I think you have confused the clustered flowers at the stem apex as branches actually they (branches you said) are the pedicels of each flower. Yes this is a species of *Aeginetia* only. Only in *Aeginetia *you can see spathe like calyx.
Please see the key @ http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=10639 but I coultdn't reach the species. Regards, Giby On 27 October 2011 20:50, raju das <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Prasadji, Gibyji & Vijayasankarji > Thank you so much for the discussion. Gibyji, the stems in this sp was > branched from near base, but it is not seen in Christisonia tubulosa. Can > you please write some other characteristics that I can compare with. > Vijayasankarji, I have not found any scapes here like in A pedunculata. > Regards, > Raju > > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 7:55 PM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Please also check it for *Aeginetia pedunculata* (now A. acaulis). There >> seem to be few varieties in this. >> >> Regards >> >> Vijayasankar Raman >> National Center for Natural Products Research >> University of Mississippi >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 4:49 AM, Giby Kuriakose <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> 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 <[email protected]> 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 >>> >> >> > > > -- > *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
