As indicated earlier in Balkar ji's mail it should be Mussaenda cv. Marmelade as there is no species by the name of M. marmelada
-- 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 Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 11:49 AM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Beautiful Shots Raman Ji. I tried to grow this plant in my college thrice > but not flourished well. Very attractive colors!!! > > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Rathinasabapathy Bhuvaragasamy < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Good set of pictures. Thanks for sharing. >> >> BRS >> >> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:18 AM, raman <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> The mussaenda is an evergreen shrub related to coffee trees and native >>> to Asia. It may be a rather small shrub, or large to 30 feet, like a small >>> tree. Commercial nurseries often train mussaenda to be tree-like in form >>> for landscape use. Their natural habit is to produce many stems and it is >>> quite a rambler. It has silky, hairy, soft medium-green leaves. The plant's >>> color comes from bracts and not the small, often yellow, white or orange, >>> flowers at the center of each bract. This is the same color-producing >>> system used by tropicals such heliconia and bougainvillea. Bracts may be >>> seen in several colors including rose, white, red, pale pink and some >>> mixtures. >>> >>> Raman >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> B. Rathinasabapathy >> Project Co-ordinator >> Nilgiri Biosphere Nature Park >> 1388, Avinashi Road >> Peelamedu >> Coimbatore-641004 >> >> <http://mail.google.com/subscribe.mhtml> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 >
