Hello Yazdy ji, Bignonia venusta or Pyrostegia venusta? Aruna
On Apr 8, 4:08 pm, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> wrote: > Beautiful pictures Col. Bimal Sarkar ji, > Have always enjoyed the sight, howevver, did not know that is is > called Bignonia venusta, (Hope I got it right). Thank you once again. > Regards > Yazdy. > > > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:06 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Forwarding pl. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Col Bimal Sarkar <[email protected]> > > Date: 2 February 2011 19:23 > > Subject: GOLDEN SHOWER > > Dear Friend, > > " Probably no plant in the world presents so gorgeous an > > appearance as Bignonia venusta( Golden Shower )when it is in full bloom > > during Jan-Feb" > > This certificate is taken from " SOME BEAUTIFUL INDIAN CLIMBERS > > AND SHRUBS ",by N L Bor and M B Raizada.I agree . > > I first saw the plant in full bloom at Military Hospital at Dehradun.I have > > seen the plant at Pachmarhi,Tezpur and many places at North Bengal.I brought > > a sapling from Tezpur to Cooch Behar.It is in full bloom now .Sunbirds visit > > the plant for nectar.Attaching two images of the plant.In the second image > > male of a Yellowbacked Sunbird is on the flower.You may be familiar with > > this type of scene. > > Regards > > Col (Retd) Bimal Sarkar > > Mobile: 9434194942 > > > -- > > With regards, > > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & > > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > > alphabetically & place-wise): > >http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > > please visit/ join our Google e-group- > > Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepixor > >https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (more than 1550 members & > > 64,000 messages on 28/2/11 & with a database of around 4500 species on > > 15/12/10)- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
