Ritesh ji Kindly take care that two separate mails should not have same subject line. There are lot of chances of replies getting mixed up. It would be best to upload your photographs to be the same species, photographs can be uploaded in the same thread.
Some how I am not very confident about the identification with S. setisperma. Firstly the photograph at FOI and that uploaded by Narupa ji don't look identical. One at FOI has much greener calyx and veins don't seem merging towards apex. The one uploaded by Nirupa ji has paler calyx (almost cream colour) with veins clearly uniting above. Unfortunately both don't have leaves to confirm. Fortunately your photographs are more illustrative and resemble the plant uploaded by Nirupa ji, but is it S. setisperma? The name Silene setisperma was given by Majumdar for species earlier known as Lychnis inflata (Wall. ex Don) Benth. (because there was already a species by the name of Silene inflata). The plant has elliptic to lanceolate leaves, lower petiolate. In your plant the leaves are clearly ovate, with sessile perhaps cordate base. Perhaps some more comparison is needed. -- 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 Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Ritesh Kumar Choudhary <[email protected] > wrote: > Hello Nirupa ji, > > I think your plant is Silene setisperma only. Recently I've also > photographed this from Himachal Pradesh. Because of the drooping nature of > the flower, fringed petals are not visible in your photo. Pl find my fotos > for comparison. > > Best regards, > Ritesh. > > >
