Hi Dr. Giby, The rocks are basaltic rocks. Also checked with a friend who is a Geologist and has visited my farm often. Regards, Neil Soares
. --- On Fri, 8/5/11, Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]> wrote: From: Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:76159] Re: Flora of Sahyadri & Konkan -Rhamphicarpa Longiflora To: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]> Cc: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, August 5, 2011, 9:25 PM Great pictures! Thanks for sharing Neil ji, I would like to add laterite rocks...... I haven't got a chance to get the pictures after I got a camera. I have seen this species long back during September 2003 in Kudremukh National Park. Again I have seen the flower of this species active in the night when we had gone for some night sampling (I was working with an IISc team who work on Orthopterean insects (crickets)). Those were fantastic opportunity for me to learn not only noctornal flowers but also noctornal insects as well. Thanks and regards, Giby. On 5 August 2011 18:45, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, Photographed last weekend. As Dr.Giby has pointed out flowering generally occurs on rocky areas [which have a thin layer of soil] between July and September . Sending a few photographs. With regards, Neil Soares. --- On Fri, 8/5/11, Smilax004 <[email protected]> wrote: From: Smilax004 <[email protected]> Subject: [efloraofindia:76134] Re: Flora of Sahyadri & Konkan -Rhamphicarpa Longiflora To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, August 5, 2011, 5:54 PM If I am right the leaves of this species is very narrow and grows on thin layer of soil on rocks along with Utricularia spp Drocera spp and all. This plant is active with flowers only during rainy season and getting such nice pictures in the rain is great effort! New name of this plant is Rhamphicarpa fistulosa (Hochst.) Benth. of Scrophulariaceae family. If you could upload a picture of plant with leaves would be useful to understand more about the plant, for people who are new to such kind of plants. Thanks and Regards, Giby On Aug 5, 3:52 pm, Rajesh Sachdev <[email protected]> wrote: > Name of Species: Rhamphicarpa Longiflora > Common Name: Tutari > Family: Scrophulariaceae > Conservation status: NA > Photographed: 8th September, 2010 > Location: Kas Platue, Western Ghats, Maharashtra > Habitat Type : High Elevation Moist Grassland > Camera: OLYMPUS SP570UZ > Lens: OLYMPUS ED LENS AF ZOOM 4.6 - 92 mm, 1:2.8 - 4.6 > Abundence: Known to be occasional in subjected region > > Kas-2.JPG > 51KViewDownload -- 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
