Dear Usha Di Thanks a lot for the detailed suggestions, though I missed your email and saw only now.
The Kolkata botanical gardens was very nice. I have some images and questions on the gardens which I will be posting soon- there were some curious lotus leaf based structures in janardan lake, and I was wondering what they are- will post images this weekend... I did spot the cluster of cannonball trees- one of them had the largest number of cannonballs I have ever seen on a single tree...very few were flowering though. However, I have had the privilege of recently seeing cannonball trees in full bloom at the aurobindo ashram in Bangalore- the flowers have such a lovely fragrance! If I get the opportunity to travel in march- April to Kolkata again, I will certainly check out the palash in Victoria memorial. Thanks Vishnu On Sunday, October 14, 2012, ushadi Micromini wrote: > Dear Vishnu > did not see this just now > Palash there is one large one in Victoria memorial garden but does not > flower until the month of HOLI > usually in April > > in the botanical garden > the cannonball tree not far from the banyan will be flowering > amazing flowers > amazing fruits > > some cassias > > nothing mush flowers at the end of monsoon... unless its grass... > Heres a map of Kol Bot G > I had circled the cannon ball tree for either Satish or Surajit > forget who > never mind > now you can access it... right away if you are so equipped > > good luck > > Usha di > === > > > On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Vishnu Agnihotri < > [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> Dear Friends >> >> I am in Kolkata for the next 4 days. I plan to spend a few hours >> treewatching. On the internet, I came to know of 2 places- >> >> -Kolkata botanical gardens >> -Agri-horticultural society >> >> Any suggestions- >> >> -which garden should I go to if I have time for only one? >> -any other roads/ places I should visit to see trees? >> >> I am from Bangalore- I would like to see some trees which I dont normally >> get to see in Bangalore (e.g. I havent seen a palash- butea monosperma yet >> in Bangalore). Also, which trees are likely to be flowering in Kolkata now? >> >> Sorry for being so greedy with all these requests in information. >> >> Thanks >> Vishnu >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > > -- Vishnuteerth Agnihotri (Vishnu) D-003, Purva Park Apts No.53, Jeevanahalli Main Road Cox Town, Bangalore- 560005 Home- +91 80 41250056 Mobile- +91 9342247734 --
