Malvaceae week : Pterygota alata Syn. Sterculia alata

[Satish Phadke]

Malvaceae week : Pterygota alata Syn. Sterculia alata

Earlier :Sterculiaceae

Buddha's coconut.

Observed in a private bungalow Pune. and also in Rani Bag Mumbai.

Flowers are polygamous. I think in one of my pictures both male and female flowers are visible.

Dr Phadke

[Gurcharan Singh]

Nice photographs Satish ji

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[Balkar Arya]

Very Good series of Pics

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 8:27 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmp...@gmail.com> wrote:

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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
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[Ushadi micromini]

wow, nice pictures .. what time of the year was it.. I usually get to
see the empty open shell and few leaves emerging....
this is a very tall tree... so how did you manage...
usha di
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On Sep 8, 9:27 pm, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Very Good series of Pics
>

> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 8:27 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Malvaceae week : *Pterygota alata* Syn. *Sterculia alata*

[Tanay Bose]

Nice one we call it "Pagla gach" (mad tree in bengali) because its 

heterogeneous leaf morphology.. have seen one in Indian Botanic garden

Tanay

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[ushadi Micromini]

NA Tanay... Pagla gachh is a variant... of Pterygota alata... there is one in Kol Bot garden ( several baby trees too and one in the Hort... I am going to upload the one from Hort in a day or two....   the native pterygota alata is a very tall tree and is deciduous.. the variant Pagla one never looses all its leaves... that's a big difference...

Several native ones are in victoria memorial ... at least a hundred years old... and very tall.  without leaves provides a perch for now recovering population of the vultures in winter ... one year we volunteered to count them and their nesting pairs... may be i'll try and find the pictures and upload them....

Usha di
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[Tanay Bose]

Thanks for correcting me Ushadi ji

Tanay

[Madhuri Pejaver]

Beautiful collection you have Satishji Madhuri --- On Thu, 8/9/11, Satish Phadke <drsmp...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Ushadi micromini]

I looked at these pictures again... how do you tell which flower is
what .. girl or a boy flower?

usha di
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On Sep 8, 7:57 pm, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Malvaceae week : *Pterygota alata* Syn. *Sterculia alata*

> Earlier :Sterculiaceae
> Buddha's coconut.
> Observed in a private bungalow Pune. and also in Rani Bag Mumbai.
> Flowers are polygamous. I think in one of my pictures both male and female
> flowers are visible.
> Dr Phadke
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[prasad dash]

Awesome snap Satishji. 

Regards

Prasad

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[Giby Kuriakose]

Nice Pictures! 

Regards,

Giby

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