Thanks a lot, Sandhya ji, for such a well written story and photograph. On Sun, 29 May 2022 at 16:51, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I would like to share the picture and the story of a little plant that > came to me unbidden. Years ago it had sprouted in a grow bag in which I > used to grow vegetables on my terrace. I still wonder how those tiny seeds > made its way into the bag. This was a plant I had never seen before. I was > sure that it belonged to Rubiaceae. I sought the help of my botanist friend > Dr. Kunhikannan. At first he said he couldn’t identify it and asked me to > keep a herbarium specimen for him which I did. Later he came up with the > identification. It was Oldenlandia attenuata (Hedyotis attenuata) which > apparently has been identified from two districts in Kerala, one of which > was Trivandrum where I was living. Another location of identification was > Maharashtra. I tried the internet for more information but nothing much was > available. It just says it is a native of India and perhaps Vietnam. > > I was on the look out for the plant since then but I never found the plant > in my neighbourhood. I came across it in other parts of the city only a > couple of times, that too a tiny cluster clinging on to the recess of a > wall. I had wanted to post it in eflora but somehow I didn’t ( I had > photographed the plant in 2013). Looking at the eflora database now I can’t > find this species. > > So I thought I would share this plant with you friends hoping that we can > get to know more about the plant from our experts. Celebrating the 15 > wonderful years of eflora with the story of this tiny plant, with lovely > tiny white flowers, nothing flamboyant or glamorous… but silently > continuing its journey with the sheer power of survival. > - > Sandhya Sasidharan > -- With regards, J.M.Garg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFAqqZiyevCk870Bx1jEZSmwnEoZqQBJ7xbmWV6rrr5CnA%40mail.gmail.com.
