Thanks Vijay ji for this ID. I was going to write "Looks like some miniature palm.", based on the leaves. Thanks my palm (though only part of common name, though botanically distant) was correct.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Vijaysankar, > Thanks for your quick reply which is bull's eye! I had been killing > myself exploring Zingiberacea and Marantaceae. > Interestingly, it is a native of NE India. > Cheers! > > - Tabish > ------------------------------**------------- > www.flowersofindia.net > The waterhole of flower lovers > > On Friday, July 27, 2012 10:35:30 AM UTC+5:30, Vijayasankar wrote: >> >> Tabish ji, it may be *Molineria capitulata* (Palm grass) of Hypoxidaceae. >> >> Regards >> >> Vijayasankar Raman >> National Center for Natural Products Research >> University of Mississippi >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 11:49 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> A common garden plant, mainly grown for its leaves, seen blooming in a >>> nursery in Delhi, in April. >>> The flowers emerge from the base of the plant. >>> Please identify. >>> - Tabish >>> >>
