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Neha Singh

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Sep 13, 2011, 1:05:41 PM9/13/11

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Dear friends,
The attached flowering flowering bush was photographed at Goa .

Plant Habit- Bush

Habitat- Wild

Location- Near Bondla Wildlife sanctuary, Goa.

Date/ Time- Dec 2008.

( This flower looks all similar to the flower posted by me yesterday but the flower colour. That one was identified as Thelepaepale ixiocephala. So is there any White karvy ?? )

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Neha Singh

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Giby Kuriakose

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Sep 13, 2011, 1:51:12 PM9/13/11

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Please check Strobilanthes anceps of Acanthaceae family.

Please share the following information (if you have)

number of stamens, if there are 4 stamens, are all of them at same height or inner 2 short and outer 2 longer

whether the leaves and stem softly white

whether the peduncles (inflorescence stalk) is flattened or not

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Giby

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H S

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Sep 14, 2011, 1:46:24 AM9/14/11

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Neha ji, i guess your previous post photo of Acanthaceae member and this photo, is one and the same plant..

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Giby Kuriakose

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Sep 14, 2011, 2:45:35 AM9/14/11

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I am also little doubtful that's why I haven't concluded.

While seeing the second picture, if both are similar, chances of them being Thelepaepale ixiocephala is less.

In Thelepaepale ixiocephala the bracts are very viscid. In first post, because of over exposure the bracts were not clear (I thought they are viscid) and in the second post they were clear and it seems glabrous.

Dear Nehaji, Do you have any information regrading the flowering periodicity, whether this flowers every year or once in 6-7 years.

If you happened to get fruits and seeds, by any chance, please collect them and check whether the seeds are glabrous or hairy.

Please consider the following threads as well.

https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/9ff7de3b96d262/b7d17c575a113e6f?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=Thelepaepale+ixiocephala#b7d17c575a113e6f

https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/8c10c9012dad71f9/619e4c6f4d1c49cf?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=Thelepaepale+ixiocephala#619e4c6f4d1c49cf