Local variation may be? or environmental toxin induced changes?? In one tribe of these trees in northern Calcutta I found five stamens... I am posting them separately under a different thread.... today
there is another stand of these trees in a sanctuary on southern fringes.. ... will have to wait till next spring to get the flowers.. and do dissection Usha di ============ On Aug 2, 9:18 pm, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > Oroxylum flowers supposed to have 5 stamens which are nicely seen here. > Somehow when I checked my earlier collection I have a photograph of the > flower taken from a tree in Pune city which is showing 8 stamens. Any idea > what can the reason be? > Dr Phadke > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 9:26 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > > *Oroxylum indicum* > > Observed in Mulshi > > 31 Jul 2011. A large Bignoniaceae member. > > > Dr Phadke > > > > oroxylumPune.jpg > 145KViewDownload > > Oroxylum Mulshi.jpg > 161KViewDownload
