Hybrids can of course develop on their own specially if the species concerned are cross pollinated in nature. Not a big deal about that. Regards Pankaj
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Alok <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- *********************************************** "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
