4 petals, single fringed gland suggests Swertia alata, but leaves seem to be narrower.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 9:58 PM, Alok Mahendroo <[email protected]>wrote: > Silken threads of a spider web, Bhagyashri ji .. just to give an idea of > scale.... :) > regards > Alok > On Wed, 2011-09-21 at 21:50 +0530, Madhuri Raut wrote: > > simply beautiful. What are those silkish threads passing between the > > flowers? > > Regards > > Bhagyashri > > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Alok Mahendroo > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear friends, > > Today I am posting two Swertia sp. observations from Kalatope > > > > Location Kalatope, Chamba > > Altitude 2100 mts > > Habit herb > > Habitat wild > > Plant height 2 feet > > > > In this one the white part near the nectaries is like > > eyelashes and the > > flowers are 1.2 cms across > > regards > > Alok > > -- > > Himalayan Village Education Trust > > Village Khudgot, > > P.O. Dalhousie > > District Chamba > > H.P. 176304, India > > > > www.hivetrust.wordpress.com > > www.forwildlife.wordpress.com > > > http://mushroomobserver.org/observer/observations_by_user?_js=on&_new=true&id=2186 > > > > > > -- > Himalayan Village Education Trust > Village Khudgot, > P.O. Dalhousie > District Chamba > H.P. 176304, India > > www.hivetrust.wordpress.com > www.forwildlife.wordpress.com > > http://mushroomobserver.org/observer/observations_by_user?_js=on&_new=true&id=2186 > >
