Sir, I did go to the same observation site this year and sadly did not happen to see it this year.. maybe because of excessive rain this year and less sunshine.. I cannot be certain... But I have not given up on this as yet and will try again next season... regards ALok On Wed, 2011-09-21 at 11:04 +0530, J.M. Garg wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > Some earlier relevant feedback: > “can it be Akelei (germanname) (Aquilegia)?”from Nalini ji. > > “I chanced upon a lost photograph from my archives of the seed pod and > it definitely reminds me of the columbine family... is it presumptuous > of me?? But to my limited knowledge it does indeed look like that... > some kind of a freak wild hybrid of a double columbine.. perhaps > something like Aquilegia vulgaris var stellata in blue.. > Thanks for the inspiration... > Ecstatic..... :)) Alok” > > “This is turning out to be really interesting. Your this photograph > clearly belongs to Ranunculaceae, either Delphinium or Aquilegia. But > looking at the flowers especially in the second photograph, I am > unable to decide whether it is a single flower (with numerous petals) > or a cluster of flowers. In the second option I can see only single > spur (Aquilegia should have five), but then calyx + corolla should > have maximum 10 members. Here I see many.” from Singh ji > > "I feel that it is some sort of hybride. I have three diff. sorts of > Akelei in my garden, shall send fotos when they flower. At present > there is snow everywhere. > I am not an expert, but my observation is that Delphinium has just > one Sporn (sorry, i don't know the english word for it. my translator > suggested > spur, tailskid, tail wheel, ram, trail spade, whereas Akelei has many. > In the second Foto i see many, so i suggested Akelei. > Again, I am NOT an expert. > Here are some links, where one can see fotos of Akelei. > http://www.saatgut-vielfalt.de/saatgut/product.php?products_id=910810 > http://www.pflanzenversand-gaissmayer.de/article_detail,Aquilegia > +Vulgaris-Hybride+Christa+Barlow+-+Gefuellte > +Akelei,79A49B76F9A540EFBB59F4033D651606,,de,SID.html > http://www.google.de/images?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:de:official&client=firefox-a&q=akelei&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=TchXTYC-NcjFswa--qylCw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=3&ved=0CFAQsAQwAg > Regards > Nalini" > > "Nabha ji had suggested it to be double hybrid columbine, but I don't > see the four spurs characteristic of Aquilegia, nor do I see the > stamens in centre generally seen in double columbine. An intergeneric > hybrid between Delphinium and Aquilegia with well developed fruits, as > seen in the third photograph would be too exciting, as it would > necessitate a new generic name." from Singh ji. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Alok & Isabelle <[email protected]> > Date: 11 February 2011 14:15 > Subject: [efloraofindia:62534] ID request from a newbie.. > To: [email protected] > > > Dear friends, > My first mail of request and I am asking help to ID the flower which > got > me into studying wildflowers in Dalhousie (Chamba) HP. > Date/Time- May 2010 > > Location- Kalatope wildlife Sanctuary, Chamba dist. Himachal Pradesh, > India approx. 2400 mts altitude > > Habitat- Wild > > Plant Habit- Herb > > Height/Length- approx. 2 feet > > The other info can be better deduced from the pics > P.S.- My camera is not too good and I apologise for the quality of > photos. > > -- > Himalayan Village Education Trust > Village Khudgot, > P.O. Dalhousie > District Chamba > H.P. 176304, India > www.hive.interconnection.org > www.hivetrust.wordpress.com > http://mushroomobserver.org/observer/observations_by_user/2186 > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species > & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each > image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian > Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1700 members > & 79,000 messages on 31/8/11) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of around 5500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. >
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