Thank you Gurcharan ji for identification. I have studied your previous posts on this matter and found this excellent explanation by you how to differentiate the two
In the following thread you wrote https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/35b1fb4b3c9d2d1e/e01e957c3a0837ee?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=Thunbergia+laurifolia#e01e957c3a0837ee The leaves of T. grandiflora are conspicuously cordate, nearly as broad as long, with longer corolla tube. T. laurifolia. Note that leaves are much less wider as compared to lenth, and not cordate at base. In both species the flower varies from blue to white. In this thread you wrote https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/976a191133f2f5b7/69b9c15a44d02ac2?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=Thunbergia+laurifolia#69b9c15a44d02ac2 Uploading fresh photographs of distant shots of leaves of two species as uploaded by me as T. grandiflora and T. laurifolia, respectively, for comparison. Really beautiful pictures made it very easy to understand When I studied this plant on the net before uploading I found info (I am sorry I do not have the link address) saying that these 2 are synonyms. but when you identified it as T laurifolia I said no it means these 2 are different and studied your posts again Thank you Regards Bhagyashri On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 10:31 AM, ushadi Micromini < [email protected]> wrote: > what's the differetiating point...??? or points??? > usha di > > > ==== > > > On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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/ >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >
