Thanks Mr.Garg. Did some research. Of the 13 species of Curcuma described by Dr.Almeida in his 'Flora of Maharashtra', I feel that C.neilgherrensis is most likely to fit the bill. With regards, Neil Soares.
--- On Wed, 7/4/12, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: From: jmgarg1 <[email protected]> Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:120554] Cucurma sp. flowering To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Cc: "Ajmal Ali" <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Date: Wednesday, July 4, 2012, 6:28 PM Forwarding again for Id assistance please. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Neil Soares <[email protected]> Date: 28 June 2012 22:57 Subject: [efloraofindia:120554] Cucurma sp. flowering To: [email protected] Hi, Was at my bungalow in Khandala over the weekend. Noticed that the species of Curcuma flowering there looked different from the on my property at Shahapur whose photographs are available at these links : https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!search/Hill$20Tumeric$20Neil$20Soares/indiantreepix/inHhhRCQXA4/hYpqi2G15cYJ https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!search/Hill$20tumeric$20Neil$20Soares/indiantreepix/3T4vZaXushc/DyiJ_Cyyo_MJ Would appreciate an id of these. Sending a few photographs. With regards, Neil Soares. -- With regards, J.M.Garg 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. 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 (more than 1900 members & 1,20,700 messages on 30/6/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 7000 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'.
