Anoectochilus brevilabris Lindl. (Nepal to China (SE. Yunnan) and N. Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam as per POWO) Anoectochilus elatus Lindl. ? (S. India (as per POWO)) Anoectochilus roxburghii (Wallich) Lindley (Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam,…
Dienia cylindrostachya Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 22 1830. (Syn: Malaxis cylindrostachya (Lindl.) Kuntze; Microstylis cylindrostachya (Lindl.) Rchb.f.); . Pakistan to Tibet and N. Myanmar: Assam, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Adder Mouth Orchid • Nepali: टुकुना Tukuna . Orchidaceae Fortnight:: Malaxis cylindrostaycha |…
Orchidaceae fortnight : Cymbidium Burgundian var” “Sydney” : Gangtok flower show: MN24 : No images seen now. 4 posts by 4 authors. Cymbidium Burgundian var “Sydney”. This clone has won Award of Merit of Royal Horticultural Society and American Orchid Society. (Thanks Mr. Ganesh Mani Pradhan for the info) May 2013…
Indigofera zollingeriana Miq. (Syn: Indigofera benthamiana Hance; Indigofera glegoides var. liukiuensis Matsum.; Indigofera kotoensis Hayata; Indigofera kotoensis var. liukiuensis (Matsum.) Ohwi; Indigofera okinawae Ohwi; Indigofera teysmannii Miq.); . Bhutan (I); China (N) ; Guangdong ; Guangxi ; Yunnan ; India (I) ; Andhra Pradesh; Gujarat ; Karnataka ; Kerala ;…
Arachnis flos-aeris (L.) Rchb.f., Bot. Centralbl. 28: 343 1886. (syn: Arachnanthe flos-aeris (L.) J.J.Sm.; Arachnis flosaeris (L.) Schltr.; Epidendrum flos-aeris L.; Limodorum flos-aeris (L.) Sw.; Renanthera flos-aeris (L.) Rchb.f.); . S. Indo-China to W. Malesia and Phillipines: Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand as per POWO;…
Arachnis clarkei (Rchb.f.) J.J.Sm. (Central Himalaya to China (SW. Yunnan), Hainan: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Hainan, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO) Arachnis flos-aeris (L.) Rchb.f. (Cultivated) (S. Indo-China to W. Malesia and Phillipines: Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand as per POWO) Arachnis labrosa (Lindl. & Paxton) Rchb.f. (E. Himalaya…
ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Orchid for id-06102013-3 from Trade Fair Delhi BS39 : Attachments (5). 3 posts by 2 authors. Orchid for id from Trade Fair Delhi This was in W Bengal Pavilion indicating orchids of Darjeeling Id Pls Cymbidium hybrid. ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Orchid for id-06102013-6 from Trade Fair Delhi…
Vanda cristata Wall. ex Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 216 1833. (Syn: Aerides cristata (Wall. ex Lindl.) Wall. ex Hook.f.; Luisia striata (Rchb.f.) Kraenzl.; Trudelia cristata (Wall. ex Lindl.) Senghas ex Roeth; Trudelia cristata (Lindl.) Senghas; Vanda striata Rchb.f.); , Distribution: Himalaya to China (SW. Yunnan) and Indo-China , …
Microchirita hamosa (R.Br.) Yin Z.Wang, J. Syst. Evol. 49: 60 2011. (Syn: Chirita cristata (Dalzell) B.L.Burtt; Chirita cristata (Dalzell) B.L.Burtt; Chirita hamosa var. finlaysonii C.B.Clarke; Chirita hamosa var. unifolia C.B.Clarke; Didymocarpus cristatus Dalzell; Roettlera hamosa (R. Br.) Kuntze); . [EfloraIndia_161211PD02_Chirita hamosa_Flora of Odisha]: sharing the images of one of the…
Bulbophyllum cariniflorum Rchb.f., Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 258 1861. (syn: Bulbophyllum densiflorum Rolfe; Bulbophyllum flavidum Lucksom [Illegitimate]; Bulbophyllum pantlingii Lucksom); . Himalaya to Indo-China: Assam, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Keeled Flower Bulbophyllum . ORCHIDACEAE Fortnight: Bulbophyllum (?) for…
Zeuxine gracilis (Breda) Blume, Coll. Orchid. 69 1858. (Syn: Adenostylis gracilis (Breda) Merr.; Monochilus gracilis (Breda) Lindl.; Monochilus gracilis (Blume) Lindl. ex Miq.; Monochilus zollingeri Rchb.f.; Psychechilos gracilis Breda); . ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Zeuxine gracilis (Breda) Blume PKS-14 : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 3 authors. Zeuxine gracilis (Breda) Blume,…
Coelogyne flaccida Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 39 1830. (Syn: Coelogyne esquirolii Schltr.; Coelogyne flaccida var. longiracemosa Roeth; Pleione flaccida (Lindl.) Kuntze); . Nepal to China (Yunnan to NW. Guangxi): Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Common name: Loose Coelogyne…
Goodyera longirostrata Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 115 (1914) (syn: Eucosia longirostrata (Hayata) T.C.Hsu; Eucosia seikoomontana (Yamam.) M.C.Pace ; Goodyera seikoomontana Yamam. ; Goodyera viridiflora var. seikoomontana (Yamam.) S.S.Ying ; Goodyera youngsayei S.Y.Hu & Barretto; Peramium longirostratum (Hayata) Makino) . SE. China, Hainan, Taiwan as per POWO; . ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Goodyera seikomontana Yamam. from Hong Kong – PKS-16 : Attachments…
Bulbophyllum rosemarianum Sath.Kumar, P.C.S.Kumar & Saleem, Rheedea 11: 97 2001.; . India (Kerala) as per POWO; . Common name: Rosemary Bulbophyllum . Epiphytic pseudobulbous herbs with creeping rhizomes; pseudo bulbs 1.7-3.5 x 1.1-1.6 cm, quadrangular, pale yellowish green, arranged distantly on a thick and wiry rhizome, rooted below and 1-leaved….
Spiranthes hongkongensis S.Y.Hu & Barretto, Chung Chi J. 13(2): 2 1976. ; . ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Spiranthes hongkongensis S.Y.Hu & Barretto from Hong Kong – PKS-21 : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 3 authors. Spiranthes hongkongensis S.Y.Hu & Barretto, Chung Chi J. 13(2): 2 (1976). Distribution: China (Hong Kong) This…
Pinalia spicata (D. Don) S.C. Chen & J.J. Wood, Flora of China 25: 354. 2009. (Syn: Eria convallarioides Lindl.; Eria convallarioides var. major Lindl.; Eria salwinensis Hand.-Mazz.; Eria spicata (D. Don) Hand.-Mazz.; Octomeria spicata D. Don); . ORCHIDA CEAE FORTNIGHT:: For id from Gori valley- NS 16 : Attachments (1 + 1)….
Flower id request (x-29) : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. Requesting id for this flower. It is most likely garden / ornamental flower (picture taken near Kaas plateau, Satara, Maharashtra in mid-Sep, 2013). A better or complete picture will be helpful in Id Asteraceae
Goodyera foliosa (Lindl.) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 73 1889. (Syn: Cystorchis nebularum Hance; Epipactis foliosa (Lindl.) A.A.Eaton; Epipactis nebularum (Hance) A.A.Eaton; Georchis foliosa Lindl.; Goodyera andersonii King & Pantl.; Goodyera chilanensis S.S.Ying; Goodyera commelinoides Fukuy.; Goodyera foliosa (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hook. f.; Goodyera foliosa var. alba…
Polygala furcata Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 76, pl. 19, f. B 76 1834. (Syn: Heterosamara furcata (Royle) J.A.R. Paiva; Polygala glaucescens Royle ex Chod. (ambiguous synonym); Polygala glaucescens Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Polygala hyalina Wall.; Polygala triphylla Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don; Salomonia seguinii H. Lév.; Semeiocardium glaucescens (Wall. ex Royle)…
Wild Plant For ID : Nasik : 230913 : AK-2 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 2 authors. Very small plant seen growing wild at Anjaneri, near Nasik on 30/8/13. The leaves were growing horizontally and the entire plant was flat. Kindly help in id. This is a species of Blumea….