Chaning subject line... Madhuri ji you had eatne one space ...:)... hungry kya?
this way your comment will get back to original thread... lets hope it does.. Usha di ====== On Sep 12, 1:44 pm, ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, Satish ji and Madhuri...that's what I thought this week when the > Firmiana came up... > > like minds think alike, ? :) ... > usha di > > Thanks Tanay > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 1:32 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > It had occured to me too. Except stigma is smaller. > > Madhuri > > ------Original Message------ > > From: Satish Phadke > > Sender: Efloraindia > > To: ushadi Micromini > > Cc: Efloraindia > > Cc: Gurcharan Singh > > Cc: Balkar Arya > > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:81359] Malvaceae week 0905- 9112011 UD > > 024Brachichiton acerifolius > > Sent: Sep 12, 2011 11:09 AM > > > Oh what a beauty!. Thanks for sharing. Thoughts came to mind.... The > > tree shares some characters with our native Firmiana colorata. Both have > > acer like leaves. Flowers same colour and pattern (Tepals)though size shape > > differs. Both from Malvaceae (Sterculiaceae) Dr Phadke On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 > > at 12:21 AM, ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> wrote: Malvaceae > > week 0905 9112011 UD 024 Brachichiton acerifolius > > > Dear All: > > Family: Malvaceae > > Genus: Brachychiton > > Species: B. acerifolius > > > This also called Illawarra flame tree, is from Australia, > > But I found it in Sandiego, Souther California , driving past park… could > > stop only for a few seconds… and grabbed these pictures… came home took me a > > while to track down what it was.. this intensely crimson tree is not so > > common… looking through images of hundreds of red flowered tree yielded > > results… it’s a Brachychiton acerifolius… the story ended there, I had a > > beautiful curiosity on my hands, so what… but then I joined eflora … and one > > day Mr Raman submitted one to ID from Bangalore… lo !!!! And he even > > sent me some seeds.. I have planted 6 of these , will update when I have > > something to show … > > > In the mean time the thread that helped me /us to see that it also grows > > in India is here: > >http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/f03... > > Even in Australia I have been told that its widely cultivated… in > > parks….and in San Diego does not seem to have been invasive so far… not seen > > any reports to suggest it is.. > > > Enjoy > > Usha di > > > Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel
