Beautiful shots. DSRawat Pantnagar On Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at 9:44:36 PM UTC+5:30, ashwini wrote: > > I had seen this climber in May 2017 and have been keeping an eye out for > flowers. I finally found it flowering a few days ago and photographed the > aromatic male flowers. Upon reading a little on the species I found out > about the female flowers and that the petals on both flowers are extremely > small, almost invisible to the naked eye. I went back to look closer and > found female flowers at a different location. I will look out for the > fruits and share them here too. > > Here are the results. > > Some observations: > Male (white-green) and female (purple) flowers on the same plant, female > rounder and larger than the males. Male has 6 stamens ca. 9mm long each, > pseudo-pistils x3 ca. 1mm, 6 petals less than a millimetre each. Female has > 3 pistils with yellow stigma, pistil about 1cm long, petals even tinier > than those of the male. Leaves palmate in 3s or 4s, alternate. > > Holboellia latifolia > Near Gallu Temple, Dharamshala, HP > 2000m approx. > April 02-07, 2018. > > Thanks. > Ashwini > > > >
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