A reply: "Aloe and Gasteria are SOOOOOO close... pick and gasteria and look up synonyms and you will find that 20 to 40 % of its synonyms start with name: Aloe...... and the rest with Gasteria... with a rare something else thrown in...
Very confusing for some one like me... BUT, Gasteria with basal rosettes are not so common.... I have seen this some where and Gasteria glauca stuck.... so I googled it .... found a picture of what I had in my mind... at URL: http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantefg/gasteriaglauca.htm Its being grown all over the tropics.. Worth a try , Gurucharan ji.... hope it helps.. DO not know enough botany to do differential diagnosis... Good Luck Usha di" On 25 August 2011 11:05, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> > Date: 19 March 2011 20:25 > Subject: [efloraofindia:65161] 19032011GS2 herb for ID from Delhi > To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > > > 19032011GS2 herb for ID from Delhi > This herb was displayed in Delhi University Flower show on February 25, > 2011 > Alt: 213 m > Herb grown in pots > Leaves basal with unarmed margin, narrowed towards tip > Inflorescence a raceme about 1 m tall on scape, flowers reddish-orange, > about 2-2.5 cm long, in axils of scarious bracts, tube cylindrical, slightly > curved above > > The leaves suggest Gasteria but the flowers appear more like Aloe. Please > help in identification > > -- > 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/ > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1680 members & > 75,000 messages on 31/7/11) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 5000 species) > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1680 members & 75,000 messages on 31/7/11) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 5000 species)
