Yes Dr. Khullar, you are right, but I did not ask for any identification as can be seen from the subject line nor I was interested to know the ID of the plant. I am just an amateur gardener and sent the photos as it was looking beautiful. If people send the ID then it is not my mistake nor I can stop them from sending the ID.
Regards, Mani Nair Dear Sir, Stop sending such pictures of ferns for any meaningful identification.If you have to, then also send a close up of the fertile frond. Otherwise it is "imagined taxonomy" or "looks like" syndrome. S P Khullar On 11/19/11, Dr. S.P. Khullar <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Sir, > Stop sending such pictures of ferns for any meaningful identification.If > you have to, then also send a close up of the fertile frond. Otherwise it > is "imagined taxonomy" or "looks like" syndrome. > S P Khullar > > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 11:01 AM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >> >> Date: 25 August 2011 10:21 >> >> Subject: [efloraofindia:78141] Vertifical-gardening-Ferns >> >> To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> >> >> >> >> >> >> 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 ([email protected]) >> >> 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 ([email protected]) >> > 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'. >> > >> >
