Usha di
Since it is a a cultivar the name also has to be within single quotes. Also
I think Nigra (with capital N) is preferred cultivar name and as such
correct name should be *Gossypium herbaceum* 'Nigra' or *Gossypium herbaceum
* cv. Nigra
Had this been a published scientific variety (unfortunately none has
been published) the name would have been *Gossypium herbaceum* var. *nigrum
*(with small n and in italics).
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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Pinki <alok12...@gmail.com> wrote:
> one beautiful plant nicely clicked and very presented in a very
> curious way Ushadi Ji
>
> Alok
>
> On Sep 6, 2:20 am, ushadi Micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Malvaceae week 09 05 2011 UD 003 Gossypium herbaceum ‘nigrum’ NYBG 08
> >
> > Since about 1999 we had been seeing this BLACK…actually a deep violet
> leafed
> > cotton with very pretty deep pink Hibiscus like flower … in several
> > botanical gardens and some garden clubs … but I got my chance to do some
> > digital photo taking in 2008 at NYBG… at the height of the summer of 2008
> ..
> > the flowers were just beginning to open when I ventured in… no pods had
> > developed yet… but I can tell you they are usually about two inches and
> > look like any regular cotton pods and burst open in October ( or there
> > abouts) to reveal perfectly white regular cotton puffs….
> >
> > Family: Malvaceae
> >
> > Genus: Gossypium
> >
> > Species: G. herbaceum
> >
> > Our cultivar is ‘nigrum”
> >
> > Binomial name Gossypium herbaceum “nigrum”
> >
> > Some write it as Gossypium herbaceum
> niger
> >
> > This so far is a rare garden plant, people often wait for long time to
> swap
> > seeds, and garden clubs are a good source in USA … some members may have
> > some to swap…
> >
> > I am just happy to look at my pictures… this plant was about 24 to 28
> > inches tall, its spread about 3 feet, leaves were 6-7 inches long and 6
> > inches wide, fig 2 shows that its markedly hirsuit… and perhaps even
> has
> > some glands??
> >
> > Any experts on botany of cotton here?
> >
> > Can you please tell us what these round dots are?
> >
> > The flowers open in morning , are 4.5 to 5 inches in diameter., and
> close
> > at nite… pods develop slowly, bursting open in the fall… ( see above) .
> >
> > Enjoy.
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Usha di..
> >
> > Gossypium herbaceum 1 LEAVES NYBG 08 (2) sm crp nm.jpg
> > 380KViewDownload
> >
> > Gossypium herbaceum 2 leaf close up HAIRS and MAY BE GLANDS NYBG 08 sm
> crp nm.jpg
> > 307KViewDownload
> >
> > Gossypium herbaceum 3 FLOWER NYBG 08 (6) sm crp nm.jpg
> > 183KViewDownload
