Ravenia: Named for the French professor J.F. Ravin spectabilis means beautiful or spectacular. Regards Pankaj
On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 1:21 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Ravenia spectabilis (Lindl.) Engl. Fl. Bras. (Martius) 12(2): 126. 1874 > Syn: Lemonia spectabilis Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26: t. 59. 1840 > > Type illustration attached. (Lindley, J. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26: t. 59. 1840). > > Regards > Pankaj > > > > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> Yes Ravenia spectabilis (syn: Lemonia spectabilis). >> >> -- >> 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 Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 5:51 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> ... Ravenia spectabilis ... native of Caribbean islands. >>> Regards. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 7:14 PM, chitralekha P <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Please identify the shrub. >>>> Growing in Dyal Singh college garden in Delhi. Flowers in Sept.-Oct. Have >>>> not seen fruits. Large amount of nectar seen inside flower at the >>>> base,which seems to attract ants. Could the ants be pollinators? >>>> Regards, >>>> P.Chitralekha >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "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
