Habenaria elliptica

Habenaria elliptica Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1706 1851. (syn: Plantaginorchis elliptica (Wight) Szlach.); SW. India as per WCSP; Common name: Elliptic Habenaria Herbs; tubers ellipsoid, 2-2.5 x 0.6 cm: stem 8 to 24 inches, leafy. Leaves mostly near the ground but also on the stem above, lanceolate or elliptic, acute, 5-10 x […]

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Brownea species- Chikmagalur, Karnataka

  169-TSP-ID-16SEP2018-3,a medium sized tree near Chikmagalur for ID : 8 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (4) Kindly examine and identify this plant  Habit:     A medium sized tree.  Habitat:  Cultivated  Sighting: Near Chikmagalur, Karnataka Looks like Brownea Species to me. yes … is correct reminds me of Brownea sp I also agree with …  Pl. […]

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Impatiens phoenicea

Impatiens phoenicea Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci. n.s., 19: 175 1858. ; Common name: Tyrian Red Balsam India: Southern Western Ghats south of Pulneys and High Ranges of Kerala, sholas above 1,500 m. Tamil Nadu and Kerala as per BSI Flora of India; S-India as per Catalogue of Life; Perennial herbs, suffruticose, about 30-100 cm […]

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Hoya danumensis (Cultivated- Hong Kong)

Hoya danumensis Rodda & Nyhuus, Webbia 64: 164 2009. ; Borneo (Sabah), Brunei as per Catalogue of Life;  Hoya danumensis Rodda & Nyhuus : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5)- around 500 kb each.  Location: Hong Kong Park   Date: 15 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit : Cultivated   References: Catalogue of Life  The Plant List […]

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Pseuderanthemum species ?- Delhi

  Fwd: ID garden plant AR2309201802 : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) Id plz Is it hamelia patens? Laila majnu??  Delhi No. It is not. It could be a young sapling of Pseuderanthemum. this has been submitted earlier  there is thread already titled-  ID garden plant AR2209201801 of date sept 22 2018 … please do […]

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9th Science Congress at Pantnagar

9th Science Congress at Pantnagar on 13-14 October 2018 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Our department is hosting the  9th CONFERENCE OF The Indian Science Congress Association (HARIDWAR CHAPTER) On “FUTURE INDIA: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY” OCTOBER 13-14, 2018  Last Date for submission of Abstract and Registration Fee is 30th September 2018 Detailed […]

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Streptocarpus saxorum (Cultivated- Hong Kong)

Streptocarpus saxorum Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 154 1894. (syn: Africa as per Catalogue of Life;   Streptocarpus saxorum Engler : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) – around 600 kb each. Location: Hong Kong Park   Date: 15 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit : Cultivated i love this plant but never quite caught on in […]

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Begonia phuthoensis (Cultivated- Hong Kong)

Begonia phuthoensis H.Q.Nguyen, Novon 14: 105 2004.; Vietnam as per WCSP;   Begonia phuthoensis H.Q.Nguyen : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) – around 400 kb each. Location: Hong Kong Park   Date: 15 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit : Cultivated very nice and unusual leaves for a begonia. yes its id is correct Yes, B. […]

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Dendrobium hybrids- Hong Kong

  SK1468 24 Sep 2018 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)- around 600 kb each.  Location: Hong Kong Park   Date: 15 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit : Cultivated Dendrobium hybrid? Any  specifis ID ?  

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Lutheria splendens

Lutheria splendens (Brongn.) Barfuss & W.Till, Phytotaxa 279: 53 (2016). (syn: Lutheria splendens var. chlorostachya (Oliva-Esteve) Barfuss & W.Till; Lutheria splendens var. formosa (Suringar ex Witte) Barfuss & W.Till; Lutheria splendens var. oinochroma (Steyerm.) Barfuss & W.Till; Lutheria splendens var. striatifolia (M.B.Foster) Barfuss & W.Till; Tillandsia appuniana Baker; Tillandsia longibracteata Baker [Illegitimate]; Tillandsia picta Baker; […]

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Lutheria

Lutheria splendens (Brongn.) Barfuss & W.Till   Lutheria (Vriesea) ‘Tiffany’   Lutheria (Vriesea) hybrids- Warsaw, Poland  

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Dorstenia elata (Cultivated- Hong Kong)

Dorstenia elata Gardner, Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 3: t. 220 1840. (syn: Dorstenia elata var. strigosa Regel; Dorstenia exaltata Miq.; Dorstenia longifolia Moric.; Dorstenia plumeriifolia Fisch. & C.A.Mey.); NE-Brazil (Bahia), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro) as per Catalogue of Life;   Dorstenia elata Gardner : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) – […]

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Racinaea dyeriana (Cultivated)

Racinaea dyeriana (André) Barfuss & W.Till, Phytotaxa 279: 43 (2016). (syn: Tillandsia dyeriana André; Tillandsia rutschmannii Rauh);   NW. Ecuador as per WCSP;   Tillandsia dyeriana André : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)- around 550 kb each.  Location: Hong Kong Park   Date: 15 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit : Cultivated tillandisia sp. flower spike colors […]

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Meliaceae member ?- Lalbagh, Banglore

  Aphanamixis polystachya : 4 posts by 1 author. Attachments (2) Please ID the tree photographed at Lalbagh on 9th August 2018.  Aphanamixis polystachya, (Wall.) R.N. Parker  Pithraj Tree https://ramanarunachalam.github.io/Flora-and-Fauna/Flora/Aphanamixis%20-%20Pithraj%20Tree/Pithraj%20Tree.html I am sure this is not Pithraj tree (Aphanamixis polystachya). It is different.I have seen several trees here  and upload shortly in a separate thread.. yes, […]

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Pedicularis species- Dhel Pass, GHNP, Himachal

  Pedicularis sp. for ID –.. en-route Dhel Pass – GHNP- PKA43 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Seen this herb en-route Dhel pass at GHNP at an altitude of approx. 3400m.Bot. name: Pedicularis sp.. (ID pl)Family: OrobanchaceaeDate/Time: 28-09-2014 / 10:20AM  Pedicularis megalantha? It looks me Pedicularis pectinata. Going be the following, I […]

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Miltonia hybrids- Hong Kong

  SK1464 22 Sep 2018 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)- around 700 kb each.  Location: Hong Kong Park   Date: 15 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit : Cultivated This should be a Miltonia hybrid.  

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