Dear Garg Ji, I think it is Rivae hypocrateriformis. The buds you see on the bottom left of the bloom in the second picture is actually the pod of the seeds. I will try to upload the picture of the seeds tomorrow. The climber in the picture is almost bare of leaves, whereas the one at my place is lush green. Inside the pod you normally find 3 seeds (not very sure about the numbers) Regards Yazdy.
On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 2:54 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > A reply: > "Hello, > I see that there is a mixturte of 2 completelt different species > in the photos above. > The bloom is ipomoea obscura apparently climbing in the moonflower > shrub. > The 2 flowerbuds behind the open flower have a completely different > structure and most noticeably have the tube of a night blooming > flower. > I think the photo shows both Ipomoea obscura and Rivae > hypocrateriformis. > I have been searching for a few seeds of Rivea hypocrateriformis for > some years and if there was anyway you might be able to assist me , I > would be most grateful. > regards, > Ron" > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > Date: 3 April 2009 08:10 > Subject: Rivea hypocrateriformis (Common Night Glory) > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > > > Hope my id is correct. On 7/2/09 in Hyderabad, AP. > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > "We often ignore the beauty around us" > Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & > Fauna:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group > (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Google e-group- > Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1420 > members & 52,000 messages on 26/10/10 & with a database of around 4200 > species on 30/9/10) > >
