The two really look similar, C. barbatus has yellow flowers, C. speciosus white. Wish we had some with emerging flowers. Pankaj ji's suggestion can be seriously considered, latter being a Himalayan plant, former of Costa Rico
-- 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 Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 6:41 AM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Pankaj Ji i think stem was not spiral in this plant > > On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 6:32 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Why not Cheilocostus speciosus? >> Pankaj >> >> >> >> On Oct 25, 1:40 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Thanks for the lead Amit ji >> > >> > Costus barbatus appears to be the closest match to me. Your comments >> please. >> > >> > -- >> > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 11:05 AM, amit kumar <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > may be costus sp. sir >> > >> > > -- >> > > Amit Kumar >> > > *Research Scholar >> > > Department of Habitat Ecology >> > > Wildlife Institute of India >> > > P.O. Box # 18, Chandrabani >> > > Dehradun - 248 001. India >> > > Mob.-9410592063* > > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 >
