Thanks Garg ji and Dr. Chris for the Fern ID. Thanks Dr. Chris also for the compliments. I will definitely convey this to the maker of this vertical garden if I met them in the next plant show. Regards, Mani Nair
On 11/19/11, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > A reply: > "Yes, it hardly needs confirming but these two slightly different cultivars > (yellow and greeen) are both N. exaltata, originally a native of the > Americas, but now cultivated world-wide in many hundreds of gardens, > especially as the many different abnormal monstrosities, which constitute > various different named cultivars. > The natural species has simple pinnae, but sometimes the plumose > (very divided) forms and furcate forms are so different in shape that it is > hard to tell which actual species they belong to. However in Nephrolepis > the stipe-scales are very helpful and can pinpoint the underlying species > even when the shape has become unrecognisable due to these genetic > mutations. > Anyway, the fern itself is not very remarkable as it is widely grown, > but I must offer my congratulations to the splendid vertical stand they > have been arranged in - I have never seen such a fine display in any of the > horticultural shows I often visit. If that were shown at the annual Royal > Horticultural Show, Chelsea, London, one of the biggest and best known > shows, I'm sure it would receive a gold medal. The Queen (of England, I > mean) usually goes to visit that show, and Prince Charles is now a patron > of the British Pteridological Society (ferns!) and grows many hardy ferns > and cultivars in his superb garden at Highgrove, Gloucestershire, so would > undoubtedly be very impressed. > Now I understand what "vertical gardening" means - I struggle to be a > mere horizontal gardener, out the back of my flat in Kathmandu, though the > climate is fairly kind to us, apart from the Winter drought, when there's > also no water in the taps, either! > In the UK there are many very nicely organised fern-gardens, with > greenhouses for the tropical species, but this display beats the lot! > Perhaps it needs more variation in the species grown, to add to the > interest, but the idea and concept are spectacular. > Best wishes, > Chris Fraser-Jenkins, Kathmandu, Nepal. " > > Thanks, Dr. Chris F-J. > > On 18 November 2011 20:21, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >> >> Some earlier relevant feedback: >> “I think this is *Nephrolepis exaltata*. >> Pankaj” >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> >> Date: 25 August 2011 10:21 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:78141] Vertifical-gardening-Ferns >> To: indiantreepix <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >> >> >> Dear friends, >> >> Sending a photo of the Ferns used in Vertical gardening. >> >> Place : Byculla Gardens >> Date : February 2010 >> Habitat : Cultivated >> >> Regards, >> Mani. >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& >> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >> alphabetically & place-wise): >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use >> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1740 members & >> 90,000 messages on 31/10/11) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of more than 6000 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> >> > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1740 members & > 90,000 messages on 31/10/11) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 6000 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. >
