Dear Sundararaman, There are butterfly gardens in India. I have heard of one in Hyderabad and seen one in Bangalore( Bannerughatta National Park). I have seen one in California , USA. I think San Francisco Botanical garden.
On Nov 9, 8:17 pm, "M. Sundararaman" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Dr Kunhi Raman, > Butterflies promote cross-pollination.Is there any Butterfly Garden in > Tamil Nadu or India. > University College Davis in California has startied a > "Bee-Haven" in Sep 2010mainly to promote Cross-pollination.Singapore > Zoo has one Butterfly Garden. Is it possible to spread the culture of > "Butterfl Gardens" TO RURAL AREAS? to promote better cross-pollination > The threat of vehicle pollution is far less in these areas.Even TNAU > can start a project. M.SUNDARARAMAN > > On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 23:59:00 , C KUNHIKANNAN wrote > It is a species of Premna. Most likely P. tomentosa!! > > kunhikannan > > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Please help me id this tree growing on the premises of a Govt Office in > > > Chennai. > > > It had a very interesting trunk and had some butterflies hovering over > the > > > fruit and flowers at the top of the tree. > > > Thanks, > > > Padmini Raghavan. > > -- > > Dr. C.Kunhikannan, > > Division of Biodiversity, > > Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, > > Forest Campus, R.S.Puram, > > Coimbatore-641002, Tamilnadu.
