Sir my general question regarding this species which I have been asking many to verify : Was there any smell, fragrance ? Thankyou.
regards, Rashida. P.S. Will soon give the difference in both the species from Dr Almeida's flora. regards, Rashida. On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Dinesh ji and Shrikant ji > I had to put this question because while resurfacing the photographs of > another species (identified as E. purpurascence), the doubts arose in mind. > Perhaps soon we would resurface all these together, and my plant from Delhi > which I knew as E. nervosum (now correctly E. pulchellum) which needs to be > checked for both E. roseum and E. pulchellum, apparently close species which > can be confused. As suggested by Shrikant ji the differences are largely > based on spike size and bracts shape. Let us concentrate on that for both > Delhi plant and those from Western Ghats. > > > -- > 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 Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Gurcharan ji ... many thanks for surfacing my query put at UBC (where >> Tanay currently belongs). >> The differences between *E. roseum* and *E. pulchellum* are not yet clear >> to me ... for the only fact : not sure whether the latter is found in >> northern Western Ghats. >> If both of them are known to be distributed in northern Western Ghats, >> then the differences are very important to me. >> >> Sometime later settled with the thinking that *E. pulchellum* has quite a >> few spikes closely rising at the end of stem (or branches) ... while *E. >> roseum*, commonly found in my vicinity has just one OR two spikes ... >> (will stand corrected). There could be better and clearer difference(s) >> between the two species. >> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 9:58 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> In past two months there have been few uploads of Eranthemum >>> photographs. >>> >>> Pardeshi ji gave following key >>> >>> 1. Bracts green with white ciliate margin, acuminate at apex.......E. >>> purpurascens >>> 1. Bracts white with green nerves, mucronate at >>> apex.................E. roseum >>> >>> We have one shrub growing in Delhi identified as E. nervosum, which has >>> bracts similar to E. roseum with green and white portions. It is now >>> considered as synonym of E. pulchellum. Also E. roseum and E. pulchellum are >>> considered as distinct species, and in spite of trying a lot I could not >>> find the differences between the two and am not able to decide whether our >>> plant is E. roseum or E. pulchellum. It was pleasant surprise to find that >>> Dinesh ji had raised this question in 2007. >>> >>> http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/forums/showthread.php?t=22084 >>> <http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/forums/showthread.php?t=22084> >>> Any clues please >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> 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/ >>> >>> >> > > >
