Can’t see my post

    Can’t see my post :  Nowadays whenever I send a post to indiantreepix, I can’t see the same post on homepage of this Efloraindia group. Are there any settings which are to be changed ? Earlier I never faced this problem.Can anyone help me ? I can see your latest post ‘Is it Combretum […]

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Medicago polymorpha var. denticulata

Medicago polymorpha var. denticulata (Willd.) Kerguélen, Collection Patrimoines Naturels 8: xiv xiv 1993. (Syn: Medicago hispida var. denticulata (Willd.) Burnat; Medicago nigra var. denticulata (Willd.) O. Bolòs & Vigo);     images by Preeti Kamboj (first photo 1mb would take time to load)   “For Id 080413NS1” : Attachments (2).  2 posts by 2 authors. Please find attached […]

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Chakori

      Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week :: Poaceae : Grass for id from Chokori- NS 26 : ……………………. …………………….. Chakori is a volcanic formation with granite at 2000m altitude in Pithoragarh district. This offers a wide range of idiosyncratic species, much different from the surrounding vegetation. There are several species in a small […]

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Cortaderia selloana (USA)

Cortaderia selloana (Schult.) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 325 1900. (Syn: Arundo dioeca Spreng. [Illegitimate]; Arundo dioica Spreng.; Arundo kila Spreng. ex Steud. [Invalid]; Arundo selloana Schult. & Schult.f.; Cortaderia argentea (Nees) Stapf; Cortaderia dioica Speg. [Illegitimate]; Gynerium argenteum Nees; Gynerium argenteum var. argenteum ; Gynerium dioicum Dallière [Invalid]; Gynerium purpureum Carrière; Moorea […]

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Ferns and Fern allies of Taiwan

    New book about Taiwanese pteridophytes has relevance for Indian fern scientists :   In an article in the Indian Fern Journal Vol. 29 (Knapp, R. 2012. Affinities of Indian and Taiwanese pteridofloras. Indian Fern J. 29: 202-237) I demonstrated that there is a considerable overlapping of fern floras for Taiwan and India: a 47% of […]

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Alocasia odora

Alocasia odora (Lindl.) K.Koch,  Index Seminum (B) 1854(App.): 2 1855. (syn: Alocasia commutata Schott; Alocasia tonkinensis Engl.; Arum odoratum Heynh. [Spelling variant]; Arum odorum (Lindl.) Roxb.; Caladium odoratissimum K.Koch; Caladium odoratum Ker Gawl.; Caladium odorum Lindl.; Colocasia odora (Lindl.) Brongn.;                                (≡) Arum odorum (Roxb.) Roxb.; (≡) Caladium odorum Roxb. (basionym)); Images by Karuna Kanta Das – […]

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Poaceae species- California, USA

      Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: Poaceae 07042013GS6 ornamental grass for ID from California-GS71 : Attachments (2). 1 post by 1 author. Ornamental grass photographed at California, USA Pl. help in ID        

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Impatiens species- along Ghangaria – Hemkund Sahib trail

      Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and Oxalidaceae Week :: DV28 :: 03 AUG 12 16:38 :: Balsaminaceae » Impatiens ¿ species ? along Ghangaria – Hemkund Sahib trail : 3 images. 3 posts by 2 authors. BalsaminaceaeImpatiens ¿ species ?    Place, Altitude: along Ghangaria – Hemkund Sahib trail … about 10780 ft aslDate, Time: […]

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Dashapushpam

    Dashapushpam: The month of Karkkidakam has started today as per the Malayalam calendar. This is the wettest month of the season and the ten sacred flowers, ‘Dashapushpam’, are given a lot of importance in rituals. This is because it is also the season when a lot of illnesses surface due to the damp […]

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Carex nivalis

Carex nivalis Boott, Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 256 1845. (Syn: Carex cinnamomea Boott; Carex gilesii Nelmes; Carex griffithii Boott; Carex lepus-aestatis T.Koyama; Carex luteobrunnea Nelmes; Carex nivalis f. cinnamomea (Boott) Kük. …; Carex oliveri Boeckeler; Carex ustulata var. aterrima Regel; Carex ustulata var. coriophora Regel);      Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: Grass for ID […]

