Iris species- Shimla, Himachal

  Iris sp. ATJUNE2016/45 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Iris sp. Kindly help in species identification Shimla Water Catchment Wildlife Sanctuary and Reserve forest June 2015-16 Flowering stalk was upto 6 inches tall and was arising from the base of the leaves. Only 3-4 leaves were visible. Very rare to find in this […]

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Deutzia hybrid- Krakow, Poland

  ID please PC170617- 1 : 2 posts by 1 author. Please identify the plant in the picture. The shot was taken at the Old Jewish town, Krakow, Poland. The highly fragrant flowers are white and the plant is 10ft tall. Some Deutzia or Deutzia scabra cultivar ? Some Deutzia or Deutzia scabra cultivar ? Possibly […]

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Hypericum species- Sri Lanka

    BND 105 27/11/14 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)  Please ID this small herbaceous plant with yellow flowers. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Mar 2012.  Hypericum sp. i suppose. Hypericum oblongifolium. Not Hypericum oblongifolium as I think not found there. May be some other species. But more details are […]

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Tamhini- Dongarwadi

Fwd: Tamhini-Dongarwadi Forest Trail : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Tamhini-Dongarwadi Forest Trail organized by Ecosphere The rationale behind establishing Ecosphere is to encourage conservation efforts of the biota and encourage Sustainable Eco-tourism (SET). Through Ecosphere we are going to sensitised common people, research enthusiasts, researchers, students about unique myriad biodiversity of our […]

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Lepyrodiclis tenera

Lepyrodiclis tenera Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2 2(1): 84 1854. (syn: Arenaria tenera (Boiss.) Edgew.); Common name: Tender Alpine-Sandwort Pakistan (Dir, Swat), Afghanistan (Kunar / Nuristan), Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), India (Himachal Pradesh) as per Catalogue of Life;   TQKashmir-02 : 10 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3) Photographed at Sonmarg, Kashmir, in early June […]

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Centrolobium microchaete (Cultivated)

Centrolobium microchaete (Benth.) H.C.Lima (syn: Centrolobium minus sensu Rudd; Centrolobium robustum var. microchaete Benth.); Brazil (N) as per ILDIS;   Fwd: IDENTITY OF A PLANT BEARING HUGE SAMARA : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Some time back I uploaded two images of a huge Samara I collected from Lalbag (Bangaluru). I think either […]

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Castanopsis tribuloides ?

Castanopsis tribuloides ?;   SK544 06 JUN-2017:ID : 11 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5) Location: Kalimpong, India Date: 24 May  2017 Altitude: 6000 ft. Combretaceae ? Likely to be Terminalia myriocarpa. Thank you …! Terminalia myriocarpa van Heurck & Müll. Arg. Nepali Names : पानी साज Paanee Saaj / साज Saaj   Someone suggesting it could be Castanopsis !  […]

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Saroj Kumar Kasaju

Posts from India : 2 posts by 2 authors. I am very happy to post flora of India since a couple of months, say from April 2017 in the EFI adding some new entry to it as well as FOI. Thanks a lot, … Pl. continue.  

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Senecio scaposus (Cultivated)

Senecio scaposus DC., Prodr. (DC.) 6: 403 403. (syn: Cacalia tomentosa Eckl. ex DC.; Senecio calamifolius Hook.; Senecio scaposus var. scaposus );   Succulent For ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 150513 : AK-1 :  Attachments (1).  5 posts by 3 authors. A succulent seen at the BBC Show in Maharashtra Nature Park, Mumbai on 30/3/13. Cultivated, potted […]

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Melochia nodiflora (Introduced)

Melochia nodiflora Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 97 1788. (syn: Melochia carpinifolia J.C. Wendl.; Melochia conglobata Sessé & Moc.; Mougeotia nodiflora (Sw.) Kunth; Riedlea nodiflora (Sw.) DC.; Visenia nodiflora (Sw.) Spreng.); Bahamas, Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola), Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, […]

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Google storage

Fwd: Storage! : 2 posts by 2 authors. 15 GB capacity is going to be full in Gmail. Any solution for this ? You’re out of storage space and will soon be unable to send or receive emails until you free up space or purchase additional storage. Either you have delete old mails or buy more space. I […]

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Ficus callosa ?

Ficus callosa ?;   ID 020617 GK 2 : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) – 1 Mb each. Please identify this Ficus plant that grows in laterite Soils of Kannur District of Kerala… no fruits are visible… leaf margin is slightly spinous or serrate.. It is very difficult to identify this sterile material. For […]

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Colchicum autumnale (Germany)

Colchicum autumnale L., Sp. Pl. 341 1753. (Syn: Bulbocodium antumnale (L.) Lapeyr.; Bulbocodium autumnale (L.) Lapeyr. …………….; Colchicum borisii Stef.; Colchicum bulgaricum Velen.; Colchicum commune Neck. [Illegitimate]; Colchicum crociflorum Sims; Colchicum doerfleri var. orientale Kitanov; Colchicum drenowskii Degen & Rech.f. ex Kitan.; Colchicum orientale Friv. ex Kunth; Colchicum pannonicum Griseb. & Schenk; Colchicum polyanthon Ker Gawl.; […]

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Pinalia bipunctata ?

Pinalia bipunctata (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 679 1891. (syn: Eria bipunctata Lindl.; Eria eberhardtii Gagnep.);   MS May, 2017/20 Orchidaceae for ID : 14 posts by 4 authors. Location : Thorangtlang, MizoramDate : 17-07-2010Habit : Epiphytic or lithophytic herb/orchidHabitat : Wild I think its Pinalia apertiflora…………….. This is an Eria. I need some […]

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Congratulations!- on completion of 10 year

Congratulations!- on completion of 10 year : 16 posts by 5 authors. On the eve of our 10th anniversary I take the opportunity to thank and congratulate Mr Garg and all seniors who have worked tirelessly to help people all over the country in inculcating an active interest in their local flora. I have been a […]

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Amanita species- Lonavala, Maharashtra

  Fungi for id no. 090617 sn1 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Can anyone help in identifying this fungi. could this be some Amanita sp. date/time:Aug17 location: aamby valley Rd., lonavala, pune habitat:wild other info:a lone fungi shooting out of a mud bank it doesn’t look like Amanita sp. just these 2 […]

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Raphanus jaunpurensis

Raphanus jaunpurensis Masood et al, Int. J. Curr. Res. Biosci. Plant Biol. 4(6), 74-76 (2017); Fwd: Raphanus jaunpurensis Masood et al sp. nova : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) – Raphanus jaunpurensis.pdf For your kind perusal and necessary action Congrats, … References:

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Eucharis amazonica

Eucharis amazonica Linden ex Planch., J. Gén. Hort. 12: 1216 1857.;   AMAZON LILY: Sometime in 1991 I saw a beautiful white lily in one of the gardens at Pachmarhi. I did not know the name of that flower at that time. I saw the same flower at Brig S N Chaterjee’s house at Tezpur […]

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Veronica species- GHNP

  For ID 190609ET : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) I took this flower  picture, 2800 metre level at Great Himalayan National Park on May12, 2009. Kindly give ID. Geranium i think I think some Veronica species    

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