I am bumping this thread again. I wonder if any of this group live near Darjeeling????
Maybe some kind soul be willing to collect a live specimen fromTiger Hill, and take it to the Herbarium at the Lloyd Botanic Garden. Hopefully the local botanists there would be able to give an accurate id of a very very common shrub in their local area. OR maybe someone has contacts at Llloyds Botanic garden and the botanists could then be pointed to my thread. or even make a personal inspection of a living shrub. I tried to get an e mail address. But none shows on www, so maybe they do not have an internet connection there. Hopefully.... Sheila. ============================================= On Oct 30, 5:22 pm, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Sheila, I think Giby wanted to only compare the stigmas in "*Lasianthus*" > and in the plant in discussion. > > Flora of China says stigma lobes 3-9. Even in the poster picture, I see > multiple stigmas clustered together on a common style, as we see in the > picture in Giby's link. My doubt is the shape of stigma lobes...FoC says > they are "linear or lanceolate" which is not the case in our plant. But our > plant also has multiple stigmas but appear as capitate. I see more than 6 > lobes here. > > Number of corolla lobes is variable in Lasianthus (4-6). > > Hope someone in the group will come up with convincing id for this plant... > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Plantaholic Sheila < > > > > luddite1...@talktalk.net> wrote: > > Sorry Giby. > > I really appreciate all your help and do not wish to appear > > ungrateful. > > > However, Lasianthus parvifolius is not at all like it. > > > My mystery shrub has 5 petals not 4. > > > I found this pic showing the leaves. > > >http://www.biotik.org/india/species/l/lasiparv/lasiparv_05_en.html > > > It just doesn't come close to my amateur eye. > > > It was a very large shrub. My pic does not show the bulk of the shrub, > > just a few bottom branches. See my 3rd pic for the base of the mother > > plant. > > > I thought at the time it might be a shrubby honeysuckle. But the > > stigma is not right. > > > Of all the unidentified plants from this trip this is THE one I would > > really love to id. > > I thought my close up pics showing the detail pretty well would make > > it so easy! Not so! > > > Any further thoughts anyone? > > > Regards > > Sheila. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > On Oct 30, 3:27 pm, Giby Kuriakose <giby.kuriak...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Please refer the following link as well > > > >http://www.biotik.org/india/species/l/lasiparv/lasiparv_11_en.html > > > > Regards > > > Giby > > > > On 30 October 2011 16:23, Giby Kuriakose <giby.kuriak...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > FOC says ....style linear stigma lobes 3-9. > > > > >http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=117649 > > > > > Regards, > > > > Giby > > > > > On 30 October 2011 09:26, shrikant ingalhalikar <le...@rediffmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > >> Dear Vijaysankar ji, isn't style 3-5 branched for Lasianthus? Regards, > > > >> Shrikant > > > > >> On Oct 22, 9:55 pm, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > Hi Sheila, > > > > >> > Very well first-executed post. > > > >> > Only one point to bear in mind for the next query that you would > > post. > > > >> > The subject line needs to be unique (forgot to stress on this point > > in > > > >> my > > > >> > invite to you). > > > >> > Thus your next post may have such wording: <some relevant words> > > > >> > DDMMYYSheila at <name of place plant sighted> > > > > >> > Happy querying and posting !! > > > > >> > Dear friends, > > > >> > Sheila is my recent flickr contact. She had been to India as a > > tourist > > > >> and > > > >> > has some plants that she would like to get identified. > > > >> > She is a plain naturalist, has no botanical background. > > > > >> > Regards. > > > >> > Dinesh > > > > >> > On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 9:45 PM, howard sadd <hj.s...@tiscali.co.uk > > > > >> wrote: > > > >> > > I hope I am doing this correctly. My first post here! > > > > >> > > Please can you identify this large rather straggly shrub. > > > >> > > It was found along the road to Tiger Hill near Darjeeling. > > > >> > > Many thanks. > > > > >> > > The message is ready to be sent with the following file or link > > > >> > > attachments: > > > >> > > 006 02-04-2011 09-12-44 > > > >> > > 006 02-04-2011 09-12-56 > > > >> > > 006 02-04-2011 09-13-48 > > > >> > > 006 02-04-2011 09-14-00 > > > >> > > 006 02-04-2011 09-14-14 > > > >> > > 006 02-04-2011 09-15-13 > > > >> > > 006 02-04-2011 09-15-52 > > > >> > > 006 05-05-2011 13-55-16 > > > > >> > > Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may > > prevent > > > >> > > sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. 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