Mr. Swamy: yes, aren't regional differences interesting.... Mirabilis jalapa is called SONDHHA (as in Sandhya) Maloti (as in Malati) in Bengali, I have them growing wild/naturalised all over the south calcutta unkempt places.. and some have invaded my lawn (which is not unkempt, by any means)... though I must admire its scent... it becomes a nuisance, produces zillions of large black seeds..... I have also grown them in my apartment balcony in different continents, both yellow and deep pink/magenta , they must hybridize very easily, because the seeds I saved for the following summer grew pink and the combination as in pink and yellow striped variety only.... no yellow flowers ever came up for a few years in succession... I recently saw miles of linear collection, as in growing along narrow stretch of soil along footpaths along the ganges /Bhagirathi near Murshidabad... all yellow... no pink....not a single pink flower....
ushadi Jun 5, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Mahadeswara <[email protected]> wrote: > In South India some varieties ( those posted by Mr. Bhat ji) of > Portulaca are called "table rose '. > Mirabilis jalapa (Nictaginaceae) is commonly called 4'o clock > plant, because the flowers open in the evening. The plant comes in > different hues and very common in Mysore city. They grow even wild > and there are a few varieties growing in my street. > > On Jun 5, 6:29 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 >
