Thank you Ushadi Regards Bhagyashri On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Ushadi micromini < [email protected]> wrote:
> This is thunbergia grandiflora... > Madhuri... look at the leaf very carefully and take en face photo of > one complete leaf to show leaf margin and attachment to the stem.. for > your own files and memory.. > leaf shape is unique... > even if flower color shows a great deal of variation over time and > regions... > the leaf almost stays the same.... > > I have found these in Miami, Fl, Key west, florida, california... > naturalized and in gardens and in snowy countryside in botanical > gardens, in England at kew and of course all over India... in Bengal > we get several colors... of course always in the blue- bluish white > to bluishpurple (like yours) ..... develops seeds in Key west fl but > not seen any seedpods on any of the hundred or so vines I keep an eye > on off and on for three years in in several neighborhoods of Kolkata > recently partly because local women do not leave mush after they > pluck every darn flower for worship or just because... ( its a > disease in India) ... GOD never wanted soooo many flowers as to > deplete the gene pool... ) ... or we dont have appropriate > pollinators... even if we had pollinators, they would not develop a > habit of coming to that vine if they were not assured of some good > appreciable amount of nectar from a large numbers of flowers... > > > usha di > ======== > > > > > > On Oct 22, 9:42 pm, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> wrote: > > 100% correct from Giby Ji I stand corrected > > Tanay > > > > On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Giby Kuriakose < > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Thunbergia grandiflora* of Acanthaceae family > > > > > Regards, > > > Giby > > > > > On 22 October 2011 22:02, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> Request for validation ?Purple Allamanda > > > > >> Date/Time-Oct 2011 > > > > >> Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-Pune > > > > >> Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Private Garden > > > > >> Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Climber was along a fence of > a > > >> garden > > > > >> Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- green > > > > >> Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-bluish purple flowers > > > > >> Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds-not seen > > > > >> Regards > > > > >> Bhagyashri > > > > > -- > > > GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD > > > Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), > > > Royal Enclave, > > > Jakkur Post, Srirampura > > > Bangalore- 560064 > > > India > > > Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) > > > visit my pictures @http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby > > > > -- > > *Tanay Bose* > > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > > Department of Botany. > > University of British Columbia . > > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > > [email protected] > > *Webpages:* > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.htmlhttp://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.htmlhttps://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
