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Cleistocactus species ?- Duars
Duars : cactus11 : 07March14 : Cleistocactus again? : Attachments (2). 2 posts by 2 authors. Is this yet another Cleistocactus? Cleistocactus brookeae Cárdenas?
Magnolia ‘Elizabeth’
Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight :: Magnoliaceae – Magnolia ‘Elizabeth’- New York, USA :: AKMAR-12 : Attachments (3). 3 posts by 2 authors. Attached are pictures of Magnolia ‘Elizabeth’ captured from Central Park, New York, USA in May 2013. Requested to please validate ID. Very good photographs … […]
Magnolia stellata (Cultivated- USA)
Magnolia stellata (Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim., Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 17: 418 1872. (Syn: Buergeria stellata Siebold & Zucc.; Magnolia halleana auct.; Magnolia keiskei (Makino) Ihrig; Magnolia kobus f. rosea (Veitch ex Hu) Blackburn; Magnolia kobus var. stellata (Siebold & Zucc.) Blackburn; Magnolia kobus f. stellata (Siebold & Zucc.) Blackburn; Magnolia kobus f. stellata […]
Cajanus albicans
Cajanus albicans (Wight & Arn.) Maesen (Syn: Atylosia albicans (Wight & Arn.) Benth.; Cajanus wightii Wight & Arn.; Cantharospermum albicans Wight & Arn.); Common name: Whitish Pigeonpea Twiners; branchlets white-canescent. Leaflets 3-4.5 x 2-4 cm, obovate, apex rounded, base obtuse, grey pubescent below, nerves ca. 4 pairs, laterals oblique; petiole to 2-4 cm, petiolule […]
Pinalia bractescens
Pinalia bractescens (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 679 1891. (Syn: Dendrobium subterrestre Gagnep.; Eria bractescens Lindl.; Eria bractescens var. latipetala Leav.; Eria dillwynii Hook.; Eria griffithii Rchb.f.; Eria kurzii Anderson ex Hook.f.; Eria littoralis Teijsm. & Binn.; Eria pulchella Griff. [Illegitimate]; Pinalia pulchella Kuntze; Tropilis subterrestris (Gagnep.) Rauschert); Plant blooms in summer with […]
Telephium sphaerospermum (Oman)
Telephium sphaerospermum Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 4: 12 1844.; Small Wild Plant For ID : Oman : 110214 : AK-3 : Attachments (4). 2 posts by 2 authors. A very tiny wild plant seen at Jabal Shams, which is the highest point in Oman at 3000 metres. This has been identified by Dr […]
Telephium
Telephium sphaerospermum Boiss. (Oman)
Cycas sainathii
Cycas sainathii R C Srivast.; Image by R.C.Srivastava Cycas sainathii R C Srivast. sp nova : 9 posts by 7 authors. Attachments (1)- 1 MB. Small trees, c.3m high, some times shrubby, with dense foliage on top.Petioles with small spines; leaflets 28-29×4. 5-4.7cm, shortly acuminate at apices, dark green. Megasporophylls lanceolate, c.39cm long, apices […]
Medicinal Plants Conservation Centre, Pune
Fwd: Medicinal Plants Conservation Centre, Pune : 1 post by 1 author. I came across this: Medicinal Plants Conservation Centre encourages conservation, supports local livelihoods and improves the health of rural communities in the Indian state of Maharashtra, focusing on the revitalization of traditional health practices and use of medicinal plants. In cooperation […]
Plectranthus species- Flower show in Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai
Ornamental Plant For ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 110313 : AK-15 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 2 authors. An ornamental, cultivated, potted plant seen at the flower show in Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai on 16/2/14. Id please. Coleus (now Plectranthus)
Memecylon royenii
Memecylon royenii Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 360 .; A species found in only six forest localities in Ratnapura District and in a single locality in Kalutara District during the extensive forest surveys conducted for the National Conservation Review. Native: Sri Lanka (From IUCN Red List (VU) ) Tree for ID confirmation – Bangalore […]
Epicactus hybrid- Rumtek Monastery, Gangtok, Sikkim
ID Request for Garden plant from Sikkim 28022014: SCFEB31 : Attachments (1). 8 posts by 4 authors. Please help for this id. Place: Rumtek Monastery, Gangtok, Sikkim Date: June, 2007 This is a species of Night Blooming Cereus. I had seen Red flowers in Darjeeling, but could not photograph. it may be […]
Epicactus hybrids
Epicactus hybrid- Rumtek Monastery, Gangtok, Sikkim
Miliusa nilagirica
IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU) Miliusa nilagirica Bedd., Icon. Pl. Ind. Or. 18 1874. ; Images by Navendu page (Inserted by J.M.Garg) Large shrubs; young branches rugose. Leaves alternate, ovate, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, subcuneate at base, shortly acuminate at apex, 5-10 x 2-4 cm, glabrous; petioles 3-7 mm long. Flowers purplish green, bisexual, solitary, […]
Orophea zeylanica
Orophea zeylanica Hook. f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 111 1855. ; Images by Navendu Page & P. Santhan (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images, click on the links) Large shrubs; young branches yellow pubescent. Leaves alternate, ovate or elliptic-oblong, almost rounded at base, shortly and obtusely acuminate at apex, 6.5-8 x 3-4.5 cm, […]
Orophea
Orophea zeylanica Hook. f. & Thomson (Images by Navendu Page & P. Santhan (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images, click on the links)) BSI Flora of India with details & keys (Volume 1- 1993) (Distribution): Orophea erythrocarpa Beddome (India: Evergreen forests. Andaman & Nicobar Islands (?), Tamil Nadu and Kerala) Orophea hexandra Blume (India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands; […]
Liriodendron chinense (Cultivated- USA)
Liriodendron chinense (Hemsl.) Sarg., Trees & Shrubs 1: 103 1903. (syn: Liriodendron tulipifera var. chinense Hemsl.; Liriodendron tulipifera var. sinense Diels [Spelling variant]); Liriodendron chinense, the Chinese tulip tree, is Asia’s native species in the Liriodendron genus. This native of central and southern China grows in the provinces of Anhui, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Fujian, […]
Cleistocactus strausii
Cleistocactus acanthurus (Vaupel) D.R.Hunt, Bradleya 5: 92 1987. (Syn: Binghamia acanthura (Vaupel) Borg; Binghamia eriotricha (Werderm. & Backeb.) Borg; Borzicactus acanthurus (Vaupel) Britton & Rose; Borzicactus eriotrichus (Werderm. & Backeb.) Backeb.; Cereus acanthurus Vaupel; Cereus eriotrichus Werderm. & Backeb.; Cleistocactus peculiaris (Rauh & Backeb.) Ostolaza; Cleistocactus peduliaris (Rauh & Backeb.) Ostolaza; Haageocereus convergens F. Ritter; […]
Magnolia virginiana (USA)
Magnolia virginiana L., Sp. Pl. 535 1753. (Syn: Magnolia australis var. parva (Ashe) Ashe; Magnolia burchelliana Steud.; Magnolia fragrans Salisb.; Magnolia fragrans Raf. [Illegitimate]; Magnolia glauca (L.) L. …..; Magnolia gordoniana Steud.; Magnolia virginiana var. glauca L. ……); Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight: Magnoliaceae- Magnolia virginiana from California-GSMAR11: 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1). Magnolia virginiana […]
