UK- plant in Eden Project, Cornwall
SK 3449 02 May 2022: 5 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated Looks interesting. Any idea about the family or genus?
Melaleuca quadrifida (Introduced- UK)
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Melaleuca quadrifida (R. Br.) Craven & R. D. Edwards, Taxon 63: 667 (2014) (syn: Calothamnus quadrifidus R.Br.); . SW. Australia as per POWO; . Melaleuca quadrifida (R.Br.) Craven & R.D.Edwards: 3 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated . References: POWO…
Ruellia brevifolia (Introduced)
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Ruellia brevifolia (Pohl) C. Ezcurra, Darwiniana 29: 278 1989. (syn: Cyrtacanthus corymbosus Mart. ex Nees; Echinacanthus dichotomus Kuntze; Ruellia graecizans Backer; Ruellia longifolia (Pohl) Griseb.; Ruellia serratitheca Rusby; Ruellia ventricosa Kunth; Stephanophysum brevifolium Pohl; Stephanophysum longifolium Pohl; Stephanophysum macrandrum Bremek.; Stephanophysum ventricosum Nees); . S. Tropical America: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia,…
Banksia menziesii (Introduced- UK)
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Banksia menziesii R. Br., Prot. Nov. 36 1830. (syn: Sirmuellera menziesii Kuntze); . SW. Western Australia as per POWO; . Banksia menziesii R.Br.: 3 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated . References: POWO Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1…
Thomasia quercifolia (Introduced- UK)
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Thomasia quercifolia (Andrews) J.Gay, Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 59 1821. (syn: Lasiopetalum quercifolium Andrews; Thomasia hypoleuca Steud.); . SW. Western Australia as per POWO; . Thomasia quercifolia (Andrews) J.Gay: 4 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated . References:…
Orthrosanthus polystachyus
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Orthrosanthus polystachyus Benth., Fl. Austral. 6: 411 1873. (syn: Sisyrinchium polystachyum (Benth.) F.Muell.); . SW. Australia as per POWO; . Orthrosanthus polystachyus Benth.: 3 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated . References: POWO Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1…
Chorizema cordatum (Introduced- UK)
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Chorizema cordatum Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 24: t. 10 (1838) (syn: Chorizema cordatum var. elegans Hereman; Chorizema cordatum var. spinosissimum Regel; Chorizema cordatum var. splendens Hereman; Chorizema flavum Henfr.; Chorizema superbum Lem.); . SW. Australia as per POWO; . Chorizema cordatum Lindl.: 4 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated …
Patersonia occidentalis (Introduced -UK)
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Patersonia occidentalis R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 304 1810. (syn: Genosiris occidentalis (R.Br.) F.Muell.); . SW. Australia, SE. South Australia to N. & E. Tasmania as per POWO; . Patersonia occidentalis R.Br.: 3 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated ….
Grevillea ‘Mason’s Hybrid’ (UK)
- May 23, 2022
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Grevillea ‘Mason’s Hybrid’: 5 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grevillea_%27Mason%27s_Hybrid%27 https://www.gardeningwithangus.com.au/grevillea-ned-kelly-masons-hybrid-grevillea/ https://www.anbg.gov.au/acra/descriptions/acc208.html https://www.australianplants.com/plants.aspx?id=1249
UK- herb at Eden Project, Cornwall
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SK 3444 30 April 2022: Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated As previously mentioned… The Eden project in Cornwall has heated tropical bio domes ( a fancy form of greenhouse!) that grow exotic plants from all over the world. This is not a plant…
Acacia alata (Introduced- UK)
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Acacia alata R.Br., Hortus Kew. 5: 464 (1813) (syn: Acacia alata var. glabrata Seem.; Acacia ficoides Jacques; Acacia latifrons Seem. & J.C.Schmidt; Acacia uniglandulosa Seem. & J.C.Schmidt); . SW. Australia as per POWO; . Acacia alata R.Br.: 3 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated . Acacia alata…
Thingnam Girija: Best Flora Photograph to celebrate 15 years of completion of efloraofindia on 17.6.22
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Thingnam Girija: Best Flora Photograph: In June 2013 we (Tabish and I) were returning from Bumla Pass, in Tawang area, and were at altitude of 4000-4500 m, and we came across this captivating sight. The story emerged much later after Tabish thoroughly analyzed the pictures taken by us. Primula strumosa is…
Gymnosporia thomsonii
- May 22, 2022
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Gymnosporia thomsonii Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 44(2): 202 1875. (syn: Maytenus kurzii Bennet & K.C.Sahni; Maytenus thomsonii (Kurz) D.C.S.Raju & Babu); . Central & E. Himalaya to Myanmar: Assam, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal as per POWO; . Requesting I’d of Gymnosporia sp: 1 high res. image. Kindly help…
Ctenanthe kummeriana ? (Introduced- UK)
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Ctenanthe kummeriana (É.Morren) Eichler, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1884: 84 1884. (syn: Maranta kummeriana É.Morren); . Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) as per POWO; . SK 3457 06 May 2022: 4 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated May be from Zingerberacae. Yes…
Wachendorfia thyrsiflora (Introduced- UK)
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Wachendorfia thyrsiflora Burm., Wachendorfia 2 1757. (syn: Wachendorfia elata Salisb.); . Cape Provinces as per POWO; . SK 3477 12 May 2022: 3 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated May be Wachendorfia sp of Haemodoraceae. Wachendorfia thyrsiflora… common name marsh butterfly lily. Google…
Awarded 3rd- Pankaj Kumar: Best Flora Photograph to celebrate 15 years of completion of efloraofindia on 17.6.22
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Pankaj Kumar: ‘Best Flora Photograph’ Contest to celebrate 15 years of completion of efloraofindia: In 2011, while going through the proof of one of the books, “The wild orchids of Hong Kong”, I realised there was a mistake. There was a species, Crepidium acuminatum included in the book and it had two…
Jury- Saroj Kasaju: Best Flora Photograph to celebrate 15 years of completion of efloraofindia on 17.6.22
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Saroj Kasaju: Best floral photograph: Primula primulina (Spreng.) H. Hara It was mid-monsoon and the dirt road leading to Kuri village was in a very bad state. We drove our jeep with much difficulty and we had to give up the ride at 8000 ft. Now the climb to Kuri village at…
Elegia capensis (Introduced- UK)
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Elegia capensis (Burm.f.) Schelpe, J. S. African Bot. 33: 156 1967. (syn: Elegia verticillaris (L.f.) Kunth; Restio verticillaris L.f.; Restio verticillatus Spreng.); . SW. Cape Prov. as per POWO; . SK 3481 14 May 2022: 4 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated Restionaceae –…
Flora Picture of the year- 2008
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Flora Picture of the year- 2008 . Some of the beautiful photos of year 2008. . “Flora Picture of the year- 2008” . Tabebuia aurea Hi all, The Caribbean Trumpet Tree Tabebuia aurea which is a non-native plant of India, is my favourite shot of a Tree for 2008. This was a…
Flora Picture of the year 2009
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Flora Picture of the year 2009 Swagat Barley, Hordeum vulgare It is photographed in the Botanical Garden of Srinagar, J&K on 3rd August 2009. It was standing alone in the grassy patch… Evening light was beautiful… After lots of trial & errors got this shot. Image is croped & sharpened in…