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Alocasia longiloba

Alocasia longiloba Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 207 1856. (Syn: Alocasia amabilis W.Bull; Alocasia argyrea Sander; Alocasia cochinchensis Pierre ex Engl. & K.Krause; Alocasia curtisii N.E.Br.; Alocasia cuspidata Engl.; Alocasia denudata Engl. .; Alocasia eminens N.E.Br.; Alocasia korthalsii Schott; Alocasia leoniae Engl. & K.Krause [Invalid]; Alocasia longifolia Engl. & K.Krause [Invalid]; Alocasia lowii Hook.f. ..; Alocasia lucianii […]

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Rhododendron barbatum

Rhododendron barbatum Wall. ex G. Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 844 844 1834. (Syn: Rhododendron lancifolium Hook. f.);       Rhododendron barbatum (Ericaceae) in full bloom in Uttarakhand : Attachments (5). 5 posts by 4 authors. Recently I was at Munsiyari, Pithoragarh of Uttarakhand. Fortunately the visit was exactly at the time of full bloom of […]

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Liliaceae species- Osmanabad district of Maharashtra

      Id please : 5 images. 4 posts by 3 authors. Please find an attachment of an unidentified tuberous plant found uncommonly at Osmanabad district of Maharashtra. I am waiting for first shower of Monsoon to take pictures of vegetative growth. May be Drimia indica or related species from Liliaceae. Yes it could […]

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Dendrobium bullenianum (Philippines)

Dendrobium bullenianum Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 20: 214 1862. (syn: Dendrobium chrysocephalum Kraenzl.; Dendrobium erythroxanthum Rchb.f.; Dendrobium topaziacum Ames);   Dendrobium bullenianum is a member of the family Orchidaceae found in the Philippines and Vietnam.[2] It is named in honor of Mr. Bullen, orchid cultivator with Low & Co.’s nursery,[3] who was first in Britain […]

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Dendrobium lituiflorum

Dendrobium lituiflorum Lindl., Gard. Chron. 1856: 372 1856. (Syn: Callista lituiflora (Lindl.) Kuntze; Dendrobium hanburyanum Rchb.f.);   Bent-Raceme Dendrobium;        ORCHIDACEAE Juss.: Dendrobium lituiflorum Lindl. from KFBG, Hong Kong. :  2 images. 3 posts by 3 authors. Dendrobium lituiflorum Lindl., Gard. Chron. 1856: 372 (1856). Synonyms: Callista lituiflora (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. […]

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Maria Sibylla Merian – butterfly/insect illustrator

    Maria Sibylla Merian – butterfly/insect illustrator :  Google doodle today celebrates the 366th birth anniversary of German naturalist and scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian. Merian was well known for studying as well as making detailed paintings of plants and insects. She is credited of making significant, though not well known, contributions to the field […]

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Dendrobium polyanthum

Dendrobium polyanthum Wall. ex Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 81 1830. (syn: Callista cretacea (Lindl.) Kuntze; Callista primulina (Lindl.) Kuntze; Dendrobium cretaceum Lindl.; Dendrobium nobile var. pallidiflorum Hook.; Dendrobium primulinum Lindl.);           at the Orchidarium of BSI, Shillong Circle; Kangla Fort Imphal; Dendrobium primulinum – efloraofindia | Google Groups Which orchid […]

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Dendrobium multilineatum

Dendrobium multilineatum Kerr, J. Siam Soc., Nat. Hist. Suppl. 9: 230 1933. ;         ORCHIDACEAE Juss.: Dendrobium multilineatum Kerr, from KFBG, Hong Kong. :  2 images. 6 posts by 6 authors. Dendrobium multilineatum Kerr, J. Siam Soc., Nat. Hist. Suppl. 9: 230 (1933). Distribution: Laos to Vietnam. Note: You will be happy to […]

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