Hello All,
Thanks for the ID of this plant and, Usha, I will find out if the
plant is still around for seeds. Would love to have it growing in my
garden too.
Regards.
Ganesh
At 10:20 AM 8/8/2012 +0530, ushadi Micromini wrote:
Dear ALL: and Mr. Pradhan....
YEs certainly... happy to see it in India and to tell you all its a
Balloon cotton bush, a good food source for monarch butterfly caterpillars...
its scientific name is Asclepias physiocarpa... wike will tell you
many other detais I am sure... read it at:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepias_physocarpa>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepias_physocarpa
Mr Pradhan... can your friends granchild tell you if she is saving
the seeds? although its a perennial in her garden, other's may want
to plant it for butterfly food...
Thanks
Usha di
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On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 10:13 AM, jmgarg1
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
Forwarding for Id assistance please.
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From: Ganesh Mani Pradhan
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]>
Date: 7 August 2012 15:09
Subject: Id of plaqnt and flower
To: "J.M. Garg" <<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]>
Dear Garg-ji,
Greetings from Kalimpong. A friend's daughter who is a faculty
member at IGNOU in Delhi posted the attached pictures in a Facebook
group for identification. It used to grow in her grandfathers garden
about 2km away from where I live. Could you please help in identification?
Thank you.
Ganesh M. Pradhan
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