Called dolon champa in bengal quite common in end of monsoon here on the east gangatic plains.. so it must be in the western ghats area with very heavery rains and monson season almost like our own here..
nice pics... white is difficult to capture... Usha di ---------- On Sep 26, 1:35 pm, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > Gorgeous!!! > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 12:26 PM, prasad dash > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Yes Mam. this is *Hedychium coronarium, *one of the threatened medicinal > > plant in Orissa as per FRLHT, Bangalore. Thanks for sharing. Nice close up > > of the flower. > > > Regards > > > Prasad > > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Thank you Gurcharanji appreciation from you is worth a thousand praises > > >> Best Regards > >> Bhagyashri > > >> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Gurcharan Singh > >> <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>> Really nice photographs, Madhuri ji > > >>> -- > >>> 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 Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>>> Request for validation > > >>>> Is this > > >>>> *Scientific Name:* *Hedychium coronarium* > > >>>> *Common Names:* White Ginger, White Garland-lily, Butterfly Ginger > > >>>> Zingiberaceae – Ginger family > > >>>> is the marathi name Sontakka? > > >>>> Regards > > >>>> Bhagyashri > > > -- > > Prasad Kumar Dash > > Ecologist, Orissa, India > > email: [email protected] > > ph. 09437444241 > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964
