Ericaceae (incl. Vacciniaceae) Fortnight :: Rhododendron ebony pearl:: SFO Bot.garden:: SMP APR03 : 3 posts by 3 authors. 2 images. Rhododendron ebony pearl Really nice and clear close-up!
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Arctostaphylos tomentosa (USA)
Arctostaphylos tomentosa (Pursh) Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 21: t. 1791 1835. (Syn: Arbutus tomentosa Pursh .; Arctostaphylos cordifolia Lindl.; Arctostaphylos crustacea subsp. crinita (J.E.Adams ex McMinn) V.T.Parker, M.C.Vasey & J.E.Keeley .; Arctostaphylos procera Lindl. ex Pritz.; Arctostaphylos tomentosa var. arguta DC. ……….; Daphnidostaphylis cordifolia (Lindl.) Klotzsch; Daphnidostaphylis tomentosa (Pursh) Klotzsch; Uva-ursi tomentosa (Pursh) Abrams; Xerobotrys argutus (DC.) Nutt.; […]
Indian Cabbage White on Thistle
SYMBIOSIS : 552 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1). Attaching an image of a Indian Cabbage White butterfly on the flowers of Thistle.
Rhododendron species/ cultivars etc.- Bhimtal
Ericaceae (Incl.Vacciniaceae) : For ID : Bhimtal : 040414 : AK-1 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). A small garden bush seen at a resort in Bhimtal on 23/3/13. Reposting under family fortnight. Could be Azalea Species? Id please. It is a Rhododendron sp. (species may be identified later on) Yes […]
Rhododendron dalhousiae
Rhododendron dalhousiae Hook.fil., Rhododendron Sikkim Himalaya 1: , pl. 1 & 2 1849. (Syn: Azalea macrocarpa (Griff.) Kuntze; hododendron dalhousiae var. lindleyanum Lavallee; Rhododendron lindleyanum hort. ex Lavallee (ambiguous synonym); Rhododendron macrocarpos Griff.); Tibet, Bhutan, E-Nepal, Sikkim, Darjeeling, Bangladesh, NE-India as per Catalogue of Life; Collected in 1915 from Bhutan and subsequently from Kameng […]
Rhododendron ponticum (Cultivated)
Rhododendron ponticum L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2 562 1762. (Syn: Anthodendron ponticum (L.) Rchb.; Azalea arborea L.; Azalea gandavensis K.Koch; Azalea lancifolia (Moench) Kuntze; Hymenanthes pontica (L.) H.F.Copel.; Rhododendron myrtifolium Lodd. [Invalid]); Rhododendron ponticum, called common rhododendron or pontic rhododendron, is a species of Rhododendron native to southern Europe and southwest Asia. R. ponticum is […]
Fragaria species- Sikkim
Ericaceae (inc. Vacciniaceae) Fortnight : Gaultheria for ID from Sikkim, India: 110414: SCAPR-06 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). …, Please help for the ID. This species of Gaultheria found abundantly in the Yumthang Valley (just beside the Yumthang river) associated with some carpet willows. Sorry for not having the […]
Microchirita
Microchirita hamosa (R.Br.) Yin Z.Wang Microchirita sahyadriensis (Punekar & Lakshmin.) A.Weber & D.J.Middleton ? Revision of Microchirita (Gesneriaceae) for Thailand : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)- 2 MB- Revision of Microchirita.pdf Please find attached a paper as above. There are three species included in this treatment which extend their distribution to […]
Mitrephora species- Finding Mitrephora trees from India
Fwd: Finding Mitrephora trees from India : 1 post by 1 author. My name is … from Bangkok Thailand. I have collected Mitrephora trees or stems as a hobby. I saw your name and email in /species/a—l/a/annonaceae/mitrephora . I’m very interested in Mitrephora trees (Annonaceae family) from India and Sri Lanka… Mitrephora andamanica […]
Mitrephora species
Rhododendron maddenii subsp. maddenii
Rhododendron maddenii Hook. f., Rhododendron Sikkim Himalaya 2: , pl. 18 1851. (Syn: Azalea maddenii (Hook.fil.) Kuntze; Rhododendron brachysiphon Balf. f.; Rhododendron brevitubum I.B.Balf. & Cooper (ambiguous synonym); Rhododendron calophyllum Nutt.; Rhododendron jenkinsii Nutt.; Rhododendron macranthum Griff. (ambiguous synonym); Rhododendron maddenii var. longiflorum W. Watson; Rhododendron polyandrum Hutch.); S-Tibet, Bhutan, Darjeeling, Sikkim, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, […]
Dicoma (Mutisioideae- Mutisieae)
Dicoma tomentosa Cass. Dicoma page (Asteraceae (Compositae)) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Dicoma page (Asteraceae (Compositae)) with images of species in efloraofindia (done by me). If you find any mis-identification, pl. let us know. If anybody can send images of other species of this genera […]
Valley of Flowers Photo Exhibition
Fwd: [itpmods:7981] Valley of Flowers Photo Exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery Mumbai : 1 post by 1 author. Valley of Flowers Photo Exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery Mumbai is in progress. I had seen this and it is worth visiting. All photographs are clicked by Shri Bibhas Amonkar (son of Gaana Saraswati […]
Vaccinium ovatum (USA)
Vaccinium ovatum Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 290 1814. ; Vaccinium ovatum is a species of flowering shrub known by the common names evergreen huckleberry, winter huckleberry and California huckleberry. Vaccinium ovatum is a small to medium sized evergreen shrub native to the Western Pacific Coast of the United States and coastal British Columbia. […]
Rhododendron occidentale (USA)
Rhododendron occidentale (Torr. & A. Gray) A. Gray, W. H. Brewer et al., Bot. California 1:458. 1876 (syn: (≡) Azalea occidentalis Torr. & A. Gray (basionym)); Rhododendron occidentale, the western azalea, is one of two deciduous Rhododendron species native to western North America (the other is Rhododendron albiflorum). The western azalea is known to […]
Rhododendron GUMPO PINK
Ericaceae (incl. Vacciniaceae) Fortnight :: Rhododendron GUMPO PINK :: SFO Bot.garden:: SMP APR07 : 2 posts by 2 authors. 1 image. Rhododendron GUMPO PINK Very good photograph
Arctostaphylos rudis (USA)
Arctostaphylos rudis Jeps. & Wiesl., Erythea 8: 100 1938. ; Arctostaphylos rudis, with the common names Shagbark manzanita and Sand mesa manzanita, is a species of manzanita. This is an erect shrub growing from a burl to heights between one and two meters – 3 and 6 feet. Its stem and branches are […]
BAMBOO
BAMBOO : 3 posts by 2 authors. all respective members i am looking for bamboo material for thesis study, PDF, BOOK etc.
Pollination can be ferocious
Pollination can be ferocious : 13 posts by 6 authors. 3 images. Please find some pics shwing pollinators on an Orchid called Bulbophyllum lasiochilum. I have shared few of these pics earlier too, but this time there are two extra images. It depicts how ferocious act of pollination can be. The pollinator got […]
Rhododendron griersonianum (California, USA)
Rhododendron griersonianum Balf. f. & Forrest, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 11(52–53): 69–71 1919. Ericaceae (incl. Vacciniaceae) Fortnight: Rhododendron griersonianum from California -GSAPR20 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Rhododendron griersonianum Balf.f & Forr. Shrub or small tree up to 3 m tallwith bristly and glandular young branches; leaves up […]
