Thank you all for help with the IDs of the two beauties. Sushmita On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Prashant awale <[email protected]> wrote:
> The first one looks like *Burmannia coelestis*. > regards > Prashant > > > On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 9:47 PM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I think Sandhya ji is right. It can be *Torenia asiatica* (= T. bicolor). >> >> The first picture could be of a *Burmannia* species. >> >> Regards >> >> Vijayasankar >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:05 AM, harithasandhya < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear Sushmita, >>> >>> I think the purple flower belongs to the genus Torenia (Family >>> Scrophulariaceae). I don't know the species. We call it 'kakka >>> poovu' (crow flower) in Malayalam which used to be common in our paddy >>> lands and wetlands. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Sandhya >>> >>> >>> >>> On Oct 22, 5:04 pm, Sushmita Jha <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Dear all, >>> > just returned from a wonderful 6 days in Silent Valley and Thattekad. >>> Would >>> > appreciate ID of the attached images. >>> > Many thanks. >>> > Sushmita Jha >>> > >>> > BlueWildflower-ID-Kerala.jpg >>> > 48KViewDownload >>> > >>> > PurpleFlower-ID3-Thattekad.jpg >>> > 42KViewDownload >>> > >>> > PurpleFlower-ID2-Thattekad.jpg >>> > 44KViewDownload >>> > >>> > PurpleFlower-ID-Thattekad.jpg >>> > 44KViewDownload >> >> >> >
