A Climber for Id : 27052013: RV ! : Attachments (3). 3 posts by 3 authors. Kindly id this climber with thorns, saw today in SGNP, Mumbai. This is a species of Smilax.
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27. Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st March’13
Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st March’13- more than 8000 species : 5 posts by 5 authors. It’s heartening to reiterate that Efloraofindia is the largest google e-group in the world in this field & the largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with more than 1,51,300 messages so far & […]
28. Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th April’13
Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th April’13- more than 8000 species : 2 posts by 2 authors. It’s heartening to reiterate that Efloraofindia is the largest google e-group in the world in this field & the largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with more than 1,53,000 messages so far & membership […]
BBC Show in MNP, Mumbai
Ornamental Plant For ID : BBC Show,Mumbai : 240513 : AK-2 : Attachments (1). 10 posts by 4 authors. Picture taken at the BBC Show in MNP, Mumbai on 31/3/13. Small, cultivated, potted plant. Id please. looks like Haworthia Aloe, Haworthia and some others are very confusing for me. Check For Haworthia […]
Cassia species ?- herbarium specimen
Plant id : Attachments (4). 3 posts by 2 authors. Please help me to identify this herbarium specimen.. dated 16th april 2013 i think it is Cassia sp. (may be C. javanica).. but i am confused about the leaves..
Bergenia purpurascens
Bergenia purpurascens (Hook.f. & Thomson) Engl., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 26: 841 1868. (Syn: Bergenia delavayi (Franch.) Engl.; Bergenia purpurascens var. delavayi (Franch.) Engl. & Irmsch.; Bergenia purpurascens f. delavayi (Franch.) Hand.-Mazz.; Bergenia purpurascens var. macrantha (Franch.) Diels; Bergenia purpurascens var. sessilis Cass.; Saxifraga delavayi Franch.; Saxifraga purpurascens Hook. f. & Thomson; Saxifraga purpurascens var. macrantha […]
Let us make interactions enjoyable
Let us make interactions enjoyable : All of us coming from diverse fields and different professions have joined this group with sole purpose of sharing information, gaining information from others who don’t belong to your profession but have intimate contact with plants in nature, and above all enjoying these interactions. Luckily with examples […]
Seseli
Seseli diffusum (Roxb. ex Sm.) Santapau & Wagh (Images by Surajit Koley (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) Seseli libanotis (L.) W. Koch (Images by Gurcharan Singh (Validation by Surajit Koley) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) Seseli mucronatum (Schrenk) Pimenov […]
Tabernaemontana dichotoma
Tabernaemontana dichotoma Roxb. ex Wall., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1273 1829. (syn: Cerbera dichotoma Lodd. [Invalid]; Ervatamia dichotoma (Roxb. ex Wall.) Burkill; Pagiantha dichotoma (Roxb. ex Wall.) Markgr.; Rejoua dichotoma (Roxb. ex Wall.) Gamble; Tabernaemontana dichotoma Roxb.; Tabernaemontana laurifolia Ker Gawl.; Tanghinia dichotoma G.Don); Image by Siva Siva – identified by Michael van der Poorten […]
Coreopsis lanceolata (Cultivated)
Coreopsis lanceolata L., Sp. Pl. 908 1753. (Syn: Chrysomelea lanceolata Tausch; Coreopsis crassifolia Dryand. ex Aiton; Coreopsis heterogyna Fernald; Coreopsis lanceolata var. angustifolia Torr. & A.Gray; Coreopsis lanceolata var. glabella Michx.; Coreopsis lanceolata var. pumila Moldenke; Coreopsis lanceolata var. succisaefolia DC.; Coreopsis lanceolata var. villosa Michx.; Coreopsis oblongifolia Nutt.; Coreopsoides lanceolata (L.) Moench); Images by […]
Field Botany course In Pune
Field Botany course In Pune 9 March to 18 May 2012 : 2 posts by 1 author. Field Botany course In Pune 9 March to 18 May 2012.Those interested can consider attending it. Lectures only 2 days in a week only evening.Very informative Includes field trips too.Experienced and famous faculty.http://epaper.lokmat.com/epapermain.aspx?queryed=42&eddate=02%2f26%2f2012 Lokmat Marathi“Hello Pune” […]
Senecio species ?- Nairobi, Kenya
Garden Plant for ID : 310112 : Kenya : AK-3 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 3 authors. A small cultivated garden plant seen at Nairobi, Kenya. Bright yellow flowers seen. Sedum species? Looks like some Senecio to me! On searching, Senecio barbertonicus looks quite close.
