Commelinales & Zingiberales from Delhi: Cannaceae, Canna-a for ID from Delhi: Commelinales & Zingiberales from Delhi: Cannaceae, Canna-a, looking like C. indica but with mottled perianth for ID from Delhi
This Var. of Canna blooms in my house also. ... guessing it to be a garden cultivar of Canna indica. Recently the Kol Bot Garden had planted several cultivars... we visited... not photographed since Canna is so common in West Bengal... a few flowerheads were similar to what you just showed... Top tropicals site shows something close to your picture ... and named it Canna X generalis Fire Red, it at URL: http://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/canna_indica.htm Sharing the images of Canna from Anaikatti, Coimbatore. Hope this could be Canna indica? Seeds for ID 200812 NB2: in my last trip to india dec.11-jan.12 i collected some seeds in capsules. I can't remember now, how the tree lookd like. Perhaps someone can identify them. This could be of Canna indica. http://www.hear.org/starr/images/image/?q=070308-5424&o=plants THanks ... again for your quick and correct reply. I think it is called कर्दल in Marathi? I must have collected it at my sisters place. This one I certainly can sow here. These plants we can buy here. Requesting identification of this Canna spp at a private society garden at Pune |