Many many thanks Giby ji ... noted your comment at flickr too. Regards. Dinesh
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Dinesh ji, > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/5593744043/ > > The plant in the above link could be Lepidagathis spinosa. > > Regards, > Giby > > > > > > On 4 August 2011 09:42, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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.htmlThe >>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD > Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), > Royal Enclave, > Jakkur Post, Srirampura > Bangalore- 560064 > India > Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) > visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby >
