Flowers of Lagerstroemia indica

Mohan V. Chunkath

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Jul 24, 2011, 1:33:36 PM7/24/11

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Dear Friends,
Posting flowers of Lagerstroemia indica L. Photographed on 24th July,
2011 in Besant Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Small to medium sized
garden tree.
Cheers,
Mohan Chunkath

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shrikant ingalhalikar

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Jul 25, 2011, 1:12:42 AM7/25/11

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Had you given the size of flowers, it would have been easy to confirm
the ID. They appear to be about 6 cm wide and would be L. reginae. The
other sp. L. indica has flowers about 2 cm only, petals are clawed and
they are in dense panicles. Regards, Shrikant

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hari lal

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Jul 25, 2011, 1:18:51 AM7/25/11

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it may be Lagerstroemia indica L pls give a complete twing photo
clearly showing leaves and infloresence.

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mchunkat

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Jul 25, 2011, 4:43:55 AM7/25/11

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I am afraid I do not have any more photographs showing the leaves. The
flowers were only about 2 cm in size. Thanks.
Regards,
Mohan

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promila chaturvedi

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Jul 25, 2011, 9:03:23 AM7/25/11

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I think it is Lagerstroemia flos-reginae.

Promila

Mohan V. Chunkath

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Jul 25, 2011, 11:15:37 AM7/25/11

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The flowers are much bigger for L. speciosa (the now valid name for L.
flos-reginae). Thanks.
Regards,
Mohan

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Neil Soares

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Jul 25, 2011, 1:02:59 PM7/25/11

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Hi,

Agree with Mr.Ingalhalikar. These seem to be the flowers of L.speciosa. Sending my photographs L.speciosa flowers for comparison in a separate mail.

With regards,

Neil Soares.

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Mohan V. Chunkath

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Jul 25, 2011, 1:42:41 PM7/25/11

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Dear Neil,

Looks like I was mistakenly placing too much emphasis on flower size and density of flowers on the flowering panicle. Superficially it looked quite different from L. speciosa I had photographed earlier in Adyar Theosophical Society Gardens. Thank you and others for correcting me. Am attaching the photograph which I had earlier identified as L. speciosa to this mail.

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