Dear Gurcharan ji, As Nalini ji said Aquilegia vulgaris (var stellata) for example has hybrid (double columbine) varieties... which seem similar in certain characteristics... but to have it in a totally wild area... is something strange... I do not know about hybrids.. can they develop on their own?? You would have a better idea.. Regards Alok
On Feb 12, 9:14 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Alok ji > This is turning out to be really interesting. Your this photograph clearly > belongs to Ranunculaceae, either Delphinium or Aquilegia. But looking at the > flowers especially in the second photograph, I am unable to decide whether > it is a single flower (with numerous petals) or a cluster of flowers. In the > second option I can see only single spur (Aquilegia should have five), but > then calyx + corolla should have maximum 10 members. Here I see many. > Perhaps some one will resolve the mystery. > > -- > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Alok & Isabelle > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > YAHOO...!! It IS from the family {Akelei (german name)} Aquilegia... > > > I chanced upon a lost photograph from my archives of the seed pod and it > > definitely reminds me of the columbine family... is it presumptuous of > > me?? But to my limited knowledge it does indeed look like that... some > > kind of a freak wild hybrid of a double columbine.. perhaps something > > like Aquilegia vulgaris var stellata in blue.. > > Thanks for the inspiration... > > Ecstatic..... :)) > > Alok > > On Fri, 2011-02-11 at 12:24 +0100, Na Bha wrote: > > > > > > can it be Akelei (germanname) (Aquilegia)? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Gurcharan Singh > > > To: Alok & Isabelle > > > Cc: [email protected] > > > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 11:21 AM > > > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:62535] ID request from a newbie.. > > > > Looking at leaves it appears Corydalis (flower head reminds > > > Trifolium). If flowers and leaves belong to the same plant, > > > the closest match seems to be Corydalis cashmeriana (though > > > inflorescence is more dense). > > > > -- > > > 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, Feb 11, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Alok & Isabelle > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear friends, > > > My first mail of request and I am asking help to ID > > > the flower which got > > > me into studying wildflowers in Dalhousie (Chamba) HP. > > > Date/Time- May 2010 > > > > Location- Kalatope wildlife Sanctuary, Chamba dist. > > > Himachal Pradesh, > > > India approx. 2400 mts altitude > > > > Habitat- Wild > > > > Plant Habit- Herb > > > > Height/Length- approx. 2 feet > > > > The other info can be better deduced from the pics > > > P.S.- My camera is not too good and I apologise for > > > the quality of > > > photos. > > > > -- > > > Himalayan Village Education Trust > > > Village Khudgot, > > > P.O. Dalhousie > > > District Chamba > > > H.P. 176304, India > > > www.hive.interconnection.org > > > www.hivetrust.wordpress.com > > >http://mushroomobserver.org/observer/observations_by_user/2186
