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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Dictyolimon

Dictyolimon macrorrhabdos (Boiss.) K.H. Rechinger (Afghanistan (Kabul, Kunar / Nuristan, Paktia / Khost, Parwan), Pakistan (Chitral, Baluchistan), Pakistani Kashmir (Gilgit, Baltistan), Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh) as per Catalogue of Life)  

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Costus malortieanus (Cultivated)

Costus malortieanus H.Wendl., Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 19: 30 1863. (Syn: Costus elegans Petersen; Pyxa malortieana (H.Wendl.) M.R.Almeida [Invalid]); Costa Rica; Dominican Republic; Honduras; Nicaragua; Puerto Rico as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Stepladder Ginger   Costus woodsonii FOR VALIDATION :: Dattaji Salvi Udyan :: 01 MAY 18 : 4 posts by 2 authors. 2 […]

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Java- a fern

  Flowers of Java 6 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)  Other recipients: A kind of fern for ID. thank you. Pudji A kind of fern for ID.  thank you. Inadequate – sori, base of frond and rhizome not shown.  Thus no features can be seen for identification.    I add another photo but […]

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Drymaria species- Java

  Flowers of Java 1 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) – 1 Mb. We want to know the name of the following image please. It appears Drymaria sp. of Caryophyllaceae. Open flowers may help you confirming the species. Pl. check at the following as suggested by …: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a—l/c/caryophyllaceae/drymaria  

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Tripterospermum species ?- Shivapuri National Park, Nepal

  SK1064 04 APR-2018 : 8 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Location: Shivapuri National Park, Nepal Altitude: 8400 ft. Date: 27 March 2018 Habit : Wild  Giving a try ! Tripterospermum volubile (D. Don) H. Hara  ?? Link Pl. check  https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a—l/g/gentianaceae/tripterospermum/tripterospermum-volubile  Yes …! I cheked all these earlier which are fully grown plants. But I […]

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Chamaedorea elegans (Introduced)

Chamaedorea elegans Mart., Linnaea 5: 204 1830. (syn: Chamaedorea deppeana Klotzsch; Chamaedorea elegans var. angustifolia M.Martens & Galeotti; Chamaedorea helleriana Klotzsch; Chamaedorea humilis (Liebm. ex Oerst.) Mart.; Chamaedorea pulchella Linden; Chamaedorea pulchella Linden ex Hemsl.; Collinia deppeana Klotzsch; Collinia elegans (Mart.) Liebm. ex Oerst.; Collinia elegans var. angustifolia (M. Martens & Galeotti) M. Martens & […]

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