ID of the flower

manasikaran

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Jul 20, 2010, 5:13:42 AM7/20/10

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Hello friends,

Please identify this flower.

Location – Kass plateau, Satara, Maharashtra

Month – June 2010

Thanks in advance

manasi

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ajinkya gadave

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Jul 20, 2010, 8:15:11 AM7/20/10

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manasikaran jee this is
Cryptocoryne spiralis

tanay bose

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Jul 20, 2010, 8:37:09 AM7/20/10

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Dear Mansi Ji and Ajinkya Ji,
Cryptocoryne spiralis is a completely submerged aquatic plant and hence I think the plant in the photo can't be the one.
But looks very close to Christisonia calcarata from Orobanchaceae.
A different species of this genus is quite possible.

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Pardeshi S.

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Jul 20, 2010, 10:41:16 AM7/20/10

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I agree with Tanay it looks like some root parasite a member of
Orobanchaceae.
the pics does not show any leaves. some Christisonia or Cistanche
sps??

Regards
Satish Pardeshi

On Jul 20, 5:37 pm, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Mansi Ji and Ajinkya Ji,

> *Cryptocoryne spiralis* is a completely submerged aquatic plant and hence I

> think the plant in the photo can't be the one.

> But looks very close to *Christison**ia calcarata* from Orobanchaceae.

> A different species of this genus is quite possible.
>
> Regards
> Tanay
>

> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 5:45 PM, ajinkya gadave <ajinkyagad...@gmail.com>wrote:
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> > manasikaran jee this is
> > Cryptocoryne spiralis

> > On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 2:43 PM, manasikaran <manasika...@gmail.com>

shrikant ingalhalikar

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Jul 20, 2010, 1:27:29 PM7/20/10

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Yes, this is Cryptocoryne; but funnily these are not the flowers. They
are dehised capsules mimicking flowers. The seeds are looking like
anthers. The fruits of the last season, ie October are buried in the
ground (Crypt). As they receive water in the first rain, the fruiting
peduncle rises above ground within a day and the fruit blooms like a
flower dispersing the seeds on the flowing water. This fooling is
unbelievable and the fun can not be described in words; it is to be
experienced by being at Kas in the first rain. Next time will be only
coming June!

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ajinkya gadave

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Jul 20, 2010, 1:48:32 PM7/20/10

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thank you shrikant jee
i am 100%sure about this Cryptocoryne
Crypt means underground tunnel and coryne means group = Cryptocoryne

Selvalakshmi Selvaraj

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Jul 21, 2010, 1:04:51 AM7/21/10

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Thank you for the new information ji.

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Bharathiar University,
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

Pardeshi S.

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Jul 21, 2010, 1:39:05 AM7/21/10

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Really fantastic..

Satish Pardeshi

On Jul 21, 10:04 am, Selvalakshmi Selvaraj <nevath...@gmail.com>
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manasikaran

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Jul 22, 2010, 7:09:24 AM7/22/10

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Hello Shrikant Sir,

Thanks a lot for sharing such a wonderful and interesting fact about the plant..

regards
manasi

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