Thanks, Dinesh for responding to my questions... ok... will have to do these pics only... usha di =======
On Nov 27, 9:31 pm, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: > Many thanks Gurcharan ji for the lead. > Putting one possibility: *Alnus nepalensis*. > Will wait for comments. > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I thought Alnus sp. > > > -- > > 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 6:48 AM, Ushadi micromini < > > microminipho...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Dinesh: Your adjective of Magnificent or majestic for this tree makes > >> me want to see the whole of the tree.. its spread and its canopy... > > >> did you get to go far enough to photograph it in whole?? > > >> Makes me really want to see it... > > >> Second question, where there many or just this one? > > >> THIRD : more important question is: some ways I know how to know a > >> oak's id is by looking at the leaves full face on, tip end, and > >> back... > >> and the acorn... outside and broken open.. just peeking under the > >> shell ... > > >> and tasting it.. they tend to be bitter when growing in tropical or > >> semitropical areas, so I won't hold you up to have had tasted it.. ha > >> ha... > > >> Do you have these additional pics and data? > > >> usha di > >> =======... > > >> On Nov 27, 4:58 am, Kenneth Greby <fstf...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> > Dinesh-- > > >> > I actually do believe it is an oak (or something else in Fagaceae), > >> but I tend to doubt that it is Q. oblongata (Q. leucotrichophora.) This is > >> the only Indian oak that is occasionally seen in the US. Sadly, I'm even > >> less familiar with your other oak species. :( > > >> > Sorry for the confusion. Hopefully someone else has more experience > >> here. > > >> > Regards-- > >> > Ken. > > >> > --- On Sat, 11/26/11, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > From: Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> > >> > Subject: Re: [efloraindia:96432] DV :: 16NOV11 - 0917 :: ¿ Oak tree ? > >> roadside planted - Ooty > >> > To: "Kenneth Greby" <fstf...@yahoo.com> > >> > Cc: "efloraofindia" <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > >> > Date: Saturday, November 26, 2011, 7:14 AM > > >> > Many thanks Ken. My guide had told me, it could possibly be an Oak tree. > >> > Your quick response gives me confidence in thinking it to be not an Oak > >> !! :) > >> > Let us wait for comment(s). > > >> > Regards. > >> > Dinesh > > >> > On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 5:35 PM, Kenneth Greby <fstf...@yahoo.com> > >> wrote: > > >> > Sorry Dinesh-- > > >> > I'm not familiar with many Indian oaks. Doesn't look like the Google > >> images of Q. oblongata/Q. leucotrichophora. Nice-looking tree. > > >> > Regards-- > >> > Ken. > > >> > --- On Sat, 11/26/11, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > From: Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> > >> > Subject: [efloraindia:96432] DV :: 16NOV11 - 0917 :: ¿ Oak tree ? > >> roadside planted - Ooty > >> > To: "efloraofindia" <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > > >> > Date: Saturday, November 26, 2011, 6:55 AM > > >> > Dear friends, ... ID please. > > >> > Place: along Avalanche Road in Ooty (~ 7259 ft asl), Tamilnadu > >> > Time: November > >> > 16, 2011 at 9.17am > >> > Habit: large majestic tree > > >> > Habitat: planted along roadside > > >> > Plant: about 15 - 20 m high, equally wide > >> > Inflorescence: catkin, about 8 - 15 cm long X about 1 cm wide > >> > Flower: about 7-8 mm across > > >> > Regards.
