Marrianne nice writing but but this is a qualified but since I have one plant I am trying to get it to survive in a pot in my balcony for tow years and become may be semi perennial from the annual its supposed to be... have loved this plant ever since I saw the experiments the Jagadish Chandra Bose had performed recreated, when I was wee little girl..
notwithstanding my personal fascination ... this plant is has a capacity to overwhelm local flora and become so plentifully naturalized that it becomes a noxious weed... googling will get you a plethora of pages ... thanks again for sharing ... and lovely to see you here after some months of not hearing from you. usha di On 17 September 2012 11:37, Marianne de Nazareth <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > > My story today in the hindu -- > > http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article3904028.ece > > > regds, > > Marianne > > -- > > Former Asst. Editor, The Deccan Herald, > Freelance Web & Print Journalist > Registered PhD scholar > Adjunct faculty: St Joseph's PG college of Media Studies & COMMITS > http://mariannedenazareth.blogspot.com/ > > > > -- > > > > -- 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 1950 members & 1,27,800 messages on 31/8/12) 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'. --
