Orchids from Sikkim-Darjeeling Tour- For validation please:: NS July 20: 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). I hope this is Phaius tankervilleae, ..though more pics are wanting.. This was shot from LBG, Darjeeling.. please validate/correct.. The orchid uploaded is phaius tankervilleae I need to see the spur. This could be either […]
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Helianthus species- VJTI, Mumbai
Helianthus For ID : FOT Exhibition,VJTI,Mumbai : 140714 : AK-30 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). Sunflower seen at the Friends of Trees Exhibition, in VJTI, Mumbai on 22/2/14. Helianthus– species in India & eFloraofindia with details& some keys
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Polygonum species- Chapaynababganj, Bangladesh
Polygonium ID from Bangladesh SM141 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). Habit: Herb Habitat: Wild (in water) Location: Chapaynababganj Flowering: June Requesting … to upload some better pictures. Sorry not Available This is probably Persicaria barbata (L.) H. Hara, else Persicaria decipiens (R.Br.) K.L.Wilson.
Miltassia Shelob ‘Tolkien’ (USA)
Some orchids from California: 4-Miltassia Shelob ‘Tolkien”-GSJUL08 : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3). Miltassia Shelob ‘Tolkien’ A cultivar of hybrid genus between Miltonia and Brassia, photographed from Nursery here in California
Miltoniopsis ‘Bert Field’ (USA)
Some orchids from California: 1-Miltoniopsis ‘Bert Field’-GSJUL03 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). This beautiful orchid Miltoniopsis ‘Bert Field’ was photographed here in Sunnyvale, seeing this genus for the first time. Really beautiful… My Flora Picture of the Year 2014: Gurcharan Singh : 13 posts by 12 authors. Attachments […]
Miltoniopsis Hajime Ono (USA) ?
Some orchids from California: 2-Miltoniopsis Hajime Ono ‘Black Falls’-GSJUL04 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). I am somewhat confused with cultivar names of orchids. Having known that cultivar names are attached either to the species binomial or genus directly, I find several cultivar names in orchids for which I don’t […]
Miltoniopsis hybrids
Miltoniopsis
Stanhopea tigrina (Cultivated- USA)
Stanhopea tigrina Bateman ex Lindl., Sert. Orchid. t. 1 1838. (Syn: Epidendrum fragrantissimum Sessé & Moc.; Stanhopea expansa P.N.Don; Stanhopea tigrina var. atrata Lodd. ………………); Some orchids from California: 3-Stanhopea tigrina-GSJUL05 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Stanhopea tigrina This interesting orchid whose flowers are yet to open has large spathaceous bracts […]
Oncidium Red Stars ‘Roster’
Some orchids from California: 4-Oncidium Red Stars ‘Roster’-GSJUL06 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Oncidium Red Stars ‘Roster’ I am not sure whether it should be cultivar ‘Roster or ‘Rooster’. Photographed from a Nursery here. Very interesting. I will check the spelling but it can be either of them […]
Rice Swift on Helianthus species
SYMBIOSIS : 622 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1). Attaching an image of a Rice Swift butterfly on the flower of a Helianthus sp.
Terminalia species- Loosing in Corbett areas
Fwd: Loosing the Terminalia species in Corbett areas : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)- Indian laurel and tiger conservation.pdf- 1 MB. Makes interesting reading but is also disturbing. Its just not the Laurel Tree we are loosing but makes one wonder what other plant and tree species may also be disappearing as […]
Hoya acuta (Bangladesh)
Hoya acuta Haw., Saxifrag. Enum. 2: 4 1821. ; Images by Sourav Mahmud (Id by Maggie) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links) Hoya ID from Bangladesh SM143 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5). Habit:Epiphytic Herb Habitat: Wild Location: Bandarban Flowering: June Hoya sp […]
Schefflera species- Lalbagh, Bangalore
Schefflera For ID : Lalbagh,Bangalore : 200714 : AK-32 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2). Ornamental, cultivated plant seen at the Lalbagh Nursery on 24/11/14. Had large leaves. Species id please.
Tiny Grass Blue on Helianthus species
SYMBIOSIS : 621 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1). Attaching an image of a Tiny Grass Blue butterfly on the flowers of Heliantus Sp .
Gentiana tubiflora
Gentiana tubiflora (G.Don) Griseb., Gen. Sp. Gent. 277 1838. (Syn: Ericala tubiflora G.Don; Gentiana longistyla T.N.Ho; Gentiana tubiflora var. longiflora Turrill; Gentiana tubiflora var. namlaensis Turrill; Gentianodes tubiflora (G.Don) Á.Löve & D.Löve [Invalid]); Image by DS Rawat Gentiana tubiflora (Gentianaceae) from Uttarakhand: Sep. 2014_DSR_27: 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). Gentiana tubiflora (Gentianaceae) photographed […]
52nd Tree Appreciation Walk at Silonda Trail, SGNP
52nd Tree Appreciation Walk at Silonda Trail, SGNP, on 20th July at 7.30 am : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1). Its time to tune our heart to the Natural Symphony of the forest at SGNP……..twining plants, leaf climbers, tendril bearers, roots & hook climbers are twining, winding their way up […]
Trapa species ?- Karnal, Haryana
Aquatic Herb for id from Karnal:: NS June 30 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3). Enclosed are pics of a specimen on herbarium sheet, submitted by a student.. This is an aquatic herb, collected from Karnal area in Haryana, please help me to reach the id.. Is it Trapa?……only a wild […]
