Many thanks, Pankaj, I also found Thingnam Girija's picture of the same from Manipur on this egroup's flowerofindia.net! Wonderful! Kind regards, Usha
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > -- 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]
