THE CLOSE UP IS LIKE A PAINTING... usha di On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 9:53 PM, Narendra Joshi <[email protected]> wrote:
> Superb photographs of a beautiful flower. > > Thanks Sir. > > Narendra Joshi > > > On 24 July 2012 20:45, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> *Iris japonica* Thunb, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 327. 1794. >> Syn: *Iris chinensis* Curtis (non Bunge); *Evansia* *chinensis* (Curtis) >> Salisb.; *Iris. fimbriata* Ventenat. >> >> Common name: Buuterfly-flower >> >> Perennial rhizomatous herb; stems up to 80 cm tall, branched; leaves >> sword-shaped, up to 50 cm long, glossy green on upper surface, paler >> beneath, midvein absent; flowering stems with 5-12 short branches; spathes >> 2-4 flowered; flowers 5-7 cm across; perianth tube 12-16 mm long; falls >> obovate or elliptic, lavender to nearly white with yellow-orange spots >> in center with blue blotches around the center, margin denticulate, >> undulate; standards spreading, oblong, 3-3.5 cm long, clawed, mauve or >> whitish, denticulate, undulate; style branches pale blue, fimbriate at tip; >> capsule ellipsoid, 3 cm long. >> Photographed from Herbal Garden above Botanical Garden in Kashmir. >> >> -- >> 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/ >> >> > > > -- > With Regards, > Narendra Joshi > -- Usha di ===========
