Satish ji, It is very common that the seeds thrown in the garbage sprout and most often the vines/ plants are very healthy because of the microorganism that multiply in the heap and form very nice compost. Regards Yazdy.
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> wrote: > The flower size was 10-15 cm > It is huge.... > These climbers are seen growing commonly. The seeds thrown in the garbage > germinate and start growing in moist conditions.The picture was taken at 12 > noon and the sun was not very bright to make it wilt early.After noon the > petals definitely start drooping. > > On 5 October 2010 21:32, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Satish ji >> Yazdy ji may be right: Broad serrated calyx lobes, non-drooping petals and >> importantly free anthers all point to Benincasa hispida. My only fear is >> flowers look smaller, or was it a distant shot?. Satish ji could you >> recollect the diameter of opened flowers. >> >> -- >> 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 Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Yazdy Palia <yazdypa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Friends it could be ash gourd also. Please check the link given below. >>> >>> http://www.padvalagriculture.com/2009/02/pollination-fruiting-in-ash-gourd.html >>> Regards >>> Yazdy. >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 8:43 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > I think this is a climber of Pumpkin what we eat as vegetable. Please >>> > validate. >>> > Male and female flower seen in DSCN9920 >>> > This was growing wild near a Trash container in Pune city. >>> > Dr Phadke >>> > >> >> > >
