Fact Check: Is this a rare conifer in Mysore Palace?
Social media users are sharing an image claiming that a flower blooms once in 50 years at Mysore Palace. Users call it “Sankhupushpam".
By Newsmeter Network Published on 31 May 2022 4:32 PM IST
Hyderabad: Social media users are sharing an image claiming that a flower blooms once in 50 years at Mysore Palace. Users call it "Sankhupushpam".
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Fact Check
The claim is misleading.
NewsMeter performed a reverse image search and found a similar image on Quora. It was not a coneflower but a sea urchin. It's just a species of sea snail known as Hirtomurex teramachii.
Hirtomurex teramachii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
https://www.academia.edu/
In 2016, a similar image was found on a list of classifications. On the 466th page of the list prepared by Christophe Avone is a description of their image and features. They are a classic rarity historically best known in Japan and Taiwan and are named after Akibumi Teramachi, a famous 20th-century Japanese shell collector and illustrator.
https://www.mindat.org/taxon-
We found a video on Neelakurinji. It was uploaded nine months ago. "Neelakurinji attracted tourists. It blossomed after 12 years in Karnataka".
Hence, the claim.is false.
