Doesn't look like *A. indica. *In A. indica the throat is white here the throat is Yellow. Further the A. indica is taller than this Please refer A. indica @ http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Forest%20Ghost%20Flower.html
I think this could be *Christisonia tubulosa* - Magenta Ghost Flower of Orobanchaceae Please refer @ http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Magenta%20Ghost%20Flower.html Regards, Giby On 27 October 2011 14:49, raju das <dasraj...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Friends, > ** > *Aeginetia indica* L. > > Syn Name: *Aeginetia japonica* Siebold & Zuccarini; *Orobanche > aeginetia*Linnaeus; > *Phelipaea indica* (Linnaeus) Sprengel ex Steudel. > > Family: *Orobanchaceae* > > Photographed at Manas NP, Assam(Found as parasitic on *Saccharum *species > ) > > Regards > > -- > *Raju Das > Nature's Foster* > -- 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
