What I found interesting on a nature walk ( at the Officers' Training Academy, Chennai) was the fact that the flowers were closed at dawn, opened later in the sun and were closed when it became cloudy again. Sun-loving White Alder. Regards, Padmini Raghavan.
On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 4:43 PM, shrikant ingalhalikar <[email protected] > wrote: > Turnera subulata, naturalised undershrub originating from south > America. Regards, Shrikant > > On Apr 19, 3:29 pm, rajank <[email protected]> wrote: > > very nice pic of Turnera sps. > > thanks > > > > rajank > > > > On Apr 19, 12:51 am, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I WANDER'D lonely as a cloud > > > That floats on high o'er vales and hills, > > > When all at once I saw a crowd, > > > A host, of golden daffodils; > > > Beside the lake, beneath the trees, > > > Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. > > > > > Thus exclaimed the remarkable poet Wordsworth in his ode to the > daffodils. We > > > also had a similar experience when on our way to Mahabalipuram. We > zipped along > > > enjoying the countryside when suddenly we noticed these beautiful > flowers by > > > the roadside. Lying there, they seemed so happy and cheerful that we > could not > > > ignore them. So we reversed and came to the spot where they lay. > Whipping out > > > the camera, we proceeded to photograph them. And here they are for > your viewing > > > > > White Alder > > > Turnera subulata > > > Family: Turneraceae > > > > > Mahabalipuram > > > Chennai > > > 28 Dec 2010 > > > > > Mahabali-1dLeaf.jpg > > > 198KViewDownload > > > > > Mahabali-1a2.jpg > > > 234KViewDownload > > > > > Mahabali-1b.jpg > > > 277KViewDownload > > > > > Mahabali-1c.jpg > > > 341KViewDownload > > > > > Mahabali-1eRoadSide.jpg > > > 327KViewDownload > > > > > Mahabali-1a.jpg > > > 214KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -
