Orchid Flora of Southern Assam (Barak Valley) Diversity and their conservation

New book on Orchids “Orchid Flora of Southern Assam (Barak Valley) Diversity and their conservation” : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) – Orchid_Flora_of_Southern_Assam- 910 kb. we are pleased to inform you about our new publication “Orchid Flora of Southern Assam (Barak Valley) Diversity and their conservation”, Authored by Bikash Bhattacharjee, Biman Kumar Dutta & […]

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Begonia ‘Cathedral’

  SK1257 04 JUL 2018 : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) – around 600 kb each. Location:  Kalimpong, WB, India Date: 10 May 2018 Altitude: 4300 ft. Habit : Cultivated. Which Begonia is this ? Probably Begonia ‘Cathedral’ Thank you … Does its leaf have two layers as in my image?  It looks very similar as […]

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Clematis double white ?

  SK1290 15 JUL 2018 : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3) Location:  Kalimpong, WB, India Date: 11 May 2018 Altitude: 4000 ft. Habit : Cultivated Which Clematis is this ? Clematis ‘Maria Sklodowska Curie’ ?? Clerodendrum philippinum Schau, Cashmere Bouquet.- cultivated ornamental shrub (Lamiaceae) not  Clerodendrum philippinum Schau. that makes a bunch of smaller rose like flowers we have had […]

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Aizoon pubescens (Australia)

Galenia pubescens (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Druce, Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 4: 624 1916 publ. 1917. (syn: Galenia heterophylla Fenzl ex Sond.; Galenia pubescens (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Druce; Galenia pubescens var. cerosa Adamson; Galenia pubescens var. fourcadei Adamson; Galenia pubescens var. lignosa Adamson; Galenia spathulata Fenzl ex Sond.); South Africa (North-West Prov., Free […]

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More than 1,00,000 images inserted

More than 1,00,000 images inserted : It is a pleasure to state that more than 1,00,000 unique images have been inserted in efi site and are directly displayed in thumbnail size. On clicking on these thumbnails, leads to large size images as are originally posted by our members. Members have already posted more than 3,00,00 unique images […]

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Begonia Rose ?

  SK127510 JUL 2018 : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (6)- around 600 kb each.  Location:  Kalimpong, WB, India Date: 10 May 2018 Altitude: 4600 ft. Habit : Cultivated Begonia …… ??? Most probably Begonia cultivar Yes it is Begonia cucullata. Perpetual begonia Does not match description in this PDF of Begonia cucullata, which is  classified as […]

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96th Tree Appreciation Walk at Gandhi Tekri, SGNP

96th Tree Appreciation Walk on 5th Aug,2018 at Gandhi Tekri, SGNP at 8 am : 5 posts by 4 authors. Dear Friends, Who has planted  Duabanga grandiflora on Gandhi Tekri…..a huge  tree from North East……How did some one thought of getting the sampling and planting on such a place……….Why Bhorsal (Hymenodictyon orixensis) grows an ear like […]

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Fuchsia ‘Spion Kop’

Fuchsia ‘Spion Kop’;   SK1316 24 JUL 2018 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Location : Golphutar, Kathmandu, Nepal Elevation : 4400 ft.Date : 2 June 2018 Habit : Wild  Which Fuschia sp. ??  Fuschia ‘Swingtime’ ?? Correction: Cultivated  this fertile i.e. produces fruits variety is  is Fuschia “spion Kopp” out of about […]

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Fuchsia hybrid- Himachal Pradesh

  Flower id request: Flower identification. This pic taken at Himachal Pradesh. May 2010. … some garden cultivar of ¿ Fuchsia ? species. Fuchsia species. Fuchsia May be Fuchsia ‘Rose of Castile’ with this image. I don’t think it is Fuchsia rose of castile. look at all the examples on google the inside of the sepals […]

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Vicia bithynica

Vicia bithynica (L.) L. (syn: Ervum bithynicum (L.) Stank.; Lathyrus bithynicus L.); India (N):  Himachal Pradesh; Jammu-Kashmir and other countries as per ILDIS;   Fabaceae (Lathyrus sp.) for id : 20 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6) – one of 3 Mb. Please help to identify this Fabaceae, to me it looks some Lathyrus sp. […]

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Unknown seedling from Western ghats

    20072018BHAR01 – Unknown seedling : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)- 677 kb.  Please help me identify the species. I got the seed from Western ghats 2 months before. I almost forgot about the seeds , suddenly it started germinating….  

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Chrysosplenium nepalense ?

Chrysosplenium nepalense D. Don (syn: Chrysosplenium guebriantianum Hand.-Mazz.; Chrysosplenium nepalense Maxim. (ambiguous synonym); Chrysosplenium nepalense var. yunnanense (Franch.) Franch.; Chrysosplenium sulcatum Maxim.; Chrysosplenium sulcatum Maxim.; Chrysosplenium yunnanense Franch.) ?;   Nepal to S. Central China as per POWO; Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Assam, S-Tibet, N-Burma (Chin), China (Sichuan, Yunnan), India as per Catalogue of Life;   SK1220 […]

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Phalaenopsis hybrid- Kalimpong, West Bengal

  SK1284 13 JUL 2018 : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) – 600 kb, 1 mb and 3 mb.  Location:  Kalimpong, WB, India Date: 11 May 2018 Altitude: 4000 ft. Habit : Cultivated Phalaenopsis cultivar. ID please ? My friends say that this is also a hybrid of Phalaenopsis somewhere between equestris, wilsonii and lobii complex. […]

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Porpax ustulata

Porpax ustulata (E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 16: 8 1908. (syn: Eria ustulata E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.; Pinalia ustulata (E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Porpax ustulata (E.C. Parish & Rchb. f.) Kraenzl.); China South-Central; Myanmar; Thailand as per Catalogue of Life;   Porpax sp. from South Andaman Island : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) […]

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Thunbergia kirkii (Cultivated)

Thunbergia kirkii Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 109: t. 6677 1883. (syn: Thunbergia amanensis Lindau; Thunbergia hookeriana Lindau);   Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zanzibar as per Catalogue of Life;    Ornamental Bush For ID : Lalbagh,Bangalore : 18APR16 : AK-12 : 12/12 : 9 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Foliage Plant seen at Lalbagh on 28th March,16. Only […]

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Pterygota alata ‘diversifolia’

Pterygota alata ‘diversifolia’; ‘Mad Tree’;   201210-PR -For ID-Chennai.: Please help me id the tree whose varied leaves I have photographed. Photography is not permitted in the Agri-hort garden, hence I have snapped some of the fallen leaves. Someone has given me a hint that the leaves belong to a tree called the “Mad Tree” […]

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Passiflora maliformis (Cultivated)

Passiflora maliformis L., Sp. Pl. 956 1753. (syn: Passiflora caudata A.H. Gentry; Passiflora maliformis var. pubescens Planch. & Linden ex Triana & Planch.; Passiflora ornata Kunth; Passiflora ornata var. pubescens Triana & Planch.); Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (St. Thomas), Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Barbuda, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Vincent), Venezuela (Apure, […]

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Lycium ferocissimum (Australia)

Lycium ferocissimum Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. II, 14: 187 1854. (syn: Lycium macrocalyx Dammer); South Africa (Free State, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.), Lesotho, Namibia, Australia (I) (Western Australia (I), Northern Territory (I), South Australia (I), Queensland (I), New South Wales (I), Victoria (I), Tasmania (I)), New Zealand (I), Lord Howe Isl. (I), Norfolk Isl. […]

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