Palm Jumeirah, Archipelago in Dubai : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Another biomimicry, an architectural wonder in Dubai. A huge urban complex created on sea in the shape of the celebrated date palm.
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Dracocephalum wallichii
Dracocephalum wallichii Sealy, Bot. Mag. 164: t. 9657 1944. (syn: Dracocephalum calanthum C.Y.Wu [Illegitimate]; Dracocephalum speciosum Benth. [Illegitimate]; Dracocephalum wallichii var. wallichii ; Ruyschiana wallichii House); Common name: Wallich’s Dragonhead Himalaya to SC. China as per WCSP; East Himalaya; Nepal; Tibet; West Himalaya as per Catalogue of Life; Dracocephalum wallichii submission : 7 posts by […]
97th Tree Appreciation Walk at Kanheri Caves, SGNP
97th Tree Appreciation Walk at Kanheri Caves, SGNP on 21st Oct,18 at 8 am : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Dear Friends, The monsoon has left Mumbai in a great hurry…….grasses have stopped growing…..shedding and burying its seeds for the future…..greens of yesterday slowly blending in to golden hue……there is a silence and […]
Gasteria species/ hybrids- Hong Kong
Leptospermum hybrids- Hong Kong
SK1471 26 Sep 2018 : 15 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4) Location: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong Date: 12 August 2018 Elevation: 1300 ft. Habit : Cultivated Can it be Nerium by any chance? /species/a—l/a/apocynaceae/nerium/nerium-oleander No its not Nerium. I know the plant, but dont know the name. i have been looking at the flowers and […]
Symplocos lancifolia
Symplocos lancifolia Siebold & Zucc., Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(3): 133 1846. (syn: Bobua arisanensis (Hayata) Kanehira & Sasaki; Bobua formosana (Brand) Kanehira & Sasaki; Bobua lancifolia Miers; Bobua leptostachya Miers; Bobua microcarpa (Champ.) Nemoto; Bobua pseudolancifolia Hatus.; Bobua suishariensis (Hayata) Kanehira & Sasaki; Bobua trichoclada (Hayata) Kanehira & Sasaki; Dicalix lancifolia […]
Psychotria asiatica (Hong Kong)
Psychotria asiatica L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10 2: 929 1759. (Syn: Antherura rubra Lour.; Aucubaephyllum lioukiense Ahlb.; Polyozus lanceolata Lour.; Psychotria antherura Schult. [Illegitimate]; Psychotria esquirolii H.Lév.; Psychotria reevesii Wall.; Psychotria reevesii var. pilosa Pit.; Psychotria rubra (Lour.) Poir.; Psychotria rubra var. pilosa (Pit.) W.C.Chen; Psychotrophum asiaticum (L.) Crantz; Uragoga rubra (Lour.) Kuntze); Indo-China to […]
Reevesia thyrsoidea (Hong Kong)
Reevesia thyrsoidea Lindl., Quart. J. Sci. Lit. Arts 2: 112 1827. ; China (Guangdong, S-Guangxi, Hainan), Cambodia, Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; SK1431 11 Sep 2018 : 12 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3) Location: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong Date: 13 August 2018 Elevation: 1300 ft. Habit : Wild aquilaria sp? Aquilaria sinensis (Lour.) Spreng. ?? […]
Reevesia
Ligustrum sinense
Ligustrum sinense Lour. (syn: Ligustrum calleryanum Decne.; Ligustrum chinense Carrière, orth. var.; Ligustrum deciduum Hemsl.; Ligustrum fortunei C.K.Schneid.; Ligustrum indicum (Lour.) Merr.; Ligustrum matsudae Kaneh. ex T.Shimizu & M.T.Kao; Ligustrum microcarpum Kaneh. & Sasaki; Ligustrum microcarpum var. shakaroense (Kaneh.) Shimizu & T.C.Kao; Ligustrum nokoense Masam. & T.Mori; Ligustrum ovalifolium multiflorum Bowles; Ligustrum shakaroense Kaneh., no […]
Elaeocarpus grandiflorus (Cultivated)
Elaeocarpus grandiflorus J. E. Smith (syn: Elaeocarpus grandiflorus var. angustifolius Gagnep.; Monocera grandiflora (J. E. Sm.) Hook.; Perinka grandiflora (J. E. Sm.) Rafin.); Java, peninsular Malaysia (Kedah, Pahan, Selangor), Myanmar [Burma] (widespread), Philippines (Busuanga), Laos, Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; As per efi thread: E. grandiflorus is with broader leaf compared to those of E. hainanensis. […]
