Surajit, I have never torn a leaf from my plants that I care for... when they die (and they do often in very humid indoor environ during monsoon months) I have not torn and smelled the pulp ... next time I am at a nursery that may have plants that they are trying to root leaves I will ask if we can do the olfactory test!!!
Usha di On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 7:14 AM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > Didi, > > Though i saw one or two species of these plants, as i said earlier, i > skipped taking photographs, because i knew this is not my cup of tea. In > fact entire flora world seemed (and still now, if you are not there) very > tough to cope with. > > I remember someone showed me part of a leaf, i think belong to this group, > that contained vaseline like substance inside it. This 'vaseline' smelled > like a well known winter-care cream, 'borocalendula'! > > Regards, > > surajit > > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 7:02 AM, ushadi Micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes Surajit its a very interesting group of plants >> mainly from southern african continent.... >> now the nursery trade had many more of natural and hybrids in India, USA >> and SE ASIA.. >> seems not so well studied though some "books" are available... >> hybridizes crazily among its own.. grows very slowly but people claim >> they get seeds... >> I have yet to get them... may be we dont have the right kind of natural >> pollinators in India for these, or our pollinators have not discovered >> them, or dont like them or there is not a critical mass of these flowers in >> any one locale for the insects to know they are there.... >> >> classification is often a problem... >> but regardless I enjoy their beauty and slow growing houseplant habit... >> >> Usha di >> ========= >> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 10:37 PM, surajit koley < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Didi, >>> >>> Though i have noticed these plants in urban balconies, also displayed by >>> local sapling vendors, i haven't photographed any. It is a new genera to me. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> surajit >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 8:00 AM, ushadi Micromini < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Nidhan: I found this at our flower show in January this year... being >>>> grown in Assam nurseries for the north american nursery trade and are just >>>> becoming popular here for the last few years... this year it seems they >>>> were all flowering ... most Howarthias have flowers which look similar to >>>> me at least a and a few others like a user named Palmbob at Daves garden >>>> ... see his write up at >>>> http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/471/ >>>> >>>> My howarthia is NOT H. limifolia... look closely the white lines are >>>> flat and vertical , not raised and lateral that limifolia demands... YET >>>> FLOWERS are very similar to yours... that's the point Geoff Stein/palmbob >>>> is making.. in the link above... >>>> >>>> As we keep getting more and more Howarthias .. it will be very >>>> interesting... So far I have experience with 5 varieties... none have >>>> flowered except the one I am showing today... >>>> >>>> Usha di >>>> == >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 6:17 AM, Nidhan Singh <[email protected] >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> Many Many Thanks Dr. Jacob for prompt and detailed reply...this was >>>>> long pending with me. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Dr. Nidhan Singh >>>>> Department of Botany >>>>> I.B. (PG) College >>>>> Panipat-132103 Haryana >>>>> Ph.: 09416371227 >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Usha di >>>> =========== >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Usha di >> =========== >> >> > -- Usha di ===========
