Yes this is Magnolia grandiflora.... one of my most favorite trees for their spectacular flowers... beautiful to look at, great aroma, subtle; and makes a great subject for drawing/paintings and stained glass windows now jewelry... and embroidery...
NOT Magnolia campbelli, I used to have one... to my great pleasure and some surprise am finding this tree in all kinds of places in India... In the Hort garden Kolkata.. Azimgunz West bengal in Temple gardens, beautiful flowers ... photographed them... Murshidabad estates that are 400 years old (estates, do not know how old the trees are) and yesterday found one in a Jharkhand garden of a temple... seemed to be a young 8-10 year old, did not have flowers or buds, raining very hard... Usha di =========== On Jun 24, 8:07 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes Magnolia grandiflora, very common in Moghul Gardens in Kashmir > > -- > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > > > I think, it is a cultivar of Magnolia grandiflora. > > > Regards > > > Vijayasankar Raman > > National Center for Natural Products Research > > University of Mississippi > > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:35 PM, Narendra Joshi <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> Dear friends, > >> Magnolia Campbellii tree from Srinagar gardens. The flower size is > >> around 25 cm very big one. with pleasant fragrance. Pl validate. > > >> -- > >> With Regards, > >> Narendra Joshi
