this is the plant I had found was very popular in Bombay in the late 70s and 80s for decorating wedding halls... we did not have it in Bengal then... our decorators used / still use rajanigandha / tuberose flowers to make the same linear or criss-cross jaal... to cover walls ans mandaps....
wonder if its still popular on the west coast.... usha di On Aug 28, 9:01 pm, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Gurucharanji and Tanayji > Regards > Bhagyashri > > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 7:58 PM, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> wrote: > > Crinum asiaticum indeed bulbs of this plant is poisonous. > > Tanay > > > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 6:26 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> Perhaps Crinum asiaticum > > >> -- > >> 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: 9810359089 > >>http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > >> On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> Request for identification > > >>> Date/Time- Aug 2011 > > >>> Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-Pune > > >>> Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-Garden > > >>> Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Plant > > >>> Height/Length- 3 feet > > >>> Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- big green > > >>> Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- white flowers > > >>> Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds-Not seen > > >>> Regards > > >>> Bhagyashri > > > -- > > *Tanay Bose* > > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > > Department of Botany. > > University of British Columbia . > > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > > [email protected] > > *Webpages:* > >http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html > >http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html > >https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
