14022015 – Tree for ID confirmation – 01 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6) I kindly require ID help for this tree for which the pics are attached. This was taken in Cubbon park, Bangalore on 14th Feb 2015. I wonder if the flowers and the leaves in the picture belong […]
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Polytrichum species- Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP
Moss1/ABMAR03 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) The weather has been inclement for the past few days with rains and an occasional hailstorm lashing the hillsides. As this area has high levels of humidity for much of the year, we have a decent variety of mosses. I photographed a couple […]
Drimiopsis botryoides (Cultivated)
Drimiopsis botryoides Baker, J. Bot. 12: 364 1874. (syn: Drimiopsis botryoides subsp. botryoides ; Drimiopsis bussei Dammer; Drimiopsis erlangeri Dammer; Drimiopsis holstii Engl.; Drimiopsis kirkii Baker; Drimiopsis stuhlmannii Baker; Drimiopsis volkensii (Engl.) Baker; Ledebouria botryoides (Baker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt; Scilla volkensii Engl.); Images by Alka Khare & Aarti S Khale (Id clue by Pankaj Kumar) (Inserted […]
Thunbergia bicolor
Thunbergia bicolor (Wight) Lindau, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17(41): 42 1893. ; Images by Hareesh V S (Inserted by J.M.Garg) Climbing subshrubs. Leaves opposite, up to 18 x 10 cm, ovate-deltoid, acuminate, truncate or rounded at base, palmately veined, crenate. Flowers in axillary pendent racemes; bracts conspicuous, 2-2.5 cm across, cordate-orbicular, upper half orange red, […]
Phalaenopsis hybrid- Lonavala
Lonavala, Aug 2013 :: Requesting ID of this orchid – 2 :: ARKMAR-08/08 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Requesting to please ID this orchid captured at a nursery in Lonavala near Pune in Aug 2013. This is hybrid of Phalaenopsis. Lonavala, Aug 2013 :: Requesting ID of […]
Snags to plant in a lake bed
Snags to plant in a lake bed : 6 posts by 3 authors. Here’a another question – we want to plant perches in the lake bed for the kingfishers, cormorants and others. Do suggest suitable tree species that can withstand prolonged water logging. They must be easy to obtain too! 🙂 To add […]
Plagiochila species- Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP
Moss2/ABMAR04 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) And the second one. This had the sporophytes visible. Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP 1750m 03 March 2015 Images are of very small resolution, hence not helpful. Image 2712 appears to be a species of Plagiochila (a liverwort)!
Plagiochila species
Plagiochila
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Neuropeltis malabarica
Neuropeltis malabarica Ooststr., Blumea 5(1): 272–273, f. 2, g–h 1942.; Large woody climbers; bark grey, with warty tubercles; young shoots brown tomentose, lenticellate. Leaves alternate, to 12 x 6 cm, elliptic or oblong, shortly caudate-acuminate, mucronate, base acute, young leaves tomentose on both sides, becoming glabrous when mature; lateral nerves 8-11 pairs, intercostae reticulate; […]
Neuropeltis
Neuropeltis malabarica Ooststr.
Paper on endophytic algae
Today’s The Hindu News Paper : 1 post by 1 author. Happy to share that our research on endophytic algae that was earlier published in Journal of Biosciences (PDF here) got featured in today’s (12/3/2015) The Hindu (national newspaper in India) in Science & Technology column, all editions throughout India 🙂 http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/endophytic-algae-found-in-indian-ocean/article6982868.ece Another of our work got […]
Elaeodendron species- Anmod, Karnataka
Anmod Ghat :: Genus FOR ID :: DVFEB70/103 : 8 posts by 3 authors. 3 images. Anmod Ghat … NH4A descending from Anmod, Karnataka to Mollem, Goa Date: 23 APR 2011 … Altitude: descends from about 640 m asl to 90 m asl Genus ID please Cannot recollect the dimensions; only these photos of leaf and fruit. […]
Chamaecrista nigricans
Chamaecrista nigricans (Vahl) Greene (Syn: Cassia nigricans Vahl); India (N); Andhra Pradesh; Karnataka; Kerala ; Maharashtra; Tamil Nadu; Angola (N) ; Benin (N); Burkina (N) ; Cameroon (N) ; Central African Rep. (N) ; Chad (N) ; Ethiopia (N); Gambia The (N); Ghana (N); Guinea Bissau (N); Kenya (N); Mali (N); Niger (N) ; Nigeria […]
Red Vented Bulbul on Aralia species
SYMBIOSIS : 751 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Attaching an image of a Red Vented Bulbul on the fruits of Aralia sp.
Trees to plant in a lake bed
trees to plant in a lake bed : 11 posts by 7 authors. Before the water level increases in monsoon, we want to plant tree saplings in the lake bed and on a couple of islands at the Puttenahalli Lake, J.P. Nagar, Bengaluru . Specifically we are looking for trees which can grow […]
Haworthia reinwardtii ?
Haworthia reinwardtii (Salm-Dyck) Haw., Saxifrag. Enum. 2: 53 1821. (syn: Aloe reinwardtii Salm-Dyck; Catevala reinwardtii (Salm-Dyck) Kuntze; Haworthia reinwardtii var. archibaldiae Poelln. ……….) ?; Jijamata Udyan Flower Show, Feb 2015 :: ID validation of this ornamental:: ARKMAR-05/05 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Please validate the ID this plant captured at Jijamata Udyan […]
Crateva tapia ?
Crateva tapia ?; Crataeva religiosa for Validation : Jijamata Udyan,Mumbai : 28FEB15 : AK-28 : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) Crataeva religiosa from Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai. For validation please. According to … link, this should be Crataeva tapia. please … i m confused about both species. but keys for confirmation i […]
Red-whiskered Bulbul on Aralia Species
SYMBIOSIS : 750 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Attaching an image of a Red-whiskered Bulbul on the fruits of Aralia Sp. Fwd: SYMBIOSIS : 1093 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of Red whiskered bulbul feeding on fruits of Aralia sp. […]
