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J.M. Garg
Jan 23, 2011, 1:25:38 AM1/23/11
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Dear friend,
I visited Cherapunji in the year 2002.I collected a plant from the road side, whose flower was yellow in colour.I did not see such a flower anywhere earlier.I collected a plant and brought it back to Tezpur.The plant survived and gave flowers.I carried the plant to Cooch Behar.It multiplied and flowered at this place also.Unfotunately all the plants died due to fungal infaction.The memory of the plant is with me in the form of an image.The common name of the plant is African Iris,Spanish Iris,Yellow Wild Iris,Butterfly Iris etc.The scientific name is Dietes bicolor.Attaching an image of the plant.
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Col (Retd) Bimal Sarkar
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From: Col Bimal Sarkar <colbima...@yahoo.com>
Date: 22 January 2011 19:56
Subject: DIETES BICOLOR ( SPANISH IRIS )
From: Col Bimal Sarkar <colbima...@yahoo.com>
Date: 22 January 2011 19:56
Subject: DIETES BICOLOR ( SPANISH IRIS )
Dear friend,
I visited Cherapunji in the year 2002.I collected a plant from the road side, whose flower was yellow in colour.I did not see such a flower anywhere earlier.I collected a plant and brought it back to Tezpur.The plant survived and gave flowers.I carried the plant to Cooch Behar.It multiplied and flowered at this place also.Unfotunately all the plants died due to fungal infaction.The memory of the plant is with me in the form of an image.The common name of the plant is African Iris,Spanish Iris,Yellow Wild Iris,Butterfly Iris etc.The scientific name is Dietes bicolor.Attaching an image of the plant.
Regards
Col (Retd) Bimal Sarkar
Mobile: 9434194942
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Gurcharan Singh
Jan 23, 2011, 2:14:51 AM1/23/11
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Yes it is Dietes bicolor. I have photographed a lot of them in California, where it is grown very commonly. Here are my photographs.
It is good it is grown in India also
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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
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