Thank you Gurcharan ji, Arun ji and Balkar ji for your appreciation. While studying about this flower I learned that *Crossandra* - from the Greek, meaning *fringed anthers* . I did not get to see this in the flowers Next time I will look at the flowers more carefully to see these fringed anthers
On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes Beautiful Shots Bhagyashri Ji > > On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Yes Madhuri ji > > Nice photographs. > > -- > > 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 Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Oct & Nov 2011 > >> Sharing pictures of Crossandra infundibuliformis at a private society > >> garden at Pune > >> Family Acanthaceae > >> Common names Aboli in Marathi,Firecracker flower because the seed pods, > >> which are found after the flower has dried up, tend to "explode" when > near > >> high humidity or rainfall. The "explosion" releases the seeds onto the > >> ground, thereby creating new seedlings. > >> > >> -- > >> Regards > >> Dr.Bhagyashri Ranade > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 > -- Regards Dr.Bhagyashri Ranade
