Amitostigma pathakianum Av.Bhattacharjee, Phytotaxa 230: 268 (2015); . Common name: Arunachal Hemipilia . Images and details from Jambey Tsering ji: Amitostigma pathakianum Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh 24.07.2023 26.07.2024 2750m Wild . References: POWO (Ponerorchis pathakiana (Av.Bhattacharjee) J.M.H.Shaw) Catalogue of Life Flowers of India
Agrostophyllum flavidum Phukan, J. Indian Bot. Soc. 69: 209 (1990); . Assam as per POWO; . Agrostophyllum flavidum Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh 20.06.2019 24.07.2023 14.06.2024 22.06.2024 2000m Wild Images and details from Jambey Tsering ji . References: POWO Catalogue of Life
Gaura ‘Graceful Pink’ from California-GS27072024-1: 3 high res. images. Gaura ‘Graceful Pink’, clicked from Fremont California. References: POWO Nova
Cayratia roxburghii Gagnep., Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 346 (1911) (syn: Cissus roxburghii Planch.; Vitis roxburghii M.A.Lawson); . SW. India, Indo-China: India, Laos, Vietnam as per POWO; . 577 ID wild climber: 13 high res. images. Please ID wild climber, Location: bloomed near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Kerala INDIA Altitude: 1500fsl Flower date: 29APR2024,…
Casearia bourdillonii N. Mukh., Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 19: 109 (1967); . Kerala; Tamil Nadu as per Flora of peninsular India; . 575 ID wild tree: 19 high res. images. Please ID wild tree, Location: bloomed near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Kerala INDIA Altitude: 1500fsl Flower date: 04MAY2024, 03.30pm Habitat: wild moisture…
SK 3999 19 July 2024 – Orchidaceae: 2 very high res. images. Location: Shivapuri, Kathmandu, Nepal. Date: 13 July 2024 Altitude: 1899m. Habitat : Wild Any possibility to ID so that I can follow up for the flowering season. Could be a Liparis. Picture of the tuber would have been…
Mazus motuoensis W. B. Ju, Bo Xu bis & X. F. Gao, PhytoKeys 235: 74 (2023); . Tibet as per POWO; . Common name: Motuo Mazus . Mazus species: I photographed this Mazus species a little ahead of Mayudia Pass, near the little town of Hunli, on the road that goes…
Alstroemeria Ariane from California-25072024-2: 3 high res. images. Alstroemeria Ariane, an orange cultivar from Fremont, California.
Allium sphaerocephalon L., Sp. Pl.: 297 (1753) (syn: Allium sphaerocephalon var. typicum Regel ; Porrum sphaerocephalon (L.) Rchb. ); . Canary Islands, Europe, Medit. to Caucasus: Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Russia, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy,…
SK 3998 18 July 2024 – Orchidaceae: 1 image. Location: Shivapuri, Kathmandu, Nepal. Date: 13 July 2024 Altitude: 1899m. Habitat : Wild Any possibility to ID so that I can follow up for the flowering season. This is the only pic? Won’t be helpful without flowers. I am not even…
Pothos boyceanus G.Rajkumar, Shaju, Nazarudeen & Prakashk., Taiwania 65: 114 (2020); . India (Kerala) as per POWO; . 576 ID wild plant: 13 high res. images. Please ID wild plant, Location: bloomed near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Kerala INDIA Altitude: 1500fsl Flower date: 04 MAY 2024, 05.10pm Habitat: wild moisture evergreen…
Flora Picture of the Year 2011: Dr Pankaj Kumar: In Buddhism and many other religion including Hinduism there are supposed to be Four Heavenly Kings in the sky (Chinese – Sì Da Tiānwáng), often called as the four Guardians of the world. In Sanskrit they are called, Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera, He…
SK 3997 17 July 2024 – Orchidaceae: 2 high res. images. Location: Shivapuri, Kathmandu, Nepal. Date: 13 July 2024 Altitude: 1899m. Habitat : Wild Goddyera ?? Any possibility to ID so that I can follow up for the flowering season. Could be a Zeuxine! Can’t confirm without flower.
SK 3996 17 July 2024 – Orchidaceae: 3 very high res. images. Location: Shivapuri, Kathmandu, Nepal. Date: 13 July 2024 Altitude: 1899m. Habitat : Wild Nervilia mackinnonii (Duthie) Schltr. ? Yes Nervilia but can’t confirm without flowers!
Cleisostoma racemiferum (Lindl.) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 173 (1972) (syn: Aerides racemifera (Lindl.) Wall. ex Hook.f.; Cleisostoma chrysomelas (Rchb.f.) Garay ; Cleisostoma striolatum (Rchb.f.) Garay ; Gastrochilus racemifer (Lindl.) Kuntze ; Saccolabium racemiferum Lindl. ; Sarcanthus affinis Wall. ex Hook.f. ; Sarcanthus chrysomelas Rchb.f. ; Sarcanthus lorifolius C.S.P.Parish ex Hook.f. ; Sarcanthus manlinensis Guillaumin ; Sarcanthus pallidus Lindl. ; Sarcanthus…
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Flora from Bengal and their common names: Recently I read a beautiful novel “Restless Waters of the Ichhamati” written by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay. In the flow of novel, it narrates a wonderful world of flora and fauna flourishing in Bengal during 18th-19th century.Since this is a translated version in English I…
Meliosma yunnanensis Franch., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 33: 465 (1886) (syn: Meliosma acuminata Hook.f. ; Meliosma fischeriana Rehder & E.H.Wilson ; Meliosma simplicifolia subsp. yunnanensis (Franch.) Beusekom; Meliosma yunnanensis var. fischeriana (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) C.Y.Chang); . Himalaya to S. Central China and N. Myanmar: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; ….
Stachyphrynium placentarium (Lour.) Clausager & Borchs., Kew Bull. 58: 672 (2003) (syn: Maranta parviflora (Roxb.) A.Dietr.; Maranta placentaria (Lour.) A.Dietr. ; Phrynium densiflorum Moritzi ; Phrynium densiflorum Blume ; Phrynium glabrum Ridl. ; Phrynium parviflorum Roxb. ; Phrynium placentarium (Lour.) Merr. ; Phrynium sinicum Miq. ; Phrynium tetranthum K.Schum. ; Phyllodes densiflora (Blume) Kuntze; Phyllodes placentaria Lour.); . Nepal to S. China and W….
For ID :090110AK2: 1 image. Found growing on the tree bark at a Spice Garden in Munnar. Picture taken in October, 2008 Could you kindly identify it? Finally one more Orchid….. This should be a Bulbophyllum, but without flowers I cant confirm the species. Even pictures of dry inflorescence could…