Yes a galphimia.... process of diagnosis for non taxonimists I guess depends on the inflorescence details... that's what I learned from my experience with this plant... very interesting twists and turn in this story, so I'll share it...
I have a Galphimia gracilis in my balcony... a few months ago when I first bought it.. did not know what it was... did a lot of research for small yellow flowers... Zilch. .. zero... nada.. ... nurseyman were of no use and sent me on a wild goose chase... and then I described it to my sister, who next day without ever seeing it told me it was a Galiphimia... voila... found it and was impressed with her gardening knowledge... Surfing on the web with a purpose then, I found a very nice site : at univ michigan: for classification of galphimia... and I had my diagnosis for my plant.... I will share the URl here... http://www.lsa.umich.edu/herb/malpigh/GalClade/Galphimia/GalGrac.html AND THIS IS NOT a Galphimia gracilis... The inflorescence matches that of Galphimia glauca as Gurcharanji hoped for.... SO BHAGYASHRI: your plant is most likely a Galphimia glauca.... url for it is http://www.lsa.umich.edu/herb/malpigh/GalClade/Galphimia/GalGlau.html enjoy the process, I did Usha di ========== On Sep 25, 7:01 pm, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > I hope Galphimia glauca > > -- > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Madhuri Raut <itii...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Request for identification > > > Date/Time-24 Sep 2011 evening > > > Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Pune Kothrud > > > Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-Private garden > > > Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Shrub > > > Height/Length- about 4 ft > > > Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- green > > > Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- bright yellow flowers > > > Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- not seen > > > Regards > > > Bhagyashri
