Good evening Amit Sir, Good evening Usha Di. Thank you very very much for the ID of this plant, this genera. But why do you fight !!!
Both *K. elegans* and *K.pulchra* are synonyms - http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-250772 !!! With warm regards, surajit On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:29 PM, ushadi Micromini < [email protected]> wrote: > thanks amit > since you are our resident expert in aromas I take your advice seriously... > but > I find thai english writing a bit difficult to comprehend sometimes > I had seen and downloaded this paper before i id-ed my own plant a couple > of years ago... > AND... > their pic clearly shows the longer pedicle for the flower in elegans... > by the water stream... which pulchra does not have.... > i'll see if can find this same plant of surajit at the hort and take a pic > of the fresh flower..in early morning.. the central cross star and very > small pedicle is some of the key... > > it will of course be short of a taxonomist in the filed doing the > dissection.. yet > usha di > > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:06 PM, amit chauhan <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Pls go through the pdf it may throw some light >> >> regards >> >> >> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 11:36 AM, ushadi Micromini < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> elegans: leaf vein direction different between the two.. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 11:30 AM, amit chauhan <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> it is >>>> kaempferia elegans >>>> >>>> regards >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:55 AM, surajit koley < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Well, Usha Di, i remember Tanay ji's words : Long live latin >>>>> names..... good night. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> surajit >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:32 AM, ushadi Micromini < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Resurrection lily is really (at least in western Gardener's minds) >>>>>> is the >>>>>> >>>>>> Lycoris squamigera and may be even other lycoris too >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> that's what is stuck in my head too... not this kaempferia >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> look at daves garden site.. >>>>>> >>>>>> http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/517/ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> usha di >>>>>> >>>>>> === >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:02 AM, surajit koley < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you Usha Di for the correct ID, the images link in my last >>>>>>> reply must have been wrongly titled. However, found some synonyms >>>>>>> http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-250772 and a picture at >>>>>>> - >>>>>>> http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Resurrection%20Lily.html >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> surajit >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 11:50 PM, ushadi Micromini < >>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This is Kaemapferia pulchra... a relative of ginger... >>>>>>>> this plant grows close to ground, leaves lying almost flat on the >>>>>>>> ground, and flowers are on very short pedicle... and almost hidden... 4 >>>>>>>> petals if I remember correctly... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Maranta is the prayer plant.. flowers rarely and they are on spikes >>>>>>>> rising away from the center of the plant... very different >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> usha di >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 11:33 PM, surajit koley < >>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Ajinkya Ji, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Very little could be found on flowers of *Maranta* sps. According >>>>>>>>> to a 'pdf' >>>>>>>>> file<http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/PDF/PDF24/maranta.pdf>, >>>>>>>>> available from - >>>>>>>>> http://efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=600&taxon_id=119663, >>>>>>>>> there are about 32 species in this genus. But almost all flowers >>>>>>>>> picture >>>>>>>>> are available for *Maranta arundinacea*. However, two close match >>>>>>>>> - >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> - http://www.flickr.com/photos/chansomraj/836143830/ >>>>>>>>> - http://www.flickr.com/photos/chansomraj/1160794382/ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thank you very much, once again. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Surajit Koley >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 10:55 PM, ajinkya gadave < >>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> looks like *Maranta * >>>>>>>>>> not sure >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 10:05 PM, surajit koley < >>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Sir / Madam, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Don't have the slightest idea even of the family. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Species : UNKNOWN >>>>>>>>>>> Habit & Habitat : ornamental herb, height- ground level, grows >>>>>>>>>>> in shady place? >>>>>>>>>>> Date : 25-05-12, 1.12 p.m. >>>>>>>>>>> Place : The Agri-Hort. Soc. of India, Alipore (KOLKATA) >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Thank you & Regards, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Surajit Koley >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Usha di >>>>>>>> =========== >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Usha di >>>>>> =========== >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *Dr. Amit Chauhan >>>> CSIR-CIMAP >>>> [email protected] >>>> [email protected] >>>> [email protected]* >>>> *-------------------------------------* >>>> Why should man expect his prayer for mercy to be heard by What is above >>>> him when he shows no mercy to what is under him? ~Pierre Troubetzkoy >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Usha di >>> =========== >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Dr. Amit Chauhan >> CSIR-CIMAP >> [email protected] >> [email protected] >> [email protected]* >> *-------------------------------------* >> Why should man expect his prayer for mercy to be heard by What is above >> him when he shows no mercy to what is under him? ~Pierre Troubetzkoy >> >> > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > >
