Yes this is the one that flowers once in 12 years. The mass flowering would happen in 2019. But in some populations where the flowering is at different intervals would flower at different time. Reports of flowering of S. kunthiana from Munnar (not all the populations) this year was also there in the Facebook by N A Nasir.
Regards Giby On 30 October 2012 12:18, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > -- 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 --
