I would rather go with Thunbergia laurifolia
-- 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 Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 10:29 PM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ > > >
