Costus erythrophyllus (Introduced)

Costus erythrophyllus Loes., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 707 1929. (syn: Brazil North; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru as per Catalogue of Life;   Costus erythrophyllus :: Dattaji Salvi Udyan :: 05 MAY 18 : 4 posts by 2 authors. 1 image Dattaji Salvi Udyan  Thane Date: May 5, 2018 … Altitude: about 11 m (36 feet) […]

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87. Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th April’18

Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th April’18- more than 12,000 species : 6 posts by 4 authors. It’s heartening to reiterate that Efloraofindia is the largest google e-group/ forum in the world in this field & the largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with around 2,95,000 messages so far & membership currently […]

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Homalomena rubescens

Homalomena rubescens (Roxb.) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 57 1841. (syn: Calla rubescens Roxb.; Chamaecladon rubescens (Roxb.) Schott; Zantedeschia rubens K.Koch); Assam; Bangladesh; East Himalaya; Myanmar as per Catalogue of Life;    Homalomena rubescens :: Dattaji Salvi Udyan :: 05 MAY 18 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Dattaji Salvi Udyan  Thane Date: May 5, 2018 […]

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Strobilanthes cernua (Indonesia)

Strobilanthes cernua Blume, Bijdr. 797 1826. (syn: Apolepsis dispar Hassk.);   Flowers of Java : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1)- 1 MB.  Could you help me identify the following plant please.  Some Strobilanthes ? I am just guessing.  Strobilanthes cernua Blume  ?? When I checked it, I thought you were right. Thanks, …, […]

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Ochna species?- Vancouver, Canada

  Tanay Bose: Photo of the year 2012…: After seeing a bunch of people posting some lovely photographs of plant for 2012 photo of the year I made up my mind at last to post a photograph. I am not at all sure wether my picture is good enough to be posted for the occasion. […]

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Diplazium species- Java, Indonesia

  Flowers of Java 10 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) – 955 kb. A kind of fern for ID.  It’s a Diplazium – for which one needs to see the scales on the stipe-base and a much better photo of the lowest pinnae. Did you notice my asking to attach the locality […]

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Gesneriaceae member ?- Java, Indonesia

  Flowers of Java 3 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) A herb ca 1 m tall. Slope of Mt Slamet 1,400 m alt. ID is requested. Zingerberaceae or Costaceae member?   This is a kind of dicot not monocot Is it Gesneriaceae? 

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Ormosia pinnata

Ormosia pinnata (Lour.) Merr. (syn: Cynometra pinnata Lour.; Fedorovia pinnata (Lour.) Yakovlev; Ormosia hainanensis Gagnep.; Ormosia semicastrata auct. non Hance); Assam, China Southeast, Hainan, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO;   Tree for ID : 10 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1). Location : LungleiAlttude : c.1,000 m.Habit : TreeHabitat : WildDate : July, 2014 Myristicaceae […]

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Desktop Calendar Desktop for May 18

Desktop Calendar for May 18 : 1 post by 1 author. May – 2018 Dear Nature Lovers, Greetings from oikos ! On its course, a river takes with it various sediments and, along the way, sculpts them into various shapes and sizes. The shapes change between the source region and the place where it amalgamates […]

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Paphiopedilum villosum var. boxallii

Vulnerable as per IUCN Red List (VU) Paphiopedilum villosum var. boxallii (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer, Pflanzenr. IV, 50(12): 73 1903. (syn: Cordula boxallii (Rchb.f.) Rolfe; Cypripedium boxallii Rchb.f.; Cypripedium dilectum Rchb.f.; Cypripedium villosum var. boxallii (Rchb. f.) Veitch; Paphiopedilum boxallii (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer; Paphiopedilum dilectum (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer); China South-Central; Myanmar; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life;   Orchidaceae […]

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Cynanchum varians

Cynanchum varians (Stocks) Liede & Khanum (syn: Glossonema arabicum Defl.; Glossonema varians (Stocks) Benth. ex Hook. fil.; Mastostigma varians Stocks; Odontanthera varians (Stocks) D.J. Mabberley); Saudi Arabia (Asir), Bahrain, Iran (S-Iran), Oman (Dhofar), Saudi Arabia (NE-Saudi Arabia), Yemen (Aden Desert), Qatar, Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, Karachi), India (Gujarat, Rajasthan) as per Catalogue of Life;     […]

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Dahlia cultivar- Chandigarh & Shimla

    Dahlia AT/MAY 2018/1 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (20) Dahlia Family: Asteraceae Origin: Native to Mexico. It is a genus of bushy, tuberous and herbaceous perennial plants. Most of the plants grown in gardens are hybrid and bear flowers of different colours. Clicked at Chandigarh and Shimla Numerous colors. Thankd for the post.  […]

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Jatropha integerrima ‘Compacta Pink’

  Jatropha integerrima ‘Compacta Pink’ :: Dattaji Salvi Udyan :: 01 MAY 18 : 2 posts by 2 authors. 3 images. Dattaji Salvi Udyan  Thane Date: May 1, 2018 … Altitude: about 11 m (36 feet) asl Jatropha integerrima ‘Compacta Pink’    

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Heliconia psittacorum ‘Lady Di’

  Heliconia psittacorum ‘Lady Di’ :: Dattaji Salvi Udyan :: 01 MAY 18 : 2 posts by 2 authors. 2 images. Dattaji Salvi Udyan  Thane Date: May 1, 2018 … Altitude: about 11 m (36 feet) asl Heliconia psittacorum  L.f. … ‘Lady Di’     SK1685 31 Dec 2018 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments […]

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Dictyolimon macrorrhabdos

Dictyolimon macrorrhabdos (Boiss.) K.H. Rechinger, Fl. Iran. 108: 22 1974. (syn: Limonium macrorhabdon (Boiss.) Kuntze; Statice macrorrhabdos Boiss.); Afghanistan (Kabul, Kunar / Nuristan, Paktia / Khost, Parwan), Pakistan (Chitral, Baluchistan), Pakistani Kashmir (Gilgit, Baltistan), Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh) as per Catalogue of Life;   Id requested for plant from Ladakh : 8 posts by 4 […]

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