Thanks for correcting me Ushadi ji Tanay On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 10:21 AM, ushadi Micromini <[email protected] > wrote:
> NA Tanay... Pagla gachh is a variant... of Pterygota alata... there is one > in Kol Bot garden ( several baby trees too and one in the Hort... I am going > to upload the one from Hort in a day or two.... the native pterygota alata > is a very tall tree and is deciduous.. the variant Pagla one never looses > all its leaves... that's a big difference... > > Several native ones are in victoria memorial ... at least a hundred years > old... and very tall. without leaves provides a perch for now recovering > population of the vultures in winter ... one year we volunteered to count > them and their nesting pairs... may be i'll try and find the pictures and > upload them.... > > Usha di > ===== > > > > > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 10:31 PM, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Nice one we call it "Pagla gach" (mad tree in bengali) because its >> heterogeneous leaf morphology.. have seen one in Indian Botanic garden >> Tanay >> >> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 9:33 AM, Ushadi micromini < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> wow, nice pictures .. what time of the year was it.. I usually get to >>> see the empty open shell and few leaves emerging.... >>> this is a very tall tree... so how did you manage... >>> usha di >>> = >>> >>> On Sep 8, 9:27 pm, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Very Good series of Pics >>> > >>> > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 8:27 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > > Malvaceae week : *Pterygota alata* Syn. *Sterculia alata* >>> > > Earlier :Sterculiaceae >>> > > Buddha's coconut. >>> > > Observed in a private bungalow Pune. and also in Rani Bag Mumbai. >>> > > Flowers are polygamous. I think in one of my pictures both male and >>> female >>> > > flowers are visible. >>> > > Dr Phadke >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Regards >>> > >>> > Dr Balkar Singh >>> > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >>> > Arya P G College, Panipat >>> > Haryana-132103 >>> > 09416262964 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> *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/ >> >> >> > -- *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/
