Many thanks Vijayasankar ji for validating the plant at my photostream. It is new to me and am not familiar to either *Phaulopsis* OR *Lepidagathis* .
You may not be wrong. Gurumurthi Hegde (Parjanya Guru at eFI) had suggested the ID at http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/5593765387/ Vijayasankar ji, please look at other views of the plant (whenever); perhaps will help in thrashing ambiguity. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/5593744043/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/5593759169/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/5593762443/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/5597845187/ Will change the title of the photopages accordingly. Regards. Dinesh On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 3:34 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks for the good research, Giby. Its getting interesting... > But, Phaulopsis imbricata has characteristic, closely overlapping bracts > and white flowers. Pl see > http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Himalayan%20Ruellia.html > The posted pictures look different from Dyschoriste vagans in this FoI link > http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Wandering%20Snakeherb.html The > ventricose corolla is clearly seen in the close-up shot. And the > inflorescence also looks different. > My guess is Lepidagathis scariosa, but it needs confirmation. > So.....is the search still on?! > ------- > Dinesh ji, a web search for Phaulopsis imbricata took me to your link > http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/5593762443/lightbox/ which looks > like a Lepidagathis species to me. Pl correct me if i am wrong. > ------- > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Smilax004 <[email protected]>wrote: > >> The corolla should be distinctly bi-lipped to be species of >> Lepidagathis. >> >> Here the corolla is not bi-lipped hence not a species of >> Lepidagathis. >> >> The distinction between Dyscoriste and Phaulopsis is too difficult >> without having the specimen in hand as most of the key characters are >> minute and are not visible in pictures (placenta, bracteoles, etc). >> >> But considering one distinguishing character, according to Gamble, I >> think this is Phaulopsis imbricata with slight difference from >> specimens from further south. >> >> The distinguishing character is, according to Gamble, in Dyscoriste >> the flowers are produced in axillary clusters here it is apparently >> terminal. >> >> Furhter, D vagans has blue flowers according to Gamble! >> >> Again, the character of flower becoming scarious (Thin, membranous, >> and dry) upon age is visible in the second picture, I assume. >> >> >> Now my bet is for Phaulopsis imbricata. >> >> Ref: Flora of Presidency of Madrass by Gamble pp. 1003-1068. >> >> Gamble mentioned P. imbricata with its present synonym Micranthes >> oppositifolius. >> >> >> >> Thanks and Regards, >> Giby >> >> >> >> >> >> Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/scarious#ixzz1TzMz3M2E >> >> >> >> >> On Apr 11, 5:04 pm, Pravin Kawale <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > ID Please >> > A small herb at Phansad WLS >> > habitat:Moist deciduos Forest >> > 10Apr,2011 >> > Thanks in advance >> > >> > DSC05066.JPG >> > DSC05068.JPG >> > DSC05073.JPG >> > DSC05064.JPG >> > >> > These pictures were sent with Picasa, from Google. >> > Try it out here:http://picasa.google.com/ >> > >> > DSC05066.JPG >> > 61KViewDownload >> > >> > DSC05068.JPG >> > 50KViewDownload >> > >> > DSC05073.JPG >> > 46KViewDownload >> > >> > DSC05064.JPG >> > 49KViewDownload >> > >
