• Schefflera rhododendrifolia

    Schefflera rhododendrifolia (Griff.) Frodin, G.Frodin & R.H.A.Govaerts, World Checkl. & Bibliogr. Araliaceae: 371 (2003 publ. 2004); . Heptapleurum rhododendrifolium (Griff.) G.M.Plunkett & Lowry, Novon 28: 164 (2020) (syn: Agalma glaucum Seem. ; Agalma tomentosum (Buch.-Ham.) Seem. ; Hedera tomentosa Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don ; Heptapleurum glaucum (Seem.) C.B.Clarke ; Heptapleurum impressum C.B.Clarke ; Heptapleurum tomentosum (Buch.-Ham.) C.B.Clarke…

  • Livistona species- Agra, Uttar Pradesh

    Agra Palm ID: 7 images. I’d please. June 11th 2025 Cultivated ? Looks like Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult.f. https://blogs.reading.ac.uk/whiteknightsbiodiversity/2017/04/05/the-palm-family-plants-with-a-heart/costapalmate/ Yes Sir I think most likely to be https://efloraofindia.com/efi/livistona/ species Sorry I had not mentioned. Yes it is cultivated. Thanks …, Looks closer to Livistona jenkinsiana Griff.

  • Herpysma

    Herpysma longicaulis Lindl. (Himalaya to China (W. Yunnan) and Sumatera: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam as per POWO)  

  • Dendrobium jenkinsii

    Dendrobium jenkinsii Wall. ex Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 25: t. 37 (1839) (syn: Dendrobium aggregatum var. jenkinsii (Wall. ex Lindl.) King & Pantl.; Dendrobium marseillei Gagnep.); . E. Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan) and N. Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Common name: Thick-Leaf Dendrobium • Manipuri: ꯊꯦꯡꯒꯨ ꯂꯩ Thenggu Lei…

  • Dendrobium gibsonii

    Dendrobium gibsonii Paxton, Paxton’s Mag. Bot. 5: 169 (1838) (syn: Callista binocularis (Rchb.f.) Kuntze ; Callista gibsonii (Paxton) Kuntze; Dendrobium binoculare Rchb.f. ; Dendrobium fuscatum Lindl. ; Stachyobium aureum Rchb.f.); . Central Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan, Guangxi) and Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO;…

  • Dendrobium hookerianum

    Dendrobium hookerianum Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 8 (1858) (syn: Callista hookeriana (Lindl.) Kuntze; Dendrobium chrysotis Rchb.f. ; Dendrobium fimbriatum var. bimaculosum Tang & F.T.Wang); . Central Himalaya to China (W. Yunnan): Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; . Common name: Golden Dendrobium . Epiphytic or lithophytic herb, 80-100…

  • Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st May’25

    Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st May’25: more than 14,000 species: It’s heartening to reiterate that Efloraofindia is the largest google e-group/ forum in the world in this field & the largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with around 4,77,500 messages so far & membership currently around 3535 nos. efloraofindia (eFI in short) website is one…

  • Echinacea ‘Sombrero’

    Echinacea ‘Sombrero’ from California-GS05062025-3: 3 high res. images. Echinacea hybrid cultivar ‘Sombrero’ photographed from Regan Nursery Fremont, California. References: https://rotarybotanicalgardens.org/sombrero-coneflowers-excellent/ https://www.ballseed.com/PlantInfo/?phid=024102187033148 https://www.darwinperennials.com/Products/Details/?phid=024102187040136  

  • Echeveria ‘Gorgon’s Grotto’

    Echeveria ‘Gorgon’s Grotto’ from California-GS05062025-2: 3 high res. images. Hybrid cultivar Echeveria ‘Gorgon’s Grotto’ with large rosettes of wavy margined leaves. References: https://www.crassulaceae.ch/de/artikel?akID=48&aaID=3&aiID=G&aID=3499 https://worldofsucculents.com/echeveria-gorgons-grotto/  

  • Hemipilia

    Hemipilia calcicola (W.W.Sm.) Y.Tang & H.Peng (Himalaya to Central China: China North-Central, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, Qinghai, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO)   Hemipilia chusua (D.Don) Y.Tang & H.Peng (Siberia to Himalaya and N. Myanmar: Amur, Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, East Himalaya, Inner Mongolia, Khabarovsk, Korea, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nepal, Primorye, Qinghai, Tibet,…

  • Camellia sasanqua (Introduced)

    Camellia sasanqua Thunb., J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 14.: 632 (1784) (syn: Sasanqua malliflora Raf. ; Sasanqua odorata Raf. ; Sasanqua vulgaris Nees ; Camellia miyagii (Koidz.) Makino & Nemoto ; Camellia sasanqua var. angustifolia Miq. ; Camellia sasanqua var. fujikoana Makino ; Camellia sasanqua var. lanceolata Miq. ; Camellia sasanqua var. latifolia Miq. ; Camellia sasanqua var. longifolia Miq. ; Camellia sasanqua var. obtusifolia Miq. ; Camellia sasanqua var. serrata (Siebold ex Kochs) Masam….

  • Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st May’25

    Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st May’25: more than 14,000 species: It’s heartening to reiterate that Efloraofindia is the largest google e-group/ forum in the world in this field & the largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with around 4,77,500 messages so far & membership currently around 3535 nos. efloraofindia (eFI in short) website is one…

  • Malpighia species- Malpighia fruit with the remnants of styles

    Query regarding Malpighia fruit: The Malpighia fruit has three antennae-like structures. Are these the remnants of styles? Yes as per http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=128570&flora_id=1 http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=119565  

  • Curcuma species- Ri-Bhoi, Meghalaya

    Id please of this Curcuma sp. from Ri-Bhoi, Meghalaya: 3 high res. images. This is a Curcuma sp which goes under Forest floor I needed to know if all the thee images are that of Curcuma zedroaria also known as Lashing in Khasi Looks different. Please check Curcuma picta Roxb. ex Škorničk…..

  • Ligustrum species?- Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal

    SK 4068 22 May 2025: 8 high res. images. Location:  Phulchoki, Lalitpur Date:  03 May 2025 Elevation:  2657 m. Habit : Wild May be Ligustrm: https://efloraofindia.com/efi/ligustrum/ Maybe … I shall follow-up with the flowers.

  • Goodyera hemsleyana

    Goodyera hemsleyana King & Pantl., in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 64: 342 (1895 publ. 1896) (syn: Epipactis hemsleyana (King & Pantl.) A.A.Eaton; Goodyera dongchenii var. gongligongensis X.H.Jin & S.C.Chen); . Central & E. Himalaya to China (NW. Yunnan) and N. Myanmar: China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal as per POWO; ….

  • Amomum maximum ?

    Amomum maximum/Amomum dealbatum : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7) Location Rajnagar Kumarghat Unakoti district Tripura Please identify Amomum dealbatum a synonym of Amomum maximum ? It may be Amomum maximum but there are many taxa with same typ of fruits. WA 0041 and 42 are Marantaceae member Stachyphrynium…

  • Galeola nudifolia

    Galeola nudifolia Lour. , Fl. Cochinch.: 520 (1790) (syn: Conchoglossum silvestre Breda ; Cranichis nudifolia (Lour.) Pers.; Epidendrum galeola Raeusch.; Erythrorchis kuhlii Rchb.f. ; Galeola hydra Rchb.f. ; Galeola kuhlii (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. ; Galeola pterosperma Schltr. ; Galeola torana J.J.Sm. ; Vanilla pterosperma Wall. ; Vanilla rubiginosa Griff.); . E. Himalaya to S. Hainan and W. New Guinea: Assam, Borneo, Cambodia,…

  • Dendrobium bracteosum (Cultivated)

    Dendrobium bracteosum Rchb.f., in Gard. Chron., n.s., 26: 809 (1886) (syn: Dendrobium bracteosum var. album Sander ; Dendrobium bracteosum var. roseum Sander ; Dendrobium chrysolabrum Rolfe ; Dendrobium dixsonii F.M.Bailey ; Dendrobium dixsonii var. eborinum F.M.Bailey ; Dendrobium eitapense Schltr. ; Dendrobium leucochysum Schltr. ; Dendrobium novae-hiberniae Kraenzl. ; Dendrobium quadrialatum J.J.Sm. ; Dendrobium trisaccatum Kraenzl. ; Pedilonum bracteosum (Rchb.f.) Rauschert; Pedilonum eitapense (Schltr.) Rauschert ; Pedilonum leucochysum (Schltr.)…

  • Dendrobium shompenii

    Dendrobium shompenii B.K.Sinha & P.S.N.Rao, Nordic J. Bot. 18: 27 (1998) (syn: Aporum shompenii (B.K.Sinha & P.S.N.Rao) M.A.Clem. ); . Nicobar Islands as per POWO; . Common name: Shompen Dendrobium . Images by Sh. P.S.Siva Prasad   . References: POWO  Catalogue of Life  Flowers of India  Wikimedia Commons