I didn't knew the bulbs were edible. Great to know something new Tanay On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 7:25 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't remember how many tulips we must have prevented from flowering in > our childhood. Tulipa stellata is one of the commonest flowering plants in > Kashmir valley in spring. We used to dig out bulbs of young plants, whose > leaves had such emerged from ground. I don't remember any thing more tastier > and sweeter than these bulbs. Luckily there numbers were so large that our > adventure would not have made much difference to their abundance. It is a > sight to see these tulips flowering in spring in meadows. > > > -- > 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 Mon, May 23, 2011 at 12:55 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> There is a saying that everything is not SARVA GUN SAMPANN.... >> Beautiful flowers usually dont have very good smell. It goes well with >> Orchids too. >> Pankaj >> > > > > -- > 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/ > > -- *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/

