Beautiful tiny blue flowers on rock hills of Haldipur

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raghu ananth

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Nov 27, 2010, 4:30:58 AM11/27/10
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Tiny blue flowers on rock hills of Haldipur

 

The second week of October and it is still raining in Haldipur. Here there is rocky hill at a km distance from home. On reaching top we find its is actually a   a plain flat rock surface which stretches for about 2-3 kms 

 The hills have long soaked in all the rains giving rise to an abundance of beautiful tiny flowering plants, a sort of bluish-purple carpeting on the otherwise barren landscape. Small water bodies are created here and there. The little blue flowers thrive near those water holes on the rock surfaces.

 Octobers always present pleasant weather in the mornings and walking on this vast stretch of hill plains is a great experience. Apart from a few forest dwellers who gather firewood and carry it on their shoulders for long distances, we find no human trace. Silence prevails here.


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Raghu / Sannidi / Shradda



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Raghu

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Nov 27, 2010, 5:41:14 AM11/27/10
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Looks close to Lentibulariaceae - Utricularia

Regards
Raghu

tanay bose

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Nov 27, 2010, 9:27:49 AM11/27/10
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I guess Utricularia babui
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Pankaj Kumar

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Nov 27, 2010, 1:40:34 PM11/27/10
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Utricularia purpurascens may be.... May be Aparna can help
plz................. and I didnt get my hornbill :(
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Gurcharan Singh

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Dec 13, 2010, 11:52:24 AM12/13/10
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Resurfacing again for ID

Earlier feedback

Tanay.......................................................I guess Utricularia babui

Pankaj ji................................................Utricularia purpurascens may be.... May be Aparna can help                  plz................. and I didnt get my hornbill :(
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mani nair

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Dec 13, 2010, 11:33:56 PM12/13/10
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Nice flowers.  Where is this Haldipur?  

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Mani.

Mayur Nandikar

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Dec 15, 2010, 5:08:26 AM12/15/10
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yes same question here
Where is the place situated? look likes a plateau.... 
and most probable this one is Utricularaia purpurescens  

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J.M. Garg

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Jan 4, 2011, 7:46:24 AM1/4/11
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Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

“Looks close to  Lentibulariaceae - Utricularia

Regards
Raghu”

 

“I guess Utricularia babui
Tanay”

 

“Utricularia purpurascens may be.... May be Aparna can help


plz................. and I didnt get my hornbill :(

Pankaj”


"Where is the place situated? look likes a plateau....
and most probable this one is Utricularaia purpurescens " from Mayur ji.
 
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J.M. Garg

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Jan 5, 2011, 12:13:07 AM1/5/11
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A reply from Dr. Milind Sardesia ji:
"It is Utricularia reticulata"

Gurcharan Singh

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Jan 25, 2011, 1:12:52 AM1/25/11
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Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

“Looks close to  Lentibulariaceae - Utricularia

Regards
Raghu”

 

“I guess Utricularia babui
Tanay”

 

“Utricularia purpurascens may be.... May be Aparna can help
plz................. and I didnt get my hornbill :(
Pankaj”


"Where is the place situated? look likes a plateau.... 
and most probable this one is Utricularaia purpurescens " from Mayur ji.

A reply from Dr. Milind Sardesia ji:
"It is Utricularia reticulata"


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SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
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