Crinum asiaticum aka Grand Crinum Lily

[Rajesh Sachdev]

Photographed last tuesday at Tungareshwar....infact there was colony
of such flowers..

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[Dinesh Valke]

... I think it to be Pancratium triflorum ... forest spider lily, in Marathi: पानकुसुम pankusum

Regards.

[Rajesh Sachdev]

oops....my mistake. I think it would take another century for me to
understand the flowers

[Dinesh Valke]

... hold on, Rajesh ... please let validation come by ... mine is only a thought.

[Pravin Kawale]

Hi,
It looks to me as Pancratium parvum
Marathi name :Lamb pankusum
Pl.Check.
Thanks

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Pravin

[Dinesh Valke]

I referenced:

Pancratium triflorum http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Pankusum.html

Pancratium parvum http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Forest%20Spider%20Lily.html

 

Vishnu ji, Pravin ji, do you think that P. parvum also has a cup-like structure holding the stamens?

 

Regards.

 

 

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:27 PM, VISHNU R <vish...@gmail.com> wrote:

i think it is Pancratium parvum-forest spider lilly...........Family- Amaryllidaceae

[Swapna Prabhu]

Hey Rajesh,

One thing easy to remember to distinguish Pancratium from Crinum is the "corona" .... the cupshaped structure present just inner to petals absent in the later.

Cheers,

Swapna

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Bombay Natural History Society
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Mumbai - 400 001.
India.