Begonia silletensis
Begonia silletensis (A.DC.) C.B.Clarke (syn: Casparya silletensis A.DC.); Assam; Bangladesh; Myanmar; Thailand as per Catalogue of Life; Fwd: Strawberry : 4 posts by 1 author. 8 images. This is from Rajnagar, Kumarghat, Unakoti, Tripura Kindly identify Begonia sp I think this is Begonia silletensis References: Catalogue of Life India Biodiversity Portal Asian Flora bee-paysage xuite
Castanopsis armata
Castanopsis armata (Roxb.) Spach (syn: Castanea armata (Roxb.) F.N.Williams; Castanea falconeri Hance; Castanea sphaerocarpa Lindl.; Castanopsis falconeri Hance; Castanopsis sphaerocarpa (Lindl.) Lindl.; Castanopsis tribuloides var. armata (Roxb.) Kurz; Quercus armata Roxb.; Quercus catungea Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don); Assam; Bangladesh; East Himalaya; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; MS Sept,2018/09 Castanopsis ferox ? for id/confirmation : […]
Syzygium impressum (Hong Kong)
Syzygium impressum N.H.Xia, Y.F.Deng & K.L.Yip ; Hongkong as per Catalogue of Life; SK1484 03 Oct 2018 : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4)- around 400 kb each. Location: Hong Kong Park Date: 15 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit : Cultivated I guess some Syzygium sp. Looks like Syzygium impressum but not sure. It looks like since […]
Osbeckia capitata
Osbeckia capitata Benth. ex Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 14: 68 1850. (syn: Osbeckia capitata Benth. ex Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Osbeckia glauca Wall. ex Naud.); China (Yunnan), Bhutan, India as per Catalogue of Life; Addition of Osbeckia capitata to efloraofindia website : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)- 678 kb. Found […]
Pseudorhipsalis ramulosa
Pseudorhipsalis ramulosa (Salm-Dyck) Barthlott, Bradleya 9: 90 1991. (syn: Cereus ramulosus Salm-Dyck; Disocactus ramulosus (Salm-Dyck) Kimnach; Disocactus ramulosus var. angustissimus (Weber) Kimnach; Disocactus ramulosus f. angustissimus (F.A.C.Weber) Kimnach; Disocactus ramulosus var. ramosissima (F.A.C. Weber) Kimnach; Epiphyllum ciliare Pfeiff.; Epiphyllum ciliatum Pfeiff.; Epiphyllum ramulosum Pfeiff.; Hariota coriacea (Pol.) Kuntze; Hariota ramulosa (Salm-Dyck) Kuntze; Hariota ramulosa (Salm-Dyck) […]
Gastrocotyle
Gastrocotyle hispida (Forsk.) Bunge
Begonia hybrids- Hong Kong
SK1485 04 Oct 2018 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)- around 600 kb each. Location: Hong Kong Park Date: 15 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit : Cultivated Which Begonia is this ? angel wing begonia (may have a name given by its grower). cant go further without having tha plant in hand, at […]
Begonia rex ‘Princess of Hanover’
Begonia rex ‘Princess of Hanover’ : 11 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Location: Hong Kong Park Date: 15 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit : Cultivated lovely patterns of leaves. i have never seen so many hairs on a begonia flower elements. was it labelled with this name ? can you show it please Yes … it […]
Heliconia subulata (Cultivated- Hong Kong)
Heliconia subulata Ruiz & Pav. (syn: Heliconia psittacorum var. subulata (Ruiz & Pav.) Baker); Argentina Northeast; Argentina Northwest; Bolivia; Brazil North; Brazil South; Brazil Southeast; Brazil West-Central; Ecuador; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Southeast; Paraguay; Peru; Puerto Rico as Catalogue of Life; Heliconia subulata Ruiz & Pav. : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Location: Hong […]
