in love with grass from Hooghly

[surajit koley]

Sir,

I am proud to announce that this group has changed my outlook towards flora world. My latest darling is this beautiful grass. But who is this exquisite beauty?

Species : Pennisetum sp. ?

Habit & Habitat : wild grass, about 2 ft height

Date : 08.04.2012, 1.45 p.m.

Place : Hooghly (WB)

Thank you & Regards,

Surajit Koley

[Tanay Bose]

Hi Surajit Ji.

I think this is Chloris barbata thought my knowledge in grasses are limited.

Tanay

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[surajit koley]

Good morning/evening Tanay Sir.... Thank you for the ID.

 

Regards,

 

Surajit

[Gurcharan Singh]

Surajit ji

Ihope Tanay is right. (three genera with such digitate spikes are generally common in plains (Bothriochloa, Dichanthium and Chloris). Pennisetum has single thick spike.

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On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 6:03 AM, Tanay Bose <tanay...@gmail.com> wrote:

[surajit koley]

Good morning Sir and thank you for confirming the ID.

Mine was a wild guess resulting from a google search using the string "grass with purple inflo"..!

 

Regards,

 

Surajit

[Satish Phadke]

Surajit ji
I am not aware of the species but I can say that the pictures are really awesome.

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[surajit koley]

Good morning Sir....

Thank you very much.

 

Tanay Sir identified it as Chloris barbata and there is an awesome pic by Dinesh Sir - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/2789969206/

A great Sunday....

 

Regards,

 

Surajit

 

 

On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Satish Phadke <drsmp...@gmail.com> wrote:

Surajit ji
I am not aware of the species but I can say that the pictures are really awesome.

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[jmgarg1]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

“I think this is Chloris barbata thought my knowledge in grasses are limited.
Tanay”

 

“Ihope Tanay is right. (three genera with such digitate spikes are generally common in plains (Bothriochloa, Dichanthium and Chloris). Pennisetum has single thick spike.” from Singh ji.

 

“Tanay Sir identified it as Chloris barbata and there is an awesome pic by Dinesh Sir - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/2789969206/

A great Sunday....  

Regards, 

Surajit”

 

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[surajit koley]

Thank you Garg Sir for making it relevant again.

 

Regards,

 

Surajit

[jmgarg1]

A reply:

"BRAVOOOOOOOO........ 

you r absolutely right" from Anil ji.

[jmgarg1]

A reply:

"Well  C. barbata will not grow 5ft tall. However the Inflorescence looks like C. barbata.

regards
P. RAVICHANDRAN"

 

Thanks, Dr. Ravichandran.

On 24 April 2012 17:54, jmgarg1 <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote:

[surajit koley]

Thank you Garg Sir for more mails confirming the ID as Chloris barbata as have been identified by Tanay Sir. I think i have mentioned in my post that this grass is about 2 ft long.

Please do convey my heartiest Thanks & Regards to Anil Ji & Dr. Ravichandran.

Thank you very much

Regards,

surajit