For ID - Chamundi hills, Mysore | 01Oct10AR03

[raghu ananth]

For ID -  Chamundi hills, Mysore | 01Oct10AR03

PS: There could be more than one plant species.

One of the flowering plant (bluish purple) resemble Cyanotis tuberosa - Greater cat ears

http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Greater%20Cat%20Ears.html

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On the last photograph - 

Road kill - Chameleon  this time

(While we were photographing this plant, we noticed a chameleon half dead in road accident. Before we arrived another high speed vehicle silenced this lizard. My fellow nature photographers  post chameleon sightings regularly and this species was in my wish list from many years. Its really sad, I have to see many of the species in my wish list in road kills. Here in Chamundi hill forests even fully grown leopards are not spared from speeding vehicles. In forests we should respect all living creatures and let them live.

Pls check this link for more road kill encounters

http://picasaweb.google.co.in/earthsublime/OJudgementThouHastFledToBruitishBeasts#

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A death statistics that would have been ignored by the Traffic Department...... After all, isn't man the only supreme being ??? 

Let's hear it from Shakespeare who said: O judgement, thou hast fled to bruitish beasts! (Oh God..., you are in favour of brutal killers) & Albert Einstein "Our Task must be to widen our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty" Live and let live..

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Date/Time- 8/9 Sep 2010

Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Chamundi hills, Mysore,  elev - 3054 feet

Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Wild, rocky slopes, Forest

Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- 

Height/Length- 30 cms

Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- 

Inflorescence Type/ Size- 

Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- 

Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- 

Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- 

Regards

Raghu

[Pankaj Kumar]

1,2, 4 pics are Kalanchoe delagoensis
3rd is a fern called Hemionitis arifolia.
5,6 are Chameleon
Regards
Pankaj

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Department of Habitat Ecology
Wildlife Institute of India
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[raghu ananth]

Many thanks for the Id help - 

Kalanchoe delagoensis (

mother-of-millions )

Here is a brief summary on  this ill-famed  plant. 

Kalanchoe 

delagoensis (mother-of-millions ) is  invasive weed, 

succulent plant native to Madagascar, 

displaces native plants, 

Class 2 pest plant under the Land Protection, 

contains bufadienolide cardiac glycosides which can cause cardiacpoisoning, particularly in grazing animals. During 1997, 125 head of cattle died after eating mother-of-millions 

All parts of plant are poisonous if ingested.

Certainly an unwelcome guest to Chamundi forest hills.

Regards

Raghu