• Stachys sylvatica

    Stachys sylvatica L., Sp. Pl. 580 1753. (syn: Stachys canariensis Jacq.; Stachys cordata Gilib.; Stachys cordatifolia Gilib.; Stachys foetida Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.; Stachys glaucescens Muss.Puschk. ex Spreng.; Stachys trapezuntea Boiss.); . Macaronesia, Europe to Central Siberia and W. Himalaya: Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland,…

  • Croton chakrabartyi

    Croton chakrabartyi Dhabak & Nandikar, Journal of Botanical taxonomy and Geobotany, 26 July 2021; . Agumbe Ghat :: Croton FOR VALIDATION :: DVJAN18 : 4 posts by 2 authors. 5 images. Agumbe Ghat (part of Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary) … Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka Date: 28 DEC 2014 … Altitude: about 600 m asl at…

  • Schlumbergera x buckleyi

    Schlumbergera × buckleyi (T.Moore) Tjaden, Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 21: 93 1966.; . Ornamental plant for identification 250313MK01 :  6 images. 3 posts by 3 authors. Please help me in identifying this ornamental plant. This looks like a cactus of not more than two feet long. Stamens many. Flower: up…

  • Psammophiliella muralis

    Psammophiliella muralis (L.) Ikonn., Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 13: 116 (1976) (syn: Dichoglottis muralis (L.) Jaub. & Spach; Gypsophila agrestis Pers.; Gypsophila arvensis Borkh. ex Steud.; Gypsophila muralis L.; Gypsophila purpurea Gilib.; Gypsophila serotina Hayne; Gypsophila stepposa Klokov; Psammophila muralis (L.) Ikonn.; Psammophila stepposa (Klokov) Ikonn.; Psammophiliella stepposa (Klokov) Ikonn.; Saponaria muralis (L.) Lam.; Silene muralis (L.) E.H.L.Krause); . Europe to Siberia and W….

  • Marsdenia jenkinsii

    Marsdenia jenkinsii Hook. fil., Fl. Brit. India 4: 36 (1883); . Assam as per POWO; . Hook. f. ; glabrous or puberulous, very stout, leaves broadly elliptic or orbicular cuspidate thickly coriaceous, corolla-tube globose, lobes glabrous without villous within, coronal scales subulate much exceeding the very short anther-tip. ASSAM, Jenkins (Herb. Calcutta)….

  • Euphorbia lakshminarasimhanii

    Euphorbia lakshminarasimhanii Nilesh V. Malpure, Prashant S. Raut, Arun N. Chandore, Bruce E. De Jong, Nordic Journal of Botany Volume 39, Issue 7 July 2021; . Euphorbia lakshminarasimhanii: 1 image. A new succulent species of Euphorbia subg. Euphorbia sect. Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) has been found in Maharashtra, India and is here described…

  • Microscope suggestion

    Microscope suggestion: Please suggest a microscope which i can use for multiple purposes especially systematic studies of plants. Budget 30k to 45k Just I would like to share my experience. As a student of Taxonomy (special) under the guidance of Prof B.A.Razi (taxonomist – a legend) I was using simple…

  • OSI

    Orchid Society of India: I need a small help if any of our members are member of Orchid Society of India.

  • Neoregelia cruenta (Introduced- USA)

    Neoregelia cruenta (Graham) L.B.Sm., Contr. Gray Herb. 124: 9 1939. (syn: Aregelia cruenta (Graham) Mez; Aregelia longibracteata (Mez) Mez; Aregelia rubrospinosa Mez; Billbergia cruenta (Graham) Hook.; Bromelia cruenta Graham; Karatas cruenta (Graham) G.Nicholson; Neoregelia longibracteata (Mez) L.B.Sm.; Neoregelia rubrospinosa (Mez) L.B.Sm.; Nidularium cruentum (Graham) Regel; Nidularium laurentii var. immaculatum Regel; Nidularium longibracteatum Mez; Regelia cruenta (Graham) Lindm.); . Brazil (SE. Bahia to São Paulo) as…

  • Guzmani species- California, USA

    Guzmani species for ID from California-GS16072021-5: 2 images. Please help with the ID of this Guzmania species clicked from Sunnyvale, California, 14-9-2014.  

  • Aechmea species- California, USA

    Aechmea sp. for ID from California-GS15072021-5: Please help with the ID of this Aechmea sp, clicked from San Mateo Fair, California, 14-6-2014  

  • Aechmea species- California, USA

    Aechmea sp. for ID from California-GS15072021-6: 2 images. Please help with the ID of this Aechmea sp, clicked from San Mateo Fair, California, 14-6-2014

  • Aechmea species- Plantae Paradise, HP

    Aechmea sp. for ID from Plantae Paradise HP-GS15072021-4: 2 images. Please help with the ID of this Aechmea species from Pantae Paradise Nursery, Datyar Village, Himachal Pradesh clicked on  

  • Aechmea recurvata var. ortgiesii (Introduced- USA)

    Aechmea recurvata var. ortgiesii (Baker) Reitz, Anais Bot. Herb. “Barbosa Rodrigues” 4: 29 1952. (syn: Aechmea ortgiesii Baker; Ortgiesia recurvata var. ortgiesii (Baker) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress); . Brazil South, Brazil Southeast as per POWO; . Aechmea recurvata from California-GS15072021-3: 2 images. Aechmea recurvata (Klotzsch) L.B. Sm. Photographed from San Mateo, California, 14-6-2014 Maybe Aechmea recurvata var….

  • Curcuma species- Kathmandu, Central Nepal

    SK 2920 13 July 2021: 5 very high res. images. Location: Kathmandu, Central Nepal Altitude: 1500m. Date: 09 July 2021 Habit : Wild Curcuma angustifolia Roxb. ?? Check the rhizome colour. Any flower photos? Location was difficult so it was not possible to collect rhizome. I guess flowering was over !…

  • Platanthera species- Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal

    SK 2929 20 July 2021 – Orchidaceae: 5 very high res. images. Location: Phulchoki, Lalitpur Date:  18 July 2021 Elevation:  2600m. Habit : Wild Could it be Platanthera leptocaulon (Hook. f.) Soo, though not sufficient information on images as noflowers and slight deviation in elevation ? Not easy to make out from these pics….

  • Boesenbergia species- Pechartal, North Tripura

    Monocot: 5 images. This is from Pechartal, North Tripura Kindly identify Zingiberaceae?? Boesenbergia sp. Thank you very much. Is it Boesenbergia kingii or Boesenbergia longiflora ?