Devgad, MH, June 2025 :: Chlorophytum (?) for ID :: ARK2025-075: 2 high res. images.
This was clicked near Devgad in the Kokan area in Maharashtra in late May 2025. The monsoon was early this year.
Had also clicked it around mid-June in 2019. The monsoons were highly delayed that year.
Unfortunately have not seen its flowering in both the years. But I think, the leaves appear before the flowers.
A possible name could be Chlorophytum malabaricum (as per an unrelated FB post talking about this found aplenty on the ‘kokni sada (कोकणी सडा) around the same time – https://www.facebook.com/profile/100070871664730/search/?q=chlorophytum)
Is it possible to ID? One more
Is it possible to ID? One more
Both the times, I found this growing at exactly the same place.
I guess this is other than Chlorophytum sp.
Can it be Pancratium parvum?
Cannot say
Also check:
https://efloraofindia.com/efi/pancratium-triflorum/
For some reason, this was labelled Pancratium parvum in my records. I am not sure if this ID was provided by an expert on some other forum.
Will wait for a chance to be there next year around a time (after this vegetative state) to see the flowers.
Or perhaps some expert from the Konkan area who could help. Perhaps …
I think we should leave it unsolved for now, what with the lack of any discernible features to ID it correctly.
To me it seems to be closer to Chlorophytum sp. rather than Pancratium.
Most of the Pancratium spp. are hysteranthous i.e.
flowers are not contemporary but emerge before leaves. Hence this doesn’t seem to be Pancratium.
But the leaves indeed seem to be a little broader for Chlorophytum as well. Hence the identification is speculative and not conclusive.