Trees for plantation : Can you please suggest me names of few trees for plantation along the roads and highway in Mumbai during monsoon . Criteria would be 1) Should be of Indian origin 2) Evergreen category 3) Providing good shade 4) Should grow fast 5) and if…
Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: Cyperaceae-01042013GS3 from Kashmir for ID-GS9: Attachments (3). 3 posts by 2 authors. A member of Cyperaceae growing at Khillenmarg, alt. 10000 ft. in wet places. Help in ID
Scleropyrum pentandrum (Dennst.) Mabb., Taxon 26: 533 1977. (syn: Bridelia horrida Dillwyn; Champereia perrottetiana Baill.; Heydia horrida Dennst.; Heydia maingayi (Hook.fil.) Kuntze; Myrobalanus indica Buch.-Ham. ex Steud.; Pothos pentandrus Dennst.; Pyrularia ceylanica A.DC.; Pyrularia moschifera (Bl.) A.DC.; Pyrularia wallichiana A.DC.; Pyrularia zeylanica A.DC.; Scleropyrum harmandii Baill. ex Lecomte; Scleropyrum mekongense Gagnep.; Scleropyrum…
Scleropyrum pentandrum (Dennst.) Mabb. (China (Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan), Cambodia, India (Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Laos, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, peninsular Malaysia (scattered throughout), Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin, Mon, Sagaing, Shan, Taninthayi), Singapore as per Catalogue of Life) Species as per Flora of India Vol 23 (2012) (Editors N. P. Balakrishnan,…
Plants from Cactus Garden: Cactus 8 for identity from Panchkula.. : Attachments (2). 5 posts by 3 authors. Please identify the attached pictures which were shot from Panchkula… That is gorgeous …, I cannot tell if it is an Opuntia (flat pads), a Cylindropuntia (round joints) or some other…
Requesting ID :: 21032013 :: ARK-03 : Requesting ID of this purple flower Captured in Mumbai in September 2012 Ipomoea sp. Recently, I saw a similar flower identified as Ipomoea turbinata. Can this flower be also Ipomoea turbinata?
Plants from Cactus Garden: Unidentified Cactus- 6 from Panchkula, Gactus Garden. : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 2 authors. Please identify this succulent shot from Panchkula, Haryana… Echinopsis sp. Beautiful Echinopsis …, No idea which one, there are so many hybrids.
Fwd: cactus : 3 posts by 2 authors. kindly hep me for id of cactus cultivated in DCA, college, campus. mammilaria cactus blossom cant go further because the cactus itself has to be photographed to show details Echinopsis…. Oxygona maybe? Or maybe just some hybrid?
Turbinicarpus horripilus (Lem.) V. John & Ríha, Kaktusy 19:22. 1983 (syn: (≡) Gymnocactus horripilus (Lem.) Backeb.; (≡) Mammillaria horripila Lem. (basionym); (≡) Neolloydia horripila (Lem.) Britton & Rose; (≡) Thelocactus horripilus (Lem.) Kladiwa); Semi-desert vegetation among calcareous rocks. Native: Mexico (Hidalgo) The extent of occurrence is 500 km² and is known…
SYMBIOSIS : 342 : Attachments (1). 1 post by 1 author. Attaching an image of a Large Cabbagewhite butterfly on the flowers of Polygonum sp.
Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A.Clark, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65: 1121 1978 publ. 1979. (syn: Dichanthelium acuminatum var. thurowii (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Gould & C.A.Clark; Dichanthelium auburne (Ashe) Mohlenbr.; Panicum acuminatum Sw.; Panicum acuminatum var. thurowii (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) C.F.Reed; Panicum auburne Ashe; Panicum ciliosum Nash; Panicum comophyllum Nash; Panicum filiculme Ashe; Panicum glutinoscabrum Fernald; Panicum iowense Ashe; Panicum microphyllum Ashe; Panicum nitidum var. pubescens Scribn.;…
Two new plant species from Vietnam : Happy to share that we have described two new plant species from Vietnam. Please find the papers here. http://www.annbot.net/PDF/anb50-free/anb50-099.pdf
Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf., Med. fl. 2:247. 1830 (Syn: (≡) Cactus humifusus Raf. (basionym); (=) Opuntia compressa auct.; (=) Opuntia vulgaris auct. nonn.); Opuntia humifusa, commonly known as the Eastern Prickly Pear or Indian Fig, is a native cactus found in most of eastern North America. It ranges from…
Adding Bird Perches for Cross-Pollination : Hope you will find this article interesting. Adding Perches for Cross-Pollination.pdf
Poa koelzii Bor, Kew Bull. 3: 139 1948. ; . N. Pakistan to Tibet: Altay, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Koelz’s Grass . Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: Grass for ID from Paddar valley 005 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 3 authors. Kindly Identify…
Plants from Cactus Garden: Cactus 9 unidentified from Cactus Garden : Attachments (4). 4 posts by 3 authors. This was also shot from same location, wanted to know the id please… opuntia species The flowers look like Opuntia compressa/humifusa, but the pads are too round. Most of the compressa/humifusa…
Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week :: Poaceae » ¿ Ischaemum commutatum ? at Tungareshwar WLS :: 10 OCT 09 01:09 :: DV33 : 2 images. 4 posts by 3 authors. Poaceae¿ Ischaemum commutatum ? Place, Altitude: Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary … about 530 ft aslDate, Time: 10 OCT…
Pune’s draft DP will END YOUR MORNING HILL WALKS ON THE TEKDI !! : The PMC has released its draft DP for 2007-2027. It is a shoddy piece of work which needs to be opposed by every concerned citizen of Pune.Activists, Town Planning experts and common citizens who…
Cyperaceae, Poaceae and Juncaceae Week :: Cyperaceae for ID » 050413MK03 : Attachments (4). 3 posts by 2 authors. Please help me in identifying this sedge. I have pics of the flowers or close-up. This sedge was ubiquitous in that area. Location: Kancheepuram Dist., TN Habitat: waterlogged area…