Hi Vijayasankar , You have provided me the final piece of the jigsaw.! Brilliant. That is it. I tried to find a herbarium specimen on www with no luck. Thank you. I cannot tell you just how thrilled I am to have finally got this shrub positively id. Many thanks to everyone else who also tried to help. Warmest wishes. Sheila. ================================================
On Sunday, August 5, 2012 10:47:02 PM UTC+1, Vijayasankar wrote: > Hi Sheila, > > Congrats! Finally you got the correct id, I think! > The description of *Leycesteria stipulata *at FoC perfectly fits and also > here is a herbarium specimen that exactly matches with your plant: > http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000076878 > > Great work! > > Thanks. > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Plantaholic Sheila < > luddite1...@talktalk.net> wrote: > >> >> >> I have been trying AGAIN to id this and think at long last I may have it! >> It has been suggested in the past it was Leycesteria. >> How about Leycesteria stipulata??? >> It used to be Lonicera stipulata. (The way it was growing reminded me >> very much of a shrubby honeysuckle.) >> I even found a link to say it is common in Ghoom. >> However, the only really good pics on www are on a Chinese web site that >> I cannot copy to here as they must be private. >> >> Expert opinion please. >> >> *http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022275*<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022275> >> >> . >> >> http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RQ-tItJSi60C&pg=PA286&lpg=PA286&dq=leycesteria+stipulata+ghoom&source=bl&ots=em5_bLh5Xz&sig=r2lb7SabWeUN0PdhySV0ek2HA8c&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aNEeUL3wJKWL0AWAtoGICw&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=leycesteria%20stipulata%20ghoom&f=false >> . >> >> >> http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=OI8&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=np&biw=1184&bih=594&tbm=isch&tbnid=PT5p-RwlOGJxgM:&imgrefurl=http://showyourplant.com/Leycesteria_stipulata/&docid=VCtgRqcq1h9EWM&imgurl=http://showyourplant.com/plant_breed_photos/Leycesteria_stipulata_photos_b258f5c4b5dca5fe8326ac56.jpg&w=417&h=600&ei=y9EeUJLQL6rB0QXG9ICADg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=210&vpy=109&dur=2101&hovh=269&hovw=187&tx=100&ty=158&sig=103993066338538128134&page=1&tbnh=129&tbnw=90&start=0&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:76 >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > --
