And eleven-o'clock plant because the flowers open around that time. That is true also of some other species of this genus. Last year I remember, there was some confusion about the colour of flowers of Portulaca quadrifida, my colleague saying it has reddish flowers, whereas I knew it with yellow flowers. We collected the plant at 8 a m when it had only buds which looked pinkish. We brought to to College, kept in the lab in sunny area and asked the lab attendant to inform us when it first flowers. He came running to me just at 11 a m informing that it has flowered, and we saw open flower with yellow petals. * *
-- 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 Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes Gurcharan Ji Portulaca grandiflora we called this "DIN KI RANI" > locally > > > On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Ushadi micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear All: in our chilhood, we used to call it 4 o'clock flower....our >> nuns teachers said that's what it was, it closed promptly at 4 pm in >> Calcutta, in our school gardens.... go figure!!! >> Usha di >> >> --------- >> >> On Jun 5, 5:01 pm, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Anand ji, beautiful flowers. These flowers are also known by the name >> > "Office time" >> > as the flowers usually open at 9.00 a.m. and closes at 5.00 p.m. >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Mani >> > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 >
