my apologies, plant posted here is Rungia pectinata,, regards,
On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 12:31 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > I think it is interesting and there may be a lot of truth in what H S is > suggested. Perhaps many specimens from Western Ghats actually belonging to > Rungia elegans may have gone under the name Rungia repens. Latter is > reported to be growing throughout India, but Rungia elegans is restricted > to Western Deccan Penninsula, Concan and Canara (Geographical position in > 1880 or so). The two species are very close but differentiated as: > > Rungia repens > Rungia elegans > 1. Stems pubescent or nearly grabrous Stems covered > with white spreading hairs > > 2. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, up to 5 cm Leaves > ovate-acuminate, up to 7 cm long > long, 16 cm broad, scabrid-puberulus 4 cm broad, > often white hairy beneath. > > 3. Spikes about 8 mm broad Spikes > 12-18 mm broad > > 4. Bracts glabrous, about 6 mm long, Bracts > longer than 6 mm, white margin broader > white-margined > sometimes purplish. > > 5. Corolla white with rose or purple spots Corolla > blue, 12 mm > > I have a feeling that plants uploaded by Prashant ji on FOI, Dinesh ji's > photostream and few other photographs from Western Ghats actually belong to > Rungia elegans, and my specimens from Morni hills actually belong to Rungia > repens. It is a plant with much smaller leaves and spikes as compared to > these plants. > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/Acanthaceae$20Week:$20Rungia$20repens$20from$20Morni$20Hill$20tract,$20Haryana/indiantreepix/6qoYg_w9vbU/LGl_SRSFss4J > > Now coming to above plant by Mohina ji, judging from size of inflorescence > and dimorphic bracts, it may be Rungia pectinata as suggested by several > members. It is no where near Rungia repens. > > > > -- > 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 Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Many thanks HS ... had not known about *Rungia elegans*. >> If you have any link to visual representation of *R. elegans *on >> internet please let know. Will help me compare and understand. >> Description of *Rungia elegans* will help to a great extent. >> >> Please give me links to photos in my flickr photostream that could be *Rungia >> elegans*. >> It will help me immensely. >> >> >> Dear friends, please validate Mohina ji's ID of posted plant. >> >> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 12:30 PM, H S <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I guess photos of Mr. Dinesh on Flickr. is Rungia elegans and not Rungia >>> repens.. please check once again, i may be wrong.. >>> >>> regards, >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Mohina Macker >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> many thanks for id confirmation >>>> Dinesh ji I had already seen your photographs before I thought this >>>> plant was R.pectinata >>>> regards >>>> mohina >>>> >>>> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Dinesh Valke >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Mohina ji, this must be *Rungia pectinata*. >>>>> *Rungia repens* has relatively much larger flowers borne on a finger >>>>> high and thick inflorescence ... >>>>> http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344@N00&q=Rungia%20repens >>>>> >>>>> Regards. >>>>> Dinesh >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 10:53 AM, mohina macker < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> The flowers of Rungia repens seem to be atleast 8mm, these were >>>>>> maximum 3mm which is I thought R.pectinata, also the shape of the >>>>>> flower and upper lip seemed more indicative of pectinata rather thaen >>>>>> repens. Anyway, I shall try and get better photographs next time I am >>>>>> in alibaug so the construction of the flower can be seen better. If >>>>>> anyone is willing to share the keys for Rungia, would be very >>>>>> grateful. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> - H.S. >>> >>> A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart >>> of stone >>> >>> >> > > > -- - H.S. A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone
