Thanks all for the valuable information on redbird cactus plant. Good, I knew it is poisonous. I was planning to plant a cutting of the plant.
Regards, Mani. On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 11:57 PM, Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> wrote: > I do know that it is "non-browseable" so we had a line of these plants near > the barbed wire fence thro which the goats used to try to eat the marigold > plants at Alto-Chicalim in Goa > (off Vasco.) > Regards, > Padmini Raghavan. > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 11:50 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Jacob's ladder is actually a mythological ladder which leads to >> heaven. This may sound hilarious, but may be it is so poisonous that >> it will straight away lead you to heaven, hence it is named that >> way!!! and of course the stem is zigzag like a ladder. >> Pankaj >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I have also heard it called as Jacob's Ladder. >> > Regards, >> > Padmini Raghavan. >> > >> > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 10:17 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Its called backbone may be just because of its structure which is >> >> zigzag and similar to our backbone when we curve down and devil's may >> >> be because it is poisonous. >> >> But thats just a speculation. >> >> Pankaj >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 10:06 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > This plant is commonly known as devils backbone .. I really dont know >> >> > why? >> >> > Tanay >> >> > >> >> > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Rashida Atthar >> >> > <[email protected]> >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks for the beautiful post Mani ji. The correct accepted name as >> per >> >> >> Kew Plant List is Euphobia tithymaloides L. The synonyms are as >> >> >> follows: >> >> >> Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) Poit >> >> >> Pedilanthus tithymaloides subsp. tithymaloides >> >> >> Tithymalus tithymaloides (L.) Croizat >> >> >> >> >> >> regards, >> >> >> Rashida. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 7:39 PM, mani nair <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >>> >> >> >>> Dear friends, >> >> >>> >> >> >>> Sending photos of Redbird cactus. >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> Botanical name : Pedilanthus tithymaloides >> >> >>> Place : Sanjay Gandhi National Park (Thane end) >> >> >>> Date : May 2009 >> >> >>> Others : Attracts nectar loving birds >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> Regards, >> >> >>> >> >> >>> Mani >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > Tanay Bose >> >> > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. >> >> > Department of Botany. >> >> > University of British Columbia . >> >> > 3529-6270 University Blvd. >> >> > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) >> >> > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) >> >> > 604-822-2019 (Lab) >> >> > 604-822-6089 (Fax) >> >> > [email protected] >> >> > Webpages: >> >> > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html >> >> > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html >> >> > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> *********************************************** >> >> "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 >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> *********************************************** >> "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 >> > >
