yes and yes to both q On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 10:29 PM, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> wrote:
> Nice one ... Ushadi Ji are you from Kolkata. > the Last image background reminds me of > Kolkata > Tanay > > > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> ... liked the pictures, Usha di. >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 9:11 PM, ushadi Micromini < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Malvaceae week 952011-9112011 UD 020 Bombax ceiba Lal sheemul >>> >>> >>> >>> Dear All: >>> >>> >>> >>> For about 8 to 10 day at the very beginning of spring in Kolkata there is >>> a bright red spot among the bare branched tree tops… and if you pay >>> attention you can count numerous birds, esp bulbuls and sunbirds etc >>> drinking >>> nectar and eting away something…. >>> >>> >>> >>> I believe Bimal da had done a series this year to document the species >>> of birds visiting the red Sheemul flowers… >>> >>> >>> >>> The two pictures I am sending in are from a tree whose branches come down >>> to my eye level… near where we go for morning walks…. >>> >>> >>> >>> Family: Malvaceae >>> >>> Subfamily: Bombacoideae >>> >>> Genus: Bombax L. >>> >>> Species : Bombax ceiba >>> >>> Colloquial names : red sheemul, shimul, shalmali etc >>> >>> Enjoy >>> >>> USha di >>> >> >> > > > -- > *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/ > > >

