Thank you Pankaj Ji once again. Regards,
surajit On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 8:10 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Not corolla, the flower size includes pedicel!!! Sorry I misread !!! > > On Wednesday, October 31, 2012, surajit koley wrote: > >> Thank you very much Pankaj Ji, it is interesting to find that corolla >> also includes pedicel. >> >> Regards, >> >> surajit >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 7:37 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: >> >> Both actually refers to the length of the flower and not the diameter and >> both includes the length of stalk (pedicel) too. >> Pankaj >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:01 PM, surajit koley < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thanks to All for very elaborate discussion on flowers. I apologize for a >> miss, Satish Sir's post of *Limnophila indica* does mention flower size >> as "less than a >> cm"<https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/uFvfVjcR4-k/discussion> >> . >> >> However, i have vague idea on flower size, not this species, any species >> when size of a flower is mentioned. >> >> When we say >> >> 1) flowers are 1 to 2 cm >> Is it the diameter of a fully open flower? Even then, if it is a regular >> odd numbered petaled flower and the petals are not overlapping type it is >> very likely that if you place one end of your scale on the tip of a petal >> the opposite end passes through the blank space between 3rd and 4th petal. >> So, i assume i will have to draw a circle equal to the circumference of >> that particular flower and then decide its diameter. >> >> 2) corolla 1-2 cm >> I assume it is the length of a corolla tube upto the tip of any member >> petal. >> >> If i am wrong in the above understanding please let me know. >> >> Thank you once again, >> >> Regards, >> >> surajit >> >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Prasad Dash >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >> Dear all this is the flowers of 8 species of Limnophila i have collected >> from different water bodies of Odisha and preserved in herbarium,. I wl >> share them later in the group. >> * >> * >> * >> * >> *Species Flowers* >> >> L. aquatica------Bluish or purple, 1-1.2 cm, short to long pedicelled, in >> erect terminal receme >> L. aromatica----Flowers purple, 9-15 mm long, in axillary or terminal >> many flowered receme, pedicels 7.5-10 mm long >> L. connata-----Flowers rose purple, 1.2-1.5cm long, sessile in the axils >> of floral leaves/bracts >> L. heterophylla---- Flowers purplish, sessile-subsessile, 1-1.2 cm long, >> solitary axillary >> L.indica-----Flowers white or pale purple, 8-12 mm long, pedicelled, 8-8 >> mm long, axillary >> L.repens----Flowers purple, 7.5-12 mm long, , shortly pedicelled, >> solitary axillary >> L.rugosa----Flowers blue purple with yellow mouth in dens axillary heas, >> sessile or shortly pedicelled >> L. sessiflora----Flowers light purple, sessile, 1-1.2 cm long, solitary >> axillary >> >> Regards >> >> Prasad >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 11:08 AM, ushadi Micromini < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Dear Members all: >> there is a quote above that says : " But neither post mentions its flower >> size." >> >> This is why giving all particulars at the initial query is SOOOOOOOO >> important ... >> >> then in follow up ... it will help a great deal ... >> >> This is one more case in point >> >> thanks all >> >> Usha di >> >> == >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Prasad Dash >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >> Surajit ji in Limnophilla aromatica, L. repens, L.conata and L. rugosa, >> the leaves are undivided throughout the stem where as in L. aquatica, >> L.indica, L.sessiflora and L.heterophylla, leaves of lower/submerged parts >> of the stem are pectinate to multifi >> >> > > -- > *********************************************************************** > "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" > > Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D. > Conservation Officer > > Office: > Orchid Conservation Section > Flora Conservation Department > Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation > Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > Residence: > 151, 1st Floor, Tai Om Tsuen > Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > email: [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected] > Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 > (mobile). Fax: +852 2483 7194* > * > * > * > * > > --
