Sorry for my conclusion It is M. surculosa as central spine is prominently seen. It was typing error on my part.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor, Department of Botany, SGTB Khalsa College University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018 Phone: 01125518297; Mobile: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 12:07 PM, amit chauhan <[email protected]> wrote: > So Pankaji where to place it than and also forgot to mention that > flowers are fragrant > > > regards > > On 5/27/11, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Tanay and Amit ji > > I have checked from both Cacti-Illustrated Dictionary and Illustrated > > Encyclopedia of Cacti and Hortus Third. Both have yellow anthers. The > main > > differentiating character is long reddish-brown central spine hooked at > tip > > in M. surculosus. In M. baumii central spine is absent. On that count the > > plant looks like M. baumii, although we can not discount any other > species. > > > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mammillaria_baumii_03.jpg > > > > http://www.kakteensammlung-holzheu.de/mammillaria_baumii.html > > > > > http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Cactaceae/Mammillaria_surculosa.html > > > > > http://www.kakteen-kiel.de/images/Dieter%20Schuett/Mammillaria%20surculosa%2020050417.jpg > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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, May 27, 2011 at 10:01 AM, amit chauhan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Thanks Tanayji but I identified as M. baumii and the reson is that in > >> M.surculosa the anthers are greenish which doesn't appear in my > >> plants. > >> > >> regards > >> > >> On 5/26/11, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Mammillaria surculosa?? > >> > Tanay > >> > > >> > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 9:44 PM, amit chauhan <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> >> Dear all, > >> >> > >> >> sending photos of some cactus which was flowering at Pantnagar > >> >> nowadays. > >> >> details as in photographs > >> >> > >> >> regards > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> Dr. Amit Chauhan > >> >> Junior Technical Assistant > >> >> Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, > >> >> Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, > >> >> Uttarakhand 263149 > >> >> ph.05944 234445 > >> >> mob.+919412161087 > >> >> mail: [email protected] > >> >> [email protected] > >> >> [email protected] > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > *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/ > >> > > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Dr. Amit Chauhan > >> Junior Technical Assistant > >> Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, > >> Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, > >> Uttarakhand 263149 > >> ph.05944 234445 > >> mob.+919412161087 > >> mail: [email protected] > >> [email protected] > >> [email protected] > >> > > > > > -- > Dr. Amit Chauhan > Junior Technical Assistant > Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, > Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, > Uttarakhand 263149 > ph.05944 234445 > mob.+919412161087 > mail: [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] >
