m, and it is not even mentioned in Polunin & Stainton! > - Tabish > > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 1:43 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Tabish ji > > I think I got it > > Our plant is perhaps C. cana Wall. > > http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=104629&flora_id=800 > > http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=104630&flora_id=800 > > http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=104631&flora_id=800 > > http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=104632&flora_id=800 > > http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=104633&flora_id=800 > > > > -- > > 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 12:48 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> Yes Tabish ji > >> I agree with you. Let us see if something comes out. > >> > >> -- > >> 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 12:21 PM, Tabish <tabi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> 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 <singh...@gmail.com> > >>> 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 < > sahanipan...@gmail.com> > >>> > 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 > >>> >> <sahanipan...@gmail.com> > >>> >> 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: tabish...@jmi.ac.in > >>> Jamia Millia Islamia Webpage: > http://tabish.freeshell.org > >>> New Delhi - 110025. > >>> http://www.jamia-physics.net > >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > >
