Thank you all for identifying the shrub and for the information. Regards, Chitralekha
On Nov 13, 12:54 am, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
