Rosa hybrids- Mumbai Rose Society

      Rosaceae Week : Rose Show : Mumbai Rose Society : AK-1: Sharing some pictures taken by me at the Rose Show, by Mumbai Rose Society at Maharashtra Nature Park, Mumbai on the 12th of Feb, 2011. This was named as ‘Midnight Blue’….I was seeing this color for the first time.   Rosaceae […]

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Rosa hybrids- Rose Garden, Chandigarh

      Rosaceae Week:Roses from Rose Garden Chandigarh (03/10/2011 NSJ): Attached herewith photos of roses taken from rose Chandigarh rose garden. 1. Rose Balka 2. Rose Bangali   Rosaceae Week:Roses from Rose Garden Chandigarh (04/10/2011 NSJ): Roses from Rose garden Chandigarh. 1. Rose Anika 2. Rose Black Roses from Rose Garden, Chandigarh. 1. Rose […]

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Flowers for ID – New York

      Flower for ID – New York – 141013 – RK – 1 : Attachments (2).  2 posts by 2 authors. At The Cloisters – New York – 19/06/13 – morning. Request ID.     Flower for ID – New York – 201013 – RK -1 :  Attachments (2). 2 posts by 2 authors. Shot […]

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Cyperus serotinus

Cyperus serotinus Rottb., Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 31 1773. (Syn: Chlorocyperus serotinus Palla; Cyperus amoyensis Hance; Cyperus diluvialis Schult.; Cyperus glaber Vill. [Illegitimate]; Cyperus inundatus Roxb. [Illegitimate]; Cyperus japonicus Miq.; Cyperus krebsii Boeckeler; Cyperus litvinovii Meinsh.; Cyperus litwinowii Meinsh.; Cyperus makinoi Nakai; Cyperus monti L.f. .; Cyperus puncticulatus Aitch. [Illegitimate]; Cyperus scleropoae Lojac.; Cyperus serotinus f. […]

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Know Your Fruits and Vegetables: Cucurbits

    Just Published: Know Your Fruits and Vegetables: Cucurbits : 11 posts by 10 authors. I am planning a series of small books “Know Your Fruits and Vegetables” The first part covering Cucurbits has just been published through Power Publishers. This full colour 122 pages book has about 265 photographs mostly taken by me […]

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A Second Release of The Plant List (TPL)

    A Second Release of The Plant List (TPL) is to be deployed this month : 5 posts by 5 authors. Pl. read more at A Second Release of The Plant List (TPL) is to be deployed this month Let us hope it removes some of the confusion it created in 2010 List Hope […]

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Nonprofit status or NGO

    nonprofit status or NGO : 3 posts by 2 authors. This is to enquire about nonprofit status or NGO. I am interested in the recent availability of government funding for green projects. However, these require that the applicant belong to a nonprofit organization. Anybody please clarify Are you talking about efloraofindia status ?      

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Survey about Citizen Science

  Survey : 4 posts by 4 authors. Here i have attached link for one survey for about Citizen Science, please https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14BcJgnXZSoytb_11OVSI7mPUm8HbyoZyzqkaUPNVeaY/viewform          

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Herb from Bababudangiri, Karnataka

      Needs ID : Attachments (3). 3 posts by 2 authors. Leaves alternate, spathaceous leaf base, simple, prominent stipulate Stem: pubescent (white hairs), woody root base, red coloured, obtuse crenate Flower: Sessile, bractate, bracteolate, purple/blue coloured petals 5, gamopetalous sepals 5, gamosepalous, imbricate anthers 5, filament short or spreaded, covering the stigma Gynoecium […]

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Paphiopedilum malipoense (Hong Kong)

Paphiopedilum malipoense S.C.Chen & Z.H.Tsi, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 22: 119 1984. ;           ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Paphiopedilum malipoense S.C.Chen & Z.H.Tsi from Hong Kong, PKS-228 : Attachments (3). 5 posts by 5 authors. Paphiopedilum malipoense S.C.Chen & Z.H.Tsi, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 22: 119 (1984). Distribution: S. China to N. Vietnam Very […]

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Vanda concolor (Hong Kong)

Vanda concolor Blume, Rumphia 4: 49 1849. (Syn: Vanda cruenta Lodd. ex Sweet [Invalid]; Vanda esquirolei Schltr.; Vanda guangxiensis Fowlie; Vanda roxburghii var. unicolor Hook.);             ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Vanda concolor Blume from Hong Kong, PKS-107 : Attachments (6). 3 posts by 3 authors. Vanda concolor Blume, Rumphia 4: 49 […]

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Paphiopedilum wardii

Paphiopedilum wardii Summerh., Gard. Chron. III, 92: 446 1932. (Syn: Cypripedium vernayi F.K.Ward ……….);    ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Paphiopedilum wardii Summerh. from Hong Kong, PKS-230 : Attachments (2). 4 posts by 4 authors. Paphiopedilum wardii Summerh., Gard. Chron., III, 92: 446 (1932). Synonyms: Cypripedium vernayi Kingdon-Ward, Gard. Chron., III, 104: 458 (1938). Cypripedium wardianum E.W.Cooper, Roy. Hort. […]

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Geodorum attenuatum

 (Image Plate By Dr.Pankaj Kumar & inserted By Sushant More) Geodorum attenuatum Griff., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 5: 358 1845. (syn: Geodorum cochinchinense Gagnep.; Geodorum laoticum Guillaumin; Geodorum regnieri Gagnep.);      Geodorum attenuatum Griff. from Jharkhand, PKS-138 : Attachments (1). 5 posts by 5 authors. Geodorum attenuatum Griff., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 5: 358 […]

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Schoenorchis fragrans

Schoenorchis fragrans (E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.) Seidenf. & Smitinand, Orch. Thail. (Prelim. List) 611 1963. (syn: Gastrochilus fragrans (E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Saccolabium fragrans E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.; Schoenorchis fragrans (Parish & Rchb. f.) Pradhan);      ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Schoenorchis fragrans (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Seidenf. & Smitinand from Hong Kong, PKS-171 : Attachments (3). 4 posts by […]

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Dendrochilum filiforme (Hong Kong)

Dendrochilum filiforme Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 26(Misc.): 52 1840. (Syn: Acoridium filiforme (Lindl.) Rolfe; Dendrochilum filiforme var. ramosii (Ames) L.O.Williams; Dendrochilum ramosii Ames; Platyclinis filiformis (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hemsl.) ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Dendrochilum filiforme Lindl. from Hong Kong, PKS-101 : Attachments (3). 9 posts by 9 authors. Dendrochilum filiforme Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 26(Misc.): 52 […]

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Dendrobium chrysopterum

Dendrobium chrysopterum Schuit. & de Vogel, J. Orchideenfr. 8: 309 2001. (Syn: Chromatotriccum chrysopterum (Schuit. & de Vogel) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.);             ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Dendrobium chrysopterum Schuit. & de Vogel from Singapore, PKS-176 : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 3 authors. Dendrobium chrysopterum Schuit. & de Vogel, J. Orchideenfr. […]

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Gastrochilus bellinus (Hongkong)

Image by Pankaj Kumar & inserted by Sushant More   Gastrochilus bellinus (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 661 1891. (syn: Saccolabium bellinum Rchb.f.);        ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Gastrochilus bellinus (Rchb.f.) Kuntze from Hong Kong, PKS-174 : Attachments (2). 4 posts by 3 authors. Gastrochilus bellinus (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 661 […]

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