Seems like Asclepias physocarpa to me. Pankaj
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 10:39 AM, usha lachungpa <[email protected]> wrote: > Dea All, > This was photographed at the Sai Mandir, Daramdin, West Sikkim. Am unable > to locate the original picture but used this to showcase in pollinator > series during IYB 2010. > Looks like a lowland exotic as I have seen it in only one other place, a PWB > bungalow garden in South Sikkim, but no camera then. > Would be grateful for identification. > Kind regards, > Usha > > -- > Usha Ganguli-Lachungpa > Sr. Research Officer (WL) > Dept. of Forest, Env. & WL Mgmt. > Government of Sikkim > Deorali, Gangtok 737102 > Tel/Fax:91-3592-280402; > Cell:094340-25273 > [email protected] > > -- *********************************************** "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
