Wow!! I added a pic of these from near Corbet!! Pankaj
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Shantanu Bhattacharya <shnt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > The Red Nongmangkha (Phlogacanthus pubinervius) is an evergreen shrub which > is particularly showy in spring with its dense upright spikes of of > brick-red, tubular flowers. The shrub grows up to 3 m tall, with 4-angled, > grey branches, and drooping leaves. Leaves are inverted lance-shaped, 15-25 > cm long, with a base gradually narrowing into the leaf-stalk. Flowers are > braod-tubular, curved, 2-2.5 cm long, 2-lipped, with 5 nearly equal petals. > Stamens protrude out of the flowers. Sepals are 6-8 mm long, bristly haired, > bracts 6-12 mm long. Bracts are prominent when the flowers are in bud. Fruit > is a cylindrical 4-angled capsule, to 4 cm long. Red Nongmangkha is found in > forests, at altitudes of 200-1700 m, from U.P. to Burma. Flowering: > February-March. > The bird feeding on nectar is a Silver-eared Mesia. > Pic taken near Phuntsholing...Bhutan. March 2010. > > regards > Shantanu :) > > > Shantanu Bhattacharya. > B.Sc, M.Sc (Zoology) > University of Calcutta. > Teaching Faculty. > Dept. of Biology. > Vivekananda Mission School(ICSE). > Joka. Kolkata. > > > > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
