Good evening Ajinkya Ji. African violet....!!! Don't know what is that, searched google, gives entirely different family -
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saintpaulia - http://www.avsa.org/ As for resurrection lily - - http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1248/#b - http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/517/ More on *Kaempferia* (what a teeth chattering name!) - - http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Kaempferia Thank you & Regards, surajit On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 7:36 PM, ajinkya gadave <[email protected]>wrote: > this not * African Violet. * > > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 7:33 PM, surajit koley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >>> =========== >>> >>> >> >
