• Flora picture of the year 2013

    Flora picture of the year 2013 . Best images of 2013 posted by members of Efloraofindia . _______________________________________________ Few years back when i had been to Phansad Wild Life Sanctuary, i spotted  orange coloured fruits of a woody climber and i was told that the fruits are poisonous. I wanted…

  • Flora Picture of the year 2014

    Flora Picture of the year 2014 . FLORA PICTURE OF THE YEAR 2014 Best images of 2014 posted by members of Efloraofindia ******************************** Impatiens parasitica A beautiful Balsam (Impatiens parasitica Bedd.) of the family Balsaminaceae. The photo taken from Minnampara hills of Nelliyampathy forest, Palakkad during August 2014. The species is…

  • Flora picture of the year 2015

    Flora picture of the year 2015 . Best Images of 2015 posted by members of Efloraofindia Dear friends, Sharing a picture of this flower commonly known as Orchid Cactus or Night Blooming Cereus from my home garden in Nasik. There were a total of 16 flowers that bloomed on that Full Moon…

  • Carmichaelia species?- Eden Project, Cornwall, UK

    SK 3480 13 May 2022: 5 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated ^Images of Carmichaelia stevensonii above. . This reminds me of Carmichaelia stevensonii… see my images below. I cannot be positive as Eden project is full of many rare/unusual plants….

  • A. Sinha: Best Flora Photograph to celebrate 15 years of completion of efloraofindia on 17.6.22

    A.Sinha: Best Flora Photograph to celebrate 15 years of completion of efloraofindia: Grewia orientalis Syn. Grewia columnaris (Smith) Growing wild in semi urban area  near Chennai, photo ca 2012 ———————————————————– Plant exploration walks wherever possible are my top choice of leisure activity. This photo  re-captures for me  the excitement of…

  • Maxillaria bradei (Introduced- USA)

    Maxillaria bradei Schltr. ex Hoehne, Bol. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro 12(2): 34 1936. (syn: Maxillaria marmoliana Dodson); . Venezuela, W. Colombia to Peru, Brazil (São Paulo to Santa Catarina): Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela as per POWO; . Orchid for ID : Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, USA :…

  • Lupinus angustifolius (Introduced)

    Lupinus angustifolius L., Sp. Pl.: 721 (1753) (syn: Lupinus angustifolius var. albidus Kurl. & Stank.; Lupinus angustifolius var. albopunctatus Kurl. & Stank.; Lupinus angustifolius var. atabekovae Kurl. & Stank.; Lupinus angustifolius f. belorussicus Kurl. & Stank.; Lupinus angustifolius var. brunneus Kurl. & Stank.; Lupinus angustifolius var. chalybeus Kurl. & Stank.; Lupinus angustifolius var. corylinus Kurl. & Stank.; Lupinus angustifolius f. deramosus Taran. & Buschueva ex Kurl. & Stank.; Lupinus angustifolius f. epigonalus Taran. & Buschueva ex Kurl. & Stank.;…

  • Aponogeton distachyos (Introduced- UK)

    Aponogeton distachyos L.f., Suppl. Pl. 215 1782.; . SW. Cape Prov.; Introduced into: California, France, Great Britain, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Northern Provinces, Victoria as per POWO; . SK 3490 17 May 2022: 4 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit :…

  • Coelogyne assamica

    Coelogyne assamica Linden & Rchb.f., Allg. Gartenzeitung 25: 403 1857. (syn: Coelogyne annamensis Rolfe; Coelogyne dalatensis Gagnep.; Coelogyne dichroantha Gagnep.; Coelogyne saigonensis Gagnep.; Coelogyne siamensis Rolfe; Cymbidium evrardii Guillaumin); . Bhutan to China (NW. Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam as per POWO; . Common name: Assam Coelogyne . MS,May,2022/12 Coelogyne…

  • How many endangered (EN) species in India ?

    Quory.: How many endangered(EN) species are there in India as per the IUCN Red list? out of that how many species information we have in efloraofIndia? Not only endangered, endemic species also have more importance, being an young energetic botanist … should help to find answers to this query others will also…

  • Jury- J. M. Garg: Best Flora Photograph to celebrate 15 years of completion of efloraofindia on 17.6.22

    J.M.Garg: Best Flora Phot0graph: This is my first upload after a long long time (mainly because of paucity of time due to different priorities). It is Habenaria longicorniculata as I knew it from the first glance while moving on a narrow road through Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary on the way to Kemmanagundi from Chikmagalur in Oct ‘2013. I requested the driver to stop the…

  • Gazania species- Eden Project, Cornwall, UK

    SK 3485 15 May 2022: 4 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated Can it also be Arctotis hybrid? Gazania – there are several grey leaved types in cultivation, many of hybrid origin.  

  • Saxifraga × arendsii (UK)

    Saxifraga × arendsii Engl.; . SK 3424 24 April 2022: 2 very high res. images. Location: Romford, UK Altitude: 40 m. Date: 09 March 2022 Habit : Cultivated Saxifraga … hybrid ?     / References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxifraga_%C3%97_arendsii https://www.jelitto./SAXIFRAGA+x+arendsii+Purpurteppich.html https://littleprinceplants.com/our-plants/perennials/saxifraga-arendsii-purple-robe-mossy-saxifrage/ https://plantdatabase.kpu.ca/plant/printableSummary/710

  • Cytisus × boskoopii (UK)

    Cytisus × boskoopii Auvray & Le Gloanic, Hanburyana 7: 51 (2013); . SK 3423 23 April 2022: Location: Romford, UK Altitude: 40 m. Date: 09 March 2022 Habit : Cultivated It is Cytisus praecox… common name broom. Very unusual colour. Maybe Cytisus praecox Zeelandia. Google search Pl. resend images again…

  • Oncidium hybrid ?- Sunnyvale, California, USA

    Herb for ID from California-GS29042022-3: 3 very high res. images. Please help with ID of this cultivated herb, photographed from Sunnyvale California, 2-11-2010 Those are artificial! The flowers are based on Oncidium. The leaves are something else. no comments!!

  • Genista hispanica (UK)

    Genista hispanica L., Sp. Pl.: 711 (1753) (syn: Lissera hispanica (L.) Fourr. ; Spartium hispanicum (L.) Spreng. ; Telinaria hispanica (L.) C.Presl ; Ulex hispanicus (L.) T.Moore & Mast. ; Voglera hispanica (L.) Fourr. ); . S. France to N. Spain; Introduced in Great Britain as per POWO; . SK 3436 28 April 2022: 4…