Vanda thwaitesii Hook.f., Handb. Fl. Ceylon 4: 193 1898. ; SW. India, Sri Lanka (as per WCSP) Images by tspkumar Stem stout, woody, to 25 cm high, covered with leaf base. Leaves 12-15 x 1.5-2 cm, strap-shaped, recurved, unequally notched at apex. Flowers greyish-green, 4 x 3.5 cm, in 9-10 cm long leaf-opposed racemes; dorsal […]
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Visit to Orchid Park, Kazirang
Visit to Orchid Park, Kaziranga : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Recently I had visited Kaziranga. There I visited Kaziranga National Orchid & Biodiversity park. The park has a green house and has around 500 varieties of different orchids (No hybrid ones). I could see only a few ones as for most of them […]
Syzygium occidentale
IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU) Syzygium occidentale (Bourd.) D.N.Gandhi, Fl. Hassan Distr. 282 1976. (syn: Eugenia occidentalis Bourd.; Jambosa occidentalis (Bourd.) Gamble); SW. India (as per WCSP); India, Burma as per Catalogue of Life; Large shrubs. Leaves to 14 x 2.5 cm, linear-lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, nerves indistinct; petiole 1 cm long. Cymes […]
62. Efloraofindia website updated upto 29th Feb.’16
Efloraofindia website updated upto 29th Feb.’16- more than 11,000 species : 1 post by 1 author. 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 2,40,000 messages so far & membership currently […]
71st Tree Appreciation Walk at Joseph Baptista Gardens, Dockyard Rd
71st Tree Appreciation Walk at Joseph Baptista Gardens, Dockyard Rd, on 10th April at 7.30am : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) We never thought in our wildest of dreams that there is another Hanging Garden toughed away in the Dockyard area of Mazgaon called Joseph Baptista Garden, built too on water reservoir between […]
Delhi’s Tree Map
Delhi’s Tree Map : http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/hardlook-delhi-landmark-tree-map-know-your-trees-capitals-green-folk-get-their-very-own-map/
Lepisanthes tetraphylla ?
Lepisanthes tetraphylla ?; Fwd: A tree for ID : 12 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (10) I am attaching a few pictures of the fruits and leaves of a tree from Kunnathurpadi, Kannur, taken last week. Kindly help me identify the same Not much idea may be Euphorbiaceae? Meliaceae? Sapindaceae? = Excoecaria crenulata Wight […]
Feb.’16
Members who inserted images at efi site in Feb.’2016 : 1 post by 1 author. Following members mainly inserted a large number of images on a number of efi pages as below: D S Rawat– around 150 pages Bhagyashri Ranade- around 130 pages Tspkumar- around 10 pages In addition, I was also able to transfer images from these pages on genera pages so […]
Pelargonium ‘Morwenna’
Pelargonium, RH, ‘Morwenna’ ATMAR2016/03 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Pelargonium, Regal Hybrids, ‘Morwenna’ Common names: Regal Geranium, Regal Pelargonium, Martha Washington Geranium Colour: Deep maroon flowers shading to near black. Shimla April 2015 HAPPY HOLI TO ALL THE GROUP MEMBERS Thanks, … Beautiful photography. Happy Holi to you & to all members […]
Cryptocoryne spiralis var. cognatoides
Cryptocoryne spiralis var. cognatoides (Blatt. & McCann) S.R.Yadav, K.S.Patil & Bogner, Aqua Pl. 1993(2): 65 1993. (syn: Cryptocoryne cognatoides Blatt. & McCann); Images by Manudev K Madhavan (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links) SW. India (as per WCSP) Cryptocoryne retrospiralis (mixed thread): ……………………… Here I am attaching images of […]
Amorphophallus mysorensis
Amorphophallus mysorensis E.Barnes & C.E.C.Fisch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939: 661 1940. ; Images by Prasad Dash (Id by Wilbert Hetterscheid) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links) [Efloraofindia_ Amorphophallus dubius_291111PD02_ Flora of Orissa] : 8 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (3) sending the photograph of Amorphophallus dubius from Ranpur Name […]
Anuktha dravyas
Fwd: requesting for details about anuktha dravyas in Dravyaguna Vijnana : 1 post by 1 author. I am … PG SCHOLAR IN DRAVYAGUNA VIJNANA. I have been getting doubts about anuktha dravyas (extra pharmacoepial drugs) as i have read anuktha dravya concept in sharangadhara samhitha chapter 1…but recently got to know that even in dravyaguna anuktha dravya […]
Goswami Hit Kishore
PAPERS IN : PLANT MORPHOLOGY / MORPHOGENETICS 1. Goswami, H. K. & Arya, B. S. (1968). Heterosporous sporangia in Isoetes. Brit. Fern Gaz. (London) 10: 39-40. 2. Goswami, H. K. & Arya, B. S. (1970). A New species of Isoetes from Narsinghgarh, Madhya Pradesh. J. Ind. Bot Soc. 49 (1-4): 130-137. 3. Goswami, H. K. (1973). New Gymnosperm from Triassic beds of South Rewa, Gondwana […]
Anyone from FRI or BSI, Dehradun
Anyone from FRI or BSI, Dehradun : 3 posts by 2 authors. May I know if there is someone from FRI or BSI Dehradun in this group? I am looking for images of some herbarium sheets. Today we had our new member. …, from FRI. Marking a copy to her.
Vitaceae member ?- Kannur, Kerala
id please : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) please identify habit: climber location: kannur, kerala Do you have any other pictures ? If so, pl. post. It looks like a Vitaceae member.
Pentasachme species
Conversion from Tiff to jpg for some images posted on efloraofindia
Conversion from Tiff to jpg for some images posted on efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Some members have posted pictures in tiff format. But to incorporate such images, we have to convert them to jpg & post them again on efi. This is being done only in a few cases as images are […]
Eulophia pratensis
(Images by Sushant More) Eulophia pratensis Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 25 1858. (syn: Eulophia ramentacea Wight [Illegitimate]; Eulophia virens Stocks ex Lindl. [Illegitimate]; Graphorchis pratensis (Lindl.) Kuntze; Graphorchis virens (Stocks ex Lindl.) Kuntze; Graphorkis pratensis (Lindl.) Kuntze); SW. India (from WCSP) Terrestrial herbs, flowering stem appearing before the leaves, […]
Strophanthus kombe
Strophanthus kombe Oliv., Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 11: t. 1098 1871.; Images by Shiasta Ahmad (Id by Ken Greby, Tabish & J.M.Garg) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) & Ranjini Kamath (For more images & complete details, click on the links) Kenya to S. Africa (as per WCSP) Strophanthus kombe, the kombe arrow poison,[1] is a vine that […]
Pachypodium saundersii ?
Pachypodium saundersii ?; Pachypodium lamerei from Cactus Park Panchkula : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Pachypodium lamerei from Cactus Park Panchkula Does not seem to match with images on the net of Pachypodium lamerei Drake I seems to be Pachypodium saundersii from South Africa. Pachypodium lamerei is a quite different species from Madagascar. […]