Moss- sources/ nurseries
Moss : Anyone aware of sources/nurseries for hardy ground cover? I am thinking of moss and if I can get them from a nursery. I live in Chennai but open to procuring from anywhere.
Delhi University Flower Show
Delhi University Flower Show and World Book Fair in Delhi : 1 post by 1 author. This is for information of All that 54th Annual Flower Show of Delhi University is being held on 2nd of March 2012 from 12.00 PM to 5:30 PM. More details are available on the following link […]
Rotula
Rotula aquatica Lour. (Images by P Santhan, Anurag Sharma 2, Rashmi Khiani (ID Radha Vaech), Prashant Awale, Rajesh Sachdev and Manudev Madhwan, Inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Please click links to see details and more images)) Rotula page (Boraginaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Rotula page (Boraginaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia (done by …). If you […]
Boerhavia elegans subsp. stenophylla
Boerhavia elegans subsp. stenophylla (Boiss.) A.G. Miller, Edinburgh J. Bot. 51: 40 1994. (syn: Boerhavia bastica Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Boerhavia repanda Roxb.; Boerhavia rubicunda var. stenophylla (Boissier) F.R. Fosberg; Boerhavia stellata Wight; Boerhavia umbellata Wight ex Hook. fil.; Commicarpus repandus Standl.; Commicarpus stellatus (Wight) Berhaut); S-Libya (Tibesti), Niger, Chad, ?Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, NE-Kenya, Bahrain, […]
Pimpinella species- Sihagad valley near Pune
Pimpinella species for ID 16/01/2012 SMP1 : Attachments (5). 2 posts by 2 authors. I understand that identification of Pimpinelaa and for that matter Apiaceae family as a whole is difficult without characters like fruits/mericarps etc. I searched the earlier discussions on Pimpinella on the group. None has resulted in clear indication about […]
Non-veg (Fruit)
Non-veg (Fruit) : Attachments (1). 6 posts by 5 authors. These beautiful fruits were attracting attention of many visitors in Sirpur Mela of Chhattisgarh this Monday. Later it was identified as non-veg (fruit). 😉 hahaha, its attractive, and beautifully prepared! I think turmeric has been used for medicinal as well as cosmetic purposes!? […]
Perilla frutescens var. crispa (Cultivated)
Perilla frutescens var. crispa (Thunb.) H.Deane, Rhodora 25: 40 1923. (syn: Dentidia nankinensis Lour.; Dentidia purpurascens Pers.; Dentidia purpurea Poir.; Ocimum acutum Thunb.; Ocimum crispum Thunb.; Perilla acuta (Thunb.) Nakai; Perilla arguta Benth.; Perilla crispa (Thunb.) Tanaka; Perilla frutescens var. acuta (Thunb.) Kudô; Perilla frutescens var. arguta (Benth.) Hand.-Mazz.; Perilla frutescens var. nankinensis (Lour.) Britton; […]
Over to mini Switzerland in Uttarakhand
Over to mini Switzerland in Uttarakhand : 8 posts by 8 authors. Due to uncertainty of programme with possible election duties of …, this could not announced on the group, but finally we have managed a short trip to Uttarakhand starting today evening and coming back on 3rd June. Our main focus would […]
