Mani ji It would be interesting to know the source of your information. Portulaca grandiflora is generally known as *eleven-o'clock flower *as per GRIN information. In Vietnam, it is called "Hoa mười giờ" meaning "Ten o'clock flower", because the flower is usually in full bloom at 10 o'clock in the morning (as per Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portulaca_grandiflora. Most species of Portulaca generally flower and stay open till noon, remain closed before and after that or on a cloudy day. Once I remember having disagreement on the colour of flower colour, my colleague saying it has pink flowers whereas I knew it with yellow flowers. Next morning we plucked the plants at 8.30 a m when all were in buds pink in colour, brought them to College, and put it in beaker with water on a window with sunlight and asked the lab assistant to report when it comes to flower. He came running to me to me after some time to report it has just flowered. I saw my watch, it was 11 a m, and I saw the flowers they were all yellow......It was Portalaca quadrifida.
-- 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, Oct 17, 2011 at 3:39 PM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Bhagyashri ji for the appreciation. > Regards, > Mani Nair > > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > >> lovely colors Mani ji I have yet to see a yellow one in real >> Regards >> Bhagyashri >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 3:00 PM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Neha ji. Yes it is also called 9 O'Clock flower as the flower >>> buds opens during that time. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Mani Nair >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Neha Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Beautiful ! >>>> Mani Sir, we call it 9 O' Clock. >>> >>> >>> >> >
