Dear Gibyji and Santhoshji, Many thanks for the identification. When I inquired the local people, they said that this plant is blooming after 12 years.
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Ramesh Parthasarathy < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Is this the plant that blooms once in 12 years? > > Ramesh > > On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Giby Kuriakose <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> This is Strobilanthes kunthiana, Nilakurinji in Tamil and Malayalam. >> >> >> Regards, >> Giby >> >> >> >> >> >> On 28 October 2012 12:45, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >>> >>> Some earlier relevant feedback: >>> >>> More details on this plant: >>> Leaf: slightly hirsute; opposite >>> Inflorescence: axillary >>> Flower: 3.5 x 1.3cm (not as above) >>> Seed: 0.5cm long- from Muthu ji. >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> >>> Date: 8 October 2012 19:33 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:134283] Nilgiris: Strobilanthus for >>> identification 081012MK01 >>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> Please help me to identify this shrub found in Nilgiris district of TN. >>> Is this *Strobilanthus callosus*? >>> >>> Date: 07 October 2012 >>> Place: Ebbanadu, Nilgiris, TN >>> Alt.: 1900 m asl >>> >>> Leaf: leathery with serrate margin; 7 x 3cm >>> Flower: 4-5 cm long >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 1980 members >>> & 1,33,000 messages on 30/9/12) or Efloraofindia website: >>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >>> of more than 7500 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 >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > Grow More Trees, Dont use Plastics, Keep your environment clean and > Green... > -- Muthu Karthick, N Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 0091 96268 33911 www.careearthtrust.org --
