Yes it is *Rhyncoglossum notonianum * of Gesneriaceae family. https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic/indiantreepix/NWH0eJjyJNw%5B1-25%5D
Regards Giby On 18 August 2012 13:39, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > “*Check it with Rhyncoglossum notonianum* (Gesneriaceae) > > Sincerely > R. Kottaimuthu” > > > > “WHAT AN INTERESTING FLOWER... > google search only turns up our threads??? > hasn't any papers written about this? > > why? > Usha di” > > > > “Usha di, that could be due to spelling error. > Pl *search again for Rhynchoglossum notonianum*. > > Regards > Vijayasankar Raman” > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> > Date: 10 August 2012 12:03 > Subject: [efloraofindia:123917] Acanthaceae from valparai for > identification 100812MK03 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Dear all, > Please help me to identify this Acanthaceae member found near water > streams in southern western ghats. Height of plant goes up to 25cm and > leaves up to 10cm longer; inflorescence 4cm longer. > > Date: 02 Aug 2012 > Alt.: 1050m asl > Place: Solayar, Valparai, TN > > Habitat: near water stream and mud walls on road > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Care Earth Trust > #15, second main road, > Thillai ganga nagar, > Chennai - 600 061 > Mob: 0091 96268 33911 > www.careearthtrust.org > > -- > > > > > > > -- > 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 & > 1,23,300 messages on 31/7/12) 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'. > > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Assistant Professor PG and Research Department of Botany Sacred Heart College Thevara Kochi- 682 013 Kerala, India Phone - +914844044436 (office) +919947109987 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby --
