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: 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’ 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’ 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 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 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: 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…
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
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…..
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 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 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 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 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 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
Dendrobium antennatum Lindl., London J. Bot. 2: 236 (1843) (syn: Callista antennata (Lindl.) Kuntze; Ceratobium antennatum (Lindl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones; Ceratobium dalbertisii (Rchb.f.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones ; Dendrobium antennatum var. dalbertisii (Rchb.f.) J.J.Sm. ex A.D.Hawkes ; Dendrobium dalbertisii Rchb.f. ; Durabaculum dalbertisii (Rchb.f.) M.A.Clem. ) ; / Papuasia to N. Queensland: Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Queensland, Solomon Is. as…
Diglyphosa latifolia Blume (E. Himalaya to China (SE. Yunnan), Malesia to New Guinea: Borneo, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera as per POWO)
Dendrolirium andamanicum (Hook.f.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pederson (Central & S. Andaman Islands as per POWO) Dendrolirium lasiopetalum (Willd.) S.C.Chen & J.J.Wood (Himalaya to Hong Kong and W. Malesia: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO) Dendrolirium tomentosum (J.Koenig) S.C.Chen…
Dendrobium tsangianum (Ormerod) Schuit. & Peter B.Adams, Muelleria 29: 66 (2011) (syn: Dendrobium brunneum Schuit. & Peter B.Adams ; Dendrobium deuteroarunachalense J.M.H.Shaw ; Dendrobium mariae Schuit. & Peter B.Adams ; Dendrobium nageswarayanum Chowlu ; Dendrobium subansiriense D.Verma & Barbhuiya ; Epigeneium arunachalense A.N.Rao ; Epigeneium chapaense Gagnep. ; Epigeneium clemensiae Gagnep. ; Epigeneium delacourii Gagnep. ; Epigeneium nageswarayanum (Chowlu) Agrawala, C.Deori,…
Dendrobium cumulatum Lindl., Gard. Chron. 1855: 756 (1855) (syn: Callista cumulata (Lindl.) Kuntze ; Dendrobium eoum Ridl. ; Eurycaulis cumulatus (Lindl.) M.A.Clem. ; Pedilonum eoum (Ridl.) Rauschert ); . Himalaya to Borneo: Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Common name: Crowded Dendrobium . Images by Sh. Jambey Tsering…