Bignonia venusta and Pyrostegia venusta are one and the same, though accepted name now is Pyrostegia venusta.
-- 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, Apr 8, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Aruna <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -
