[efloraofindia:56888] Re: ZZ Plant - further episode.

2010-12-13 Thread Katarina
Zamioculcas is a good plant to keep as a potted plant as it is very tolerant to low light and dry air. But it has limits and I think it is too dark where the pot is standing if kept indoors. New growth of Zamioculcas is usually more compact than this. We used to propagate via cuttings like this

Re: [efloraofindia:56889] Baobab

2010-12-13 Thread Shiva.N. Kumar
*Dear padmini* *checked out the PIX of Baobab tree you posted...* *sometime ago* *can you tell me the precise locationnot very * *conversant with the layout of madras* *and * *alsothere are some more of the BIG baobab trees* *in Madraswith your friends, relatives and colleagues*

Re: [efloraofindia:56890] Baobab

2010-12-13 Thread mani nair
Dear Shiva ji, I have seen number of Baobab trees in Mandu in Madha Pradesh. Near to me there are some trees in Jijamata Bhosle Udyan (Victoria Gardens), Byculla, Mumbai. Regards, Mani. On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Shiva.N. Kumar shiva.pet...@gmail.comwrote: *Dear padmini* *checked out

Re: [efloraofindia:56891] Baobab

2010-12-13 Thread Pankaj Kumar
There are supposed to be three in Ranchi and may be one in Bhagalpur and many in Maharastra. Pankaj On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 3:40 PM, mani nair mani.na...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Shiva ji,  I have seen number of Baobab trees in Mandu in Madha Pradesh. Near to me there are some trees in Jijamata

Re: [efloraofindia:56892] Flora of Uttarakhand- Herb43 for Id- JM

2010-12-13 Thread J.M. Garg
Thanks, Singh ji Tanay ji, I could find links for* Impatiens thomsonii* Oliv. syn. of *Impatiens* * sodenii* Engl. Warb. as below: http://www.planetefleurs.fr/Systematique/Balsaminaceae/Impatiens_thomsonii.htm http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?70378 (GRIN)

Re: [efloraofindia:56893] Flora of Uttarakhand- Herb48 for Id- JM

2010-12-13 Thread J.M. Garg
Thanks, Singh ji Tanay ji. A few links of *Trigonella* *emodi* Benth. : http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Himalayan%20Fenugreek.html (FOI) http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?40419 (GRIN) On 24 November 2010 18:12, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote: Yes

Re: [efloraofindia:56894] Flora of Uttarakhand- Herb47 for Id- JM

2010-12-13 Thread J.M. Garg
Thanks, Singh ji Tanay ji, A few links of *Pedicularis gracilis*: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Slender%20Lousewort.html (FOI) http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2taxon_id=210001492 (FON) On 24 November 2010 18:09, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote: Yes

[efloraofindia:56896] Re: PR121210-For ID help

2010-12-13 Thread Pudji Widodo
Could be Syzygium jambos, from Myrtaceae, not jumbos, but for sure could you show me the leaves please. Pudji Widodo Fakultas Biologi Unsoed PURWOKERTO INDONESIA On Dec 13, 10:34 am, Vijayasankar vijay.botan...@gmail.com wrote: This could be Rose Apple (Syzygium jumbos), a common plant found

[efloraofindia:56898] Re: Grass Week : 121210 : AK-1

2010-12-13 Thread Pudji Widodo
Perhaps Sporobolus Pudji Widodo Fakultas Biologi Unsoed PURWOKERTO INDONESIA On Dec 12, 10:03 pm, Aarti S. Khale aarti.kh...@gmail.com wrote: Sending a couple of pictures from Oman. This one taken at Al Sharqiya sands, Sultanate of Oman on  8th Dec,2010. This place also known as Wahiba sands.

Re: [efloraofindia:56899] Re: Grass week: a great success

2010-12-13 Thread Balkar Arya
Congrts Ritesh Ji for Such a marvelous Job you have done. Our This week on Grasses is a great Success. I could get time to just see all the mails during this week due to so many accumulated adm jobs of Both my Deptts and NCC, after one month stay at Shimla. Toaday I saw many mails again and

Re: [efloraofindia:56900] Grass Week: Oryza sativa from Dombivli, Maharashtra

2010-12-13 Thread Smita Raskar
There are so many varieties cultivated here at sawantwadi..some mature earlier can be harvested before other,some with flavour like Basamati,dwarf varieties probably hybrids... even i do not know names and all, didnot ever thought of it..but now i think i must know...i can get info from local

Re: [efloraofindia:56901] Re: Baobabs in Delhi

2010-12-13 Thread Gurcharan Singh
Shiva ji No question of hurting expertise. We are all learning Indian Flora. It would have been much better if you had given the name of the plant. We bought ir from nursery like that. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007

Re: [efloraofindia:56902] Grass week: a great success

2010-12-13 Thread Satish Phadke
It was great to see so many grass species last several days. As Pankaj ji has said grasses are not favourite of many (as most of them don't possess showy beautiful flowers.) I was disappointed initially because I couldn't contribute any. Looking at so many species I realized that many grasses are

[efloraofindia:56903] Re: Grass week: a great success

2010-12-13 Thread Dr Pankaj Kumar
Hahahaha, I didnt mean it that way Satish sir. I didnt say that grasses are not favourite of many. What I meant to say was I worked on Orchids so I will always have higher affinity towards Orchids. Grasses are of course as good as any other group of plants, but its really a hard nut for me to

Re: [efloraofindia:56904] Re: PR121210-For ID help

2010-12-13 Thread Vijayasankar
Thanks Pudji ji, for the correction. Regards Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. Post Doctoral Research Associate National Center for Natural Products Research Thad Cochran Research Center University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677 Phone: +1 662 915

[efloraofindia:56905] Snow clad conifers: just for a change

2010-12-13 Thread Gurcharan Singh
Just for a change from eflora routine, here is the short video of our four day visit to Mount Shasta. http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=176050925752856comments= -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand

Re: [efloraofindia:56906] Re: Grass week: a great success

2010-12-13 Thread Satish Phadke
In fact that is my perception grasses are not favourite of many (as most of them don't possess showy beautiful flowers.) Sorry The sentence has created some misunderstanding(?) On 13 December 2010 21:11, Dr Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote: Hahahaha, I didnt mean it that way

Re: [efloraofindia:56907] Re: Grass week: a great success

2010-12-13 Thread Pankaj Kumar
No issues sir. I am not sure if it is favourite or not. But for sure I had always been running away from maths, asterids and grasses!! :)) Pankaj On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 9:22 PM, Satish Phadke drsmpha...@gmail.com wrote: In fact that is my perception grasses are not favourite of many (as

Re: [efloraofindia:56908] Re: Grass week: a great success

2010-12-13 Thread Gurcharan Singh
Interestingly, although Asteraceae (cortesy APG, Asterids is now a very large group of sympetalous families) is the largest family of angiosperms with more than 24000 species, their identification features are more reliable than many other families. Hope we have a week on Asteraceae soon. --

Re: [efloraofindia:56909] Re: Grass week: a great success

2010-12-13 Thread Pankaj Kumar
Yes to me people say that Orchids are toughest, to a grass man people say grasses are toughest... :)) on the other hand, I say orchids are easiest and a grass guy will say grasses are easiest!! On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Interestingly,

Re: [efloraofindia:56911] Re: Flora of Uttarakhand- Herb67B for Id- JM

2010-12-13 Thread Gurcharan Singh
Yes Campanula latifolia -- 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/ On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 11:45 PM,

Re: [efloraofindia:56914] Re: Chennai trees - 12122010-MS4 - Ardissia sp.

2010-12-13 Thread Vijayasankar
Nice pictures! This should be *Jacquinia* species of Primulaceae / Theophrastaceae. http://ecflora.cavehill.uwi.edu/image_detail.php?sn=Jacquinia+armillarisiid=621pid=2286cn=currant+treegh=shrub%2C+tree+or+tree-like Regards Vijayasankar Raman,

[efloraofindia:56920] Re: Chennai trees - 12122010-MS4 - Ardissia sp.

2010-12-13 Thread Dr Pankaj Kumar
Is it? I never new Primulaceae has trees!!! :(( Pankaj On Dec 13, 10:14 pm, Vijayasankar vijay.botan...@gmail.com wrote: Nice pictures! This should be *Jacquinia* species of Primulaceae / Theophrastaceae.http://ecflora.cavehill.uwi.edu/image_detail.php?sn=Jacquinia+armilla... Regards

[efloraofindia:56921] Re: Chennai trees - 12122010-MS4 - Ardissia sp.

2010-12-13 Thread Dr Pankaj Kumar
Is it? I never knew Primulaceae has trees!!! :(( Pankaj On Dec 13, 10:14 pm, Vijayasankar vijay.botan...@gmail.com wrote: Nice pictures! This should be *Jacquinia* species of Primulaceae / Theophrastaceae.http://ecflora.cavehill.uwi.edu/image_detail.php?sn=Jacquinia+armilla... Regards

Re: [efloraofindia:56922] Re: Chennai trees - 12122010-MS4 - Ardissia sp.

2010-12-13 Thread Vijayasankar
Trust me...even Lamiaceae may have trees!!! Regards Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. Post Doctoral Research Associate National Center for Natural Products Research Thad Cochran Research Center University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677 Phone: +1 662

Fwd: [efloraofindia:56923] 30/11/10/YRP/1

2010-12-13 Thread Gurcharan Singh
Resurfacing again for ID -- 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/ -- Forwarded message --

Re: [efloraofindia:56926] ID plz_011110_RKC_02

2010-12-13 Thread Vijayasankar
The shape of articles reminds me of Desmodium zonatum. But few other spp (like D. repandum etc.) also have this feature. So, needed here are more details, espl leaves. The prostrate plant in the background is D. triflorum, perhaps. Pl also check these links:

Re: [efloraofindia:56927] ID plz_011110_RKC_03

2010-12-13 Thread Gurcharan Singh
Perhaps Valeriana wallichii -- 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/ On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 5:45 PM,

Re: [efloraofindia:56928] ID plz_011110_RKC_01

2010-12-13 Thread Gurcharan Singh
White flowered Mirabilis jalapa? -- 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/ On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 5:45 PM,

[efloraofindia:56929] Re: ID plz_011110_RKC_02

2010-12-13 Thread Ritesh Choudhary
Thanks for the lead Vijayji. Unfortunately, I have only these photographs. Waiting for other comments. Regards, Ritesh.

[efloraofindia:56930] Re: Chennai trees - 12122010-MS4 - Ardissia sp.

2010-12-13 Thread Ritesh Choudhary
Yes Pankaj, I've seen Leucosceptrum canum and Vernonia volkameriifolia in Arunachal Pradesh. Tree species from Lamiaceae and Asteraceae respectively. I'll share the photographs soon. Regards, Ritesh.

Re: Fwd: [efloraofindia:56931] Tree for ID _ 23

2010-12-13 Thread Mahadeswara
Looks like Cordia indica / Cordia myxa On Dec 13, 10:21 pm, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Resurfacing again for ID Earlier feedback Prashant jiSome Cordia sp.? Tanay.Some Cordia for sure, which

Re: [efloraofindia:56932] Beautiful tiny blue flowers on rock hills of Haldipur

2010-12-13 Thread mani nair
Nice flowers. Where is this Haldipur? Regards, Mani. On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:22 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.comwrote: Resurfacing again for ID Earlier feedback Tanay...I guess Utricularia babui Pankaj

Re: [efloraofindia:0] Re: Grass week: a great success

2010-12-13 Thread J.M. Garg
Thanks everybody for making a great week on grasses. It's bringing out some new species as well as increasing chances to compare similar looking species. On 13 December 2010 21:56, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote: Yes to me people say that Orchids are toughest, to a grass man people

Re: Fwd: [efloraofindia:56934] Tree for ID _ 23

2010-12-13 Thread Joshi Pankaj
Dear All, What about fruits? Regards. Pankaj  *** Pankaj N. Joshi, Ph.D Scientist Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology (GUIDE) Post Box # 83, Opp. Changleshwar Temple, Mundra Road, Bhuj- Kachchh Gujarat: 370 001 (India) Phone: +91 2832 235025, 329408;

Re: Fwd: [efloraofindia:56935] Herb for ID?23112010-PKA1

2010-12-13 Thread Joshi Pankaj
Yes... Euphorbia prostrata  *** Pankaj N. Joshi, Ph.D Jr. Scientist Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology (GUIDE) Post Box # 83, Opp. Changleshwar Temple, Mundra Road, Bhuj- Kachchh Gujarat: 370 001 (India) Phone: +91 2832 235025, 329408; Fax: 235027

[efloraofindia:56936] Re: [indiantreepix:24497] Re: Ipomoea muricata from Pench 21209 – NSD 114

2010-12-13 Thread J.M. Garg
A feedback from Ron ji under thread ( https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/b5a52dbb409c032c?hl=en #): Nayan Singh = *I.muricata *Vijayasankar Raman = *Ipomoea parasitica *for this thread:

[efloraofindia:56937] Re: [indiantreepix:24036] Is this Ipomoea indica?

2010-12-13 Thread J.M. Garg
A feedback from Ron ji under thread ( https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/b5a52dbb409c032c?hl=en #): *Ipomoea parasitica* - November 2009 for this thread: http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/8aad6e919c40355e?hl=en On 26 November 2009

[efloraofindia:56940] Re: [indiantreepix:19402] Prickly climber for Id 240909SNP

2010-12-13 Thread J.M. Garg
A feedback from Ron ji under thread ( https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/b5a52dbb409c032c?hl=en #): *Ipomoea parasitica* - September 2009 for this thread: http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/6c61de535024362b/cfc51a5059dc9b1f?hl=en On

Re: [efloraofindia:56944] Passiflora

2010-12-13 Thread mani nair
Nice flower. Thanks for sharing. Regards, Mani. On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 11:26 AM, M Swamy swamy.c...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all , The photographs taken at Sanfrancisco Botanical Garden, California. Photos taken on 10.10.2009. Passiflora sps.! Dr. Mahadeswara Swamy.

Re: [efloraofindia:56945] 30/11/10/YRP/1

2010-12-13 Thread Nidhan Singh
Dear All, Can it be *Abutilon indicum*, Pili Booti? Thanks. Nidhan Singh

Re: [efloraofindia:56946] Passiflora

2010-12-13 Thread Gurcharan Singh
I hope Passiflora caerulea -- 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/ On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:05 PM, mani

Re: [efloraofindia:56947] 30/11/10/YRP/1

2010-12-13 Thread Gurcharan Singh
Yes Abutilon indicum -- 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/ On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Nidhan