Thank you Madam for the ID of this plant. I will try to get more clear pictures of this plant whenever i find a similar looking plant.
Regards, Surajit Koley On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 7:48 PM, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]>wrote: > Pictures not too clear but it looks like Heliconia stricta, common name > 'Erect Lobster Claw'. > Aarti > > On Tuesday, June 19, 2012 9:11:36 AM UTC+4, JM Garg wrote: >> >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >> Some earlier relevant feedback: >> “Two more images of *Heliconia species* from Alipore, recorded on the >> same day, same garden, as my earlier uploads in this post.” from Surajit >> ji. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: surajit koley <[email protected]**> >> Date: 27 May 2012 22:33 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:117844] Heliconia sp. from Alipore >> To: efloraofindia >> <indiantreepix@googlegroups.**com<[email protected]> >> > >> >> >> Sir / Madam, >> >> My camera fails in insufficient light, neither it can focus the subject >> nor it gives enough shutter speed to avoid shake. The attached pictures are >> of *Heliconia* species. After searching the net my options are two fold >> - either *Heliconia wagneriana* >> Petersen<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-248660>or >> *Heliconia latispatha* >> Benth<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-248454>. >> There is a third species, *Heliconia latispatha* x >> *spathocircinata*<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-21500465> >> . >> >> According to USDA site *Heliconia latispatha* is known as 'expanded >> lobsterclaw <http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=HELA12>'. On the >> other hand an image available in the wikipedia, labelled as *Heliconia >> wagneriana*<http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/af/Heliconia_wagneriana.jpg>, >> resembles >> mine. >> >> Species : *Heliconia wagneriana* Petersen ? >> Habit & Habitat : garden herb >> Date : 25-05-12, 2.25 p.m. >> Place : The Agri-Horticultural Society of India, Alipore (Calcutta) >> >> Thank you & Regards, >> >> Surajit Koley >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**User:Jmgarg1<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& >> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >> alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/** >> wiki/Category:J.M.Garg<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg>. >> You >> can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with >> each image. >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >> http://groups.google.co.in/**group/indiantreepix<http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix>(more >> than 1870 members & 1,18,000 messages on 31/5/12) or Efloraofindia >> website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/**efloraofindia/<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> >> (with >> a species database of more than 6500 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> >>
