Good concept of two pics in one Page On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 10:44 PM, ushadi Micromini < [email protected]> wrote:
> Malvaceae week 0905-9112011 UD 036 Abelmoschus esculentus > > > These are my bhindi pics from a scanned pic, the original picture prints > are from 2002 , sorry for the haze … in scanning > > Could not resist showing off my bhidis we managed to grow in short growing > season of constant intense heat that it needs. > > Such season is very short up north, only starts in late june, and ends in > end of august…. For a few years every year I had planted a demonstration > garden for visitors and children at NYBG family garden programme of Indian > Vegetables and “My Grandmother’s scented garden of Indian scented aromatous > plants… we were a great curiosity and success … interacting with old and > young alike, many world war 2 veterans would stop by and tell us about their > time spent in Burma or Assam or Kolkata and eating these veggies… etc > etc…. I wish I had taped their stories for living history... always > hindsight is 20/20, alas... > > > Family: Malvaceae > > > Genus: Abelmoschus > > > Species: A. esculentus > > > Binomial: Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench > > > "lady's fingers, bhinda, bhindi or bhendi, benda Kaya in Telugu > > > Enjoy, I did … we got 15 to twenty bhindis every 3 – 4 days… enjoyed > eating… most other vegetables we donated to the salvation army or other > soup kitchens > > > Usha di > > > > == > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
