Spectacular, never seen it... thanks, Giby. Usha di =======
On Aug 8, 9:32 pm, Dr Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Beautiful pic Gibs. > By the way, the Disperis you have there is Disperis zeylanica and not > neilgherense. > I want both flowers plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..... > Pankaj > > On Aug 8, 9:22 pm, Smilax004 <giby.kuriak...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Dear Srikant ji, > > > Thank you very much for the information and encouraging comment. > > > I will recheck the same when I get live specimen. > > Unfortunately we were not allowed to collect specimens during the > > field visit. I had gone with IISc team who had permission only to > > collect amphibians and reptiles, hence I don't have specimen with me. > > > From my field notebook I recollect that the flowers were around 1cm > > (max 1.5cm no precise measurement is available) - long. > > > When I rerun the key, I could learnt that H. obtusatus branchlets > > inflorescence and/or sometimes leaves more or less furfuraceous (Made > > of or covered with scaly particles, such as dandruff) and leaf base is > > rounded/acute/auricled whereas, in my specimen leaves, branchlets and > > inflorescence were glabrous as mentioned in the key provided by Gamble > > (described as L wallichiana) and the leaf base was narrowed at the > > base. > > > I had experimented and experienced a variation in flower length of > > flowers of Dendrophthoe falcata and D nilgirica from populations from > > KMTR (Tirunelveli) and the Nilgiries (Priya Davidars JBNHS paper). I > > had presented this work in the 5th International Canopy conference > > held in Bangalore in 2009. > > > Thanks and Regards > > Giby > > > On Aug 8, 5:29 pm, shrikant ingalhalikar <le...@rediffmail.com> wrote: > > > > Nice picture Giby, but pls check flower size. I think this to be H. > > > obtusata. Flowers appear to be about 2 cm long and with narrow long > > > lobes. H. wallichiana flowers are just 5-6 mm long with short lobes. > > > Regards, Shrikant > > > > On Aug 8, 5:01 pm, Giby Kuriakose <giby.kuriak...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Thank you very much Vijay and Samir ji for your comments. > > > > > Regards, > > > > Giby > > > > > On 8 August 2011 10:21, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Very nice picture, Giby. Thanks for sharing the habit picture, too. > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > Vijayasankar Raman > > > > > National Center for Natural Products Research > > > > > University of Mississippi > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Giby Kuriakose > > > > > <giby.kuriak...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > >> *Helixanthera wallichiana* of Loranthaceae family, an endemic, rare, > > > > >> hemi-parasitic shrub from Silent Valley National Park, Kerala The > > > > >> Picture > > > > >> was taken during a field visit in April 2007. > > > > > >> Close up > > > > >>http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby/1418089994/in/photostream > > > > > >> Habitat picture is available @ > > > > >>http://www.parasiticplants.siu.edu/Loranthaceae/images/HelixantheraWa... > > > > >> . > > > > >> This habit picture was taken by my friend Dr K A Subramanian > > > > >> (Scientist C > > > > >> ZSI, Kolcatta) during the same field trip. > > > > > >> Regards, > > > > >> Giby > > > > > >> -- > > > > >> GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD > > > > >> Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), > > > > >> Royal Enclave, > > > > >> Jakkur Post, Srirampura > > > > >> Bangalore- 560064 > > > > >> India > > > > >> Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) > > > > >> visit my pictures @http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby > > > > > -- > > > > GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD > > > > Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), > > > > Royal Enclave, > > > > Jakkur Post, Srirampura > > > > Bangalore- 560064 > > > > India > > > > Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) > > > > visit my pictures @http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby-Hidequotedtext - > > > > > - Show quoted text -
