Dear Gurcharanj & Ushadi & all the respected members, Please accept my sincere thanks for putting up so much efforts to identify and share such wonderful information about the plants with us......I have been into finance all through my career....its only since last 5 years I have been deeply influenced by plants and trying to understand them, learn about them......I have gained and learned a lot by being part this group.
With Warm Regards, Renee On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 9:19 AM, ushadi Micromini <[email protected] > wrote: > Oh wonderful > > I am always amazed at the depth of your knowledge > Thank you... Gurcharanji > > Usha di > == > > > > On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Ushadi >> Perhaps answer may be linked here: >> "The pith in the stems is used as tinder, and the twigs also make an >> inextinguishable slow-match." >> >> >> http://www.prota4u.org/protav8.asp?h=M4&t=Leptadenia,pyrotechnica&p=Leptadenia+pyrotechnica >> >> Or here >> >> "the specific epithet pyrotechnica .....was given as Forsskal noticed >> that Arabs were using fibres of its stem to produce fire using stone and >> flint" >> >> >> http://books.google.co.in/books?id=8j0jK23DkfsC&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=leptadenia+pyrotechnica+origin+of+epithet+pyrotechnica&source=bl&ots=A7lZQ7E51k&sig=yixD4EUWzTMWCWCrDE-L68Ed1BQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=awaIUNHIEYrBigL5yoCgBg&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=leptadenia%20pyrotechnica%20origin%20of%20epithet%20pyrotechnica&f=false >> >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 5:09 AM, ushadi Micromini < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I wonder why pyrotechnica????? >>> >>> its used for roofs of huts, >>> if it combusts spontaneously it could not have been useful for >>> thatching... >>> so makes me wonder.... >>> ??? >>> >>> Usha di >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 12:38 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> I hope Leptadaenia pyrotechnica (Asclepiadaceae, now Apocynaceae). >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>>> Retired Associate Professor >>>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>>> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Prashant Awale <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Beautiful photographs. Thanks Renee ji for sharing. >>>>> Regards >>>>> Prashant >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 10:11 PM, renee vyas Vyas < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Dear Friends, >>>>>> >>>>>> Please help to identify this small shrub.....I found it flowering in >>>>>> Tal Chappar wildlife Sanctuary in Churu district of Rajasthan between >>>>>> Ratangarh & Sujjangarh about 220 km from Jaipur. This area is located on >>>>>> the fringe of the Great Indian Desert, famous for large number of Black >>>>>> Bucks, has sandy saline soil with open grassland scattered with Acasia >>>>>> nilotica, Prosopis cineraria, Parkinsonia aculeata, Capparis decidua etc. >>>>>> >>>>>> With Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Renee >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Usha di >>> =========== >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > > --
