The flower looks like match stick .... very cute looking flower Tanay On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 6:21 AM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes good shots of the Matchstick plant. > > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dec 2011 >> Sharing pictures of Aechmea gamosepala flowering at my place at Pune >> >> Family: Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family) >> Common name: Match Stick Plant, Gamos Bromeliad >> A electric blue and bright pink flower spike with bracts resembling >> matchsticks and red sepals >> On the net I found descriptions about the flower spike >> a flat-topped inflorescence >> http://www.backyardgardener.com/plantname/pda_bfc6.html >> http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Match%20Stick%20Plant.html >> but the pictures of my plant show a distinct red flower at the top. What >> is this flower when all other flowers are blue? >> -- >> Regards >> Dr.Bhagyashri Ranade >> > > > > -- > Dr Satish Phadke > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) [email protected] *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
