2012

Month Best Photographer Runner up January Dr. Nidhan Singh Mr. Dinesh Valke February Dr. Prasad Kumar Dash Mr. Dinesh Valke March April  May      June      July      August      September      October      November      December    

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2012

Month Best Photographer Runner up January Mr. Prashant Awale Dr. Satish Phadke & Mr. Dinesh Valke February Dr. Prasad Kumar Dash Mr. Dinesh Valke March April  May      June      July      August      September      October      November      December    

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Prunus serrulata (Cultivated- USA/ Germany)

Prunus serrulata Lindl.,  Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7:238. 1828 (“1830”) (syn: Cerasus serrulata (Lindl.) Loudon; Padus serrulata (Lindl.) S.Ya.Sokolov (unresolved); Prunus puddum Miq.); China (Anhui, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Zhejiang), Korea (I), Japan (I), USA (I) (California (I), Massachusetts (I)), Bolivia (c), Chatham Isl. (I), Slovakia (I) as per Catalogue of Life;   […]

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Persicaria virginiana (South Korea)

Persicaria virginiana (L.) Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2(1): 180 180 1790. (Syn: Polygonum virginianum L.; Tovara virginiana (L.) Raf.); Weeds are beautiful_Persicaria virginiana_RKC04_091011:  Persicaria virginiana for you. Family: Polygonaceae Loc.: Daejeon, S. Korea Date: 09th October, 2011.   References: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-50080897

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Spiraea nipponica (Introduced- USA)

Spiraea nipponica Maxim., Bull. Acad. Petersb. xxxi. (1886) 40. (syn: Spiraea bracteata Hook. fil. (ambiguous synonym); Spiraea dissomorpha Koidz.; Spiraea media var. rotundifolia Nicholson; Spiraea nipponica f. oblanceolata (Nakai) Ohwi; Spiraea nipponica var. oblanceolata Nakai; Spiraea nipponica var. ogawai (Nakai) Yamanaka; Spiraea nipponica var. rotundifolia (Nicholson) Makino; Spiraea nipponica f. rotundifolia (Nicholson) Makino; Spiraea ogawai […]

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Solidago canadensis (Cultivated)

Solidago canadensis L., Sp. Pl. 878 1753. (Syn: Aster canadensis (L.) Kuntze; Doria canadensis (L.) Lunell; Solidago anthropogena ; Solidago canadensis subsp. altissima (L.) O.Bolòs & Vigo);   Asteraceae Week (Part I – Radiate heads) :: Solidago canadensis at Ladakh :: PKA77:: : Attachments (4). 2 posts by 2 authors.This Shrub was seen in a […]

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Prunus caroliniana (USA)

Prunus caroliniana (Mill.) Aiton, Hortus kewensis Hortus kewensis; 1789 163 1789. (syn: Bumelia serrata Pursh; Chimanthus amygdalina Raf.; Laurocerasus caroliniana (Mill.) M.Roem.; Prunus lusitanica Walter); USA (Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas), Mexico (Aguascalientes, Nuevo Leon) as per Catalogue of Life; Prunus caroliniana, known as the Carolina Cherry Laurel, with […]

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Rubus trifidus (Introduced- USA)

Rubus trifidus Thunb., Fl. Jap. 217 217 1784. (Syn: Rubus aceroides Miq.; Rubus corchorifolius var. aceroides (Miq.) Kuntze; Rubus corchorifolius var. hydrastifolius (A.Gray) Kuntze; Rubus corchorifolius var. trifidus (Thunb.) Kuntze; Rubus hydrastifolius Maxim. ex A.Gray; Rubus incisus auct.; Rubus pseudoacer var. flexuosus Y.C.Liu & F.Y.Lu; Rubus pseudoamericanus Kuntze; Rubus trifidus var. semiplenus Makino); Japan (Honshu, […]

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Pyracantha coccinea (Califonia, USA)

Pyracantha coccinea M. Roem., Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 219-220 219 1847. (Syn: Cotoneaster pyracantha (L.) Spach; Mespilus pyracantha L.; Pyracantha pauciflora (Poir.) M. Roem.);  Bush For ID : Red Berries : California : 19OCT14 : AK-14 : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Pictures taken at the Golden Gate Park, San Francisco on […]

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eFl man/woman of month..2012

Month Members Moderators January Dr. Nidhan Singh Dr. Gurcharan Singh February Mr. Surajit Koley Dr. Balkar Singh March Mr. Dinesh Valke April Dr. Gurcharan Singh May Mr. J. M. Garg    June Mr. Surajit Koley     July Dr. Gurcharan Singh   August Mr. Dinesh Valke   September Mr. J. M. Garg & Dr. Balkar […]

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eFl man/woman of month..2011

                             Members                       Moderators                     July                       Dr. Ushadi Micromini                       Dr. Gurcharan Singh August                 Dr. Ushadi Micromini  […]

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Prunus campanulata (Cultivated- USA)

Prunus campanulata Maxim., 103 1883. (syn: Cerasus campanulata (Maxim.) T.T.Yu & C.L.Li (unresolved); Cerasus campanulata (Maxim.) A.N.Vassiljeva; Prunus cerasoides auct.; Prunus cerasoides Koidz.; Prunus cerasoides var. campanulata (Maxim.) Koidz. (Unresolved); Prunus pendula hort.); China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Japan (I), Ryukyu Isl. (I), ?Thailand, Myanmar [Burma] (I) as per Catalogue of Life;     Rosaceae […]

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Prunus emarginata (USA)

Prunus emarginata (Douglas) Walp., Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 9 9 1843. (Syn: Cerasus emarginata Douglas; Prunus emarginata (Douglas) Eaton); USA (Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington State, Wyoming), Canada (British Columbia) as per Catalogue of Life;     Rosaceae Week: Prunus emarginata from California: 3 images. Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) Walp. […]

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Sedum species

ID Please: This is my first post in this group and would greatly appreciate if fellow members would be kind enough to identify the following flowers.Photos were taken at Darjeeling Hills. The second picture is of Fuchsia. Here in Bangalore, we are able to grow them only during 1/2 of the year. They do not […]

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Thrixspermum centipeda

Thrixspermum centipeda Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 520 1790. (Syn: Aerides arachnites (Blume) Lindl. [Illegitimate]; Aerides flos-aeris Sw.; Dendrobium auriferum Lindl.; Dendrocolla arachnites Blume; Epidendrum thrixspermum Raeusch.; Sarcochilus arachnites (Blume) Rchb.f.; Sarcochilus aurifer (Lindl.) Rchb. f.; Sarcochilus aurifer (Lindl.) Rolfe; Sarcochilus auriferus (Lindl.) Rchb.f.; Sarcochilus centipeda (Lour.) Náves; Sarcochilus hainanensis Rolfe; Thrixspermum arachnites (Blume) Rchb.f.; Thrixspermum auriferum […]

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Potentilla eriocarpa

Potentilla eriocarpa Wall. ex Lehm., Nov. Stirp. Pug. 3: 35 35 1831. (Syn: Potentilla davidii Franch.; Potentilla eriocarpa var. cathayana C.K. Schneid.; Potentilla eriocarpoides var. glabrescens J. Krause);       Potentilla eriocarpa (Rosaceae) from Uttarakhand: Sep. 2014_DSR_29 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). Potentilla eriocarpa (Rosaceae) photographed near Kailuvinayak (Chamoli) in Uttarakhand. 4100m […]

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Rosa heleniae (Cultivated)

Rosa heleniae Rehd. & E. H. Wilson, Pl. Wilson. 2(2): 310-311 310 1915. (Syn: Rosa floribunda Baker (ambiguous synonym); Rosa heleniae f. duplicata T. C. Ku; Rosa heleniae f. glandulifera T. C. Ku);   China (Gansu, Guizhou, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Thailand, Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life;     Rosaceae Week: Rosa floribunda from Srinagar, […]

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Arbutus (Cultivated)

   Arbutus unedo L. (Cultivated) From Floral Database of Tamilnadu :   Binomial Habit Notes References Distribution Arbutus unedo L. Shrub/ small tree Western Ghats, Cultivated, Native of North Temperate Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987 Nilgiri   FRLHT Indian Medicinal Plants Nomenclature Database with images/ herbarium, distribution, local names etc. : Arbutus unedo L. […]

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Rosa damascena (cultivated)

Rosa damascena P. Mill., The gardeners dictionary: eighth edition; Rosa no.15 1768. (Syn: Rosa gallica var. damascena Voss);  European Russia (I), Java (I), Thailand (I), Fiji (I), China (Anhui, Beijing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hongkong, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Macao, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanghai, Shanxi, Sichuan, […]

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