• Embelia tsjeriam-cottam ?

    Embelia tsjeriam-cottam ?; . Climber ID from Bangladesh SM039 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). Habit: Climber Habitat : Hill forest Fruiting : May Location : Kaptai NP, Chittagong Hill tracts Maybe Embelia sp. Thanks, …, for the suggestion. Yes, Embelia is possible. Closest I can go is ‎Embelia tsjeriam-cottam (Roem. & Schult.) A.DC. as per comparative images at Embelia But…

  • Kalanchoe species- Solan, Himachal Pradesh

    Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and Myrtaceae Fortnight: Succulent for identification 27 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). Kindly help with identification of this Cultivated Succulent. I hope Kalanchoe, more likely K. fedtschenkoi now Bryophyllum fedtschenkoi

  • Taxus cuspidata ? (S. Korea)

    Taxus cuspidata Siebold & Zucc., Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(3): 232 1846. (syn: Cephalotaxus umbraculifera Siebold ex Endl.; Taxus baccata var. latifolia Pilg.; Taxus baccata var. microcarpa Trautv.; Taxus biternata Spjut; Taxus caespitosa Nakai; Taxus caespitosa var. latifolia (Pilg.) Spjut; Taxus cuspidata subsp. biternata (Spjut) Silba; Taxus cuspidata var. caespitosa (Nakai) Q.L.Wang; Taxus cuspidata var. latifolia (Pilg.) Nakai; Taxus cuspidata subsp. umbraculifera (Siebold ex Endl.) Silba; Taxus umbraculifera (Siebold ex Endl.) C.Lawson; Taxus umbraculifera var. microcarpa (Trautv.) Spjut) ?; . China North-Central, Japan, Korea, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Primorye, Sakhalin as per POWO;…

  • Eurya species- Arunachal Pradesh

    Shrub from Arunachal Pradesh for Id: For help in id of a Shrub, 2.5 -4m, collected in primary temperate forest, Arunachal Pradesh at 2500m in September. It is Theaceae. may be Eurya acuminata var…… ??? or other Eurya species like E. arunachalensis, E. cerasifolia ?????? Need to be confirmed by consulting herbarium Not fitting with any of the named Eurya….

  • Lentinus species- Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

    SK 2806 23 October 2020 – Mycophyta : 11 posts by 3 authors. 2 images- 5 & 6 mb each. Location: Kathmandu Valley Date:  October 2020  Elevation: 2400m. Habitat  : Wild Check in Boletaceae Did not find match ! Pl. check comparative images at Order Boletales Did not find a match …! But it…

  • Cleisostoma simondii var. guangdongense (Hong Kong)

    Cleisostoma simondii var. guangdongense Z.H.Tsi, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 3(4): 84 (1983); SE. China to Hainan as per POWO; . Cleisostoma simondii var. guangdongense from Hong Kong : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) Cleisostoma simondii var. guangdongense from Hong Kong . References: POWO  Catalogue of Life

  • Bulbophyllum tigridum (Hong Kong)

    Bulbophyllum tigridum Hance, J. Bot. 21: 232 1883. (syn: Bulbophyllum retusiusculum var. tigridum (Hance) Z.H.Tsi; Cirrhopetalum tigridum (Hance) Rolfe); China Southeast as per POWO; . Bulbophyllum tigridum from Hong Kong : 1 post by 1 author. Bulbophyllum tigridum from wild in Hong Kong References: POWO  Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  WCSP  IPNI

  • Calanthe speciosa (Hong Kong)

    Calanthe speciosa (Blume) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 250 1833. (syn: Alismorkis scortechinii (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Alismorkis speciosa (Blume) Kuntze; Amblyglottis speciosa Blume; Calanthe disticha Tang & F.T.Wang; Calanthe patsinensis S.Y.Hu; Calanthe scortechinii Hook.f.; Calanthe scortechinii Hook.f.); China (Hong Kong) to Nansei-shoto, Peninsula Thailand to Malesia: Borneo, China Southeast, Hainan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Nansei-shoto, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam as POWO; . Calanthe speciosa from Hong Kong :…

  • Myrtama elegans

    Myrtama elegans (Royle) Ovcz. & Kinzikaeva, Dokl. Akad. Nauk Tadzhiksk. S.S.R. 20(7): 56 (1977). (syn: Myricaria elegans Royle; Myricaria elegans var. tsetangensis P.Y.Zhang & Y.J.Zhang; Tamaricaria elegans (Royle) Qaiser & Ali; Tamarix ladachensis B.R.Baum); . Central Asia to Pakistan and W. China: Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, West Himalaya, Xinjiang as per POWO; . Afghanistan (Wakhan), Tajikistan, W-Tibet, Jammu & Kashmir (Nubra, Ladakh), India (Himachal Pradesh, Garwhal), Pakistan…

  • Impatiens radiata

    Impatiens radiata Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 476 1875. (syn: Impatiens centiflora H. Lév.; Impatiens racemosa Hook. fil. & Thoms.); , Nepal to S. Central China and N. Thailand: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet  as per POWO; , Nepal, Bhutan, India (Assam, NE-India, W-Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya), Sikkim, Darjeeling, China (Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan), Tibet, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin) as per Catalogue of Life;…

  • Aphyllorchis montana

    Aphyllorchis montana Rchb.f., Linnaea 41: 57 1876.  (syn: Aphyllorchis benguetensis Ames; Aphyllorchis borneensis Schltr.; Aphyllorchis odoardii Rchb.f.; Aphyllorchis prainii Hook.f.; Aphyllorchis purpurea Fukuy.; Aphyllorchis tanegashimensis Hayata;  Aphyllorchis unguiculata Rolfe ex Downie); . Tropical & Subtropical Asia: Assam, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan, Malaya, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Common name: Mountain Pauper Orchid, Yellow Ghost Orchid, Yellow Claw Orchid, Pauper orchid ….

  • Pseudognaphalium adnatum

    Pseudognaphalium adnatum (DC.) Y. S. Chen, Fl. China 20-21: 816 (2011) (syn: Anaphalis adnata DC.; Anaphalis esquirolii H.Lév.; Anaphalis sericeoalbida H.Lév.; Gnaphalium adnatum (DC.) Kitam.; Gnaphalium esquirolii H.Lév.; Gnaphalium formosanum Hayata; Gnaphalium sericeo-albidum Vaniot; Pseudognaphalium formosanum (Hayata) Yonek.); . Pakistan to Taiwan and Philippines (Luzon): Assam, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO; . China (Fujian, Gansu,…

  • Gouania species ?- Bangladesh

      Climber ID from Bangladesh SM161 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). Habit: Climber Habitat: Wild Location: Satchoti National Park, Habiganj Appears close to Buddleja But could not find a match as per comparative images at Buddleja What are the species reported in your area? It’s not Buddelija because there are clear alternate leaves, might be Rhamnaceae or Opiliaceae,…

  • Veronica ‘Wiri Charm’

    Veronica ‘Wiri Charm’; . Request for ID: 080310-AK-2 :  1 image. Date/Time : 24th of October, 2008 Location Place : Kodaikanal … Altitude : 2100 meters … GPS : Habitat : Garden … Type : cultivated Plant Habit : Herb … Height : small plant … Length : Leaves Type :  … Shape : Oblong … Size : about 4 inches Inflorescence Type :  … Size : Flowers Size : about 1 cm…

  • Golden Backed Woodpecker on Musa species/ hybrids

    SYMBIOSIS : 1449 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of Golden Backed Woodpecker visiting flowers of banana. Welcome, …, after a long gap. Thank you … I got stuck in Kolkata for about six months due to current situation. … met me there on 26-9-2020. We interacted for about three hours….

  • Sabia paniculata

    Sabia paniculata Edgew. ex Hook. f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1: 211 1855.; . Nepal to China (SW. Yunnan): Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand as per POWO; . China (SW-Yunnan), N-India (Kumaon, Darjeeling, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland), Sikkim, Bangladesh, Nepal, Thailand, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin, Kayin, Mandalay, Sagaing), Bhutan, Vietnam as per Catalogue…

  • Penstemon hybrids- San Francisco, USA

    Garden Flower For ID : California : 02DEC14 : AK-4 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). Cultivated, garden flowers seen in San Francisco on 1/10/14. Unfortunately, I have just this picture. I hope Penstemon sp Penstemon sp. ?? Thanks for bringing up this post. Penstemon?

  • Azalea‎ hybrids- Bhimtal, Uttarakhand

    Garden Plant For ID : Bhimtal,Uttarakhand : 230413 : AK-2 : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. A small garden plant seen at a resort in Bhimtal. It had lots of white buds and a couple of flowers. Sorry I have only one picture. Azalea? Azalea hybrid !

  • Veronica ‘Paula’ (USA)

    Veronica ‘Paula’; . Veronica ‘Paula’ from Fremont, California-GS04112020-2 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) Veronica ‘Paula’, often marketed as Veronica, Hebe ‘Paula’ or simply Hebe ‘Paula’, Hebe ‘Paula’ is a round, evergreen shrub that bears narrow, glossy leaves with reddish new growth. The flowers open on dense racemes, in a bold pink-purple colour, but fade as they get older. Photographed from Regen Nursery, Fremont…

  • Phlomoides hamosa

    Phlomoides hamosa (Benth.) Mathiesen, Kew Bull. 66: 96 2011. (syn: Notochaete hamosa Benth.); . Nepal to China (Yunnan): China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal as per POWO; .. Stems 40-60cm, minutely stellate-hairy at least on younger stems. Leaves ovate-elliptic, 10.5-19.5 x 5.7-14cm, acuminate, base rounded to cordate, margin serrate, upper surface sparsely hairy with stellate or simple hairs, lower surface…