Programs for celebrations on completion of 15 years of efloraofindia on 17.6.22: I am listing the points as suggested/ discussed among our Moderators. Pl. come forward to take up a volunteer job as vacant below in some of the serial nos.: 1. Print just one colour “efloraofindia” on: 1) cap 2) waist…
SK 3439 29 April 2022: 6 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated It reminds me of Alocasia sp??? Definitely in Araceae. Showing the typical aroid flower in DSC2699 Yes … ! You are right ! Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G.Don I think…
SK 3438 28 April 2022 – Orchidaceae: 6 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated Should be a Phalaenopsis hybrid.
Phlomis longifolia Boiss. & Blanche, P.E.Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 4: 47 (1859) (syn: Phlomis bailanica Vierh.; Phlomis bertramii Post; Phlomis parvifolia Post); . E. Medit.: Cyprus, Lebanon-Syria, Turkey as per POWO; . Phlomis longifolia Boiss. & Blanche: 8 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit…
Unable to open some of the images from Saroj ji in last few weeks: From some of Saroj ji’s posts in the last few weeks (for example from SK 3422 23 April 2022), images are not opening, after downloading, with a message: “Sorry, Photos can’t open this file because the format is currently unsupported,…
Eremophila hygrophana Chinnock, Eremophila 472 2007. ; . Australia as per POWO; . Shrub for ID from California-GS28042022-1: 5 very high res. images. Please help with the ID of this shrub photographed in Las Vegas, 28-12-2010. Eremophila hygrophana, I think. Blue Emu bush. . References: POWO Catalogue of Life The…
Swintonia floribunda Griff., Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 283 1846. (syn: Swintonia griffithii Kurz; Swintonia helferi Hook.f.; Swintonia puberula H.Pearson); . Assam to Sumatera: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . MS, April, 2022/37 Dipterocarpaceae for id.: 5 images. Location : Ngêngpui, Mizoram Altitude ca. 300 m…
Cyperus sp. from Assam KD 03, April ’22: 3 images. Attached images are Cyperus sp. from Assam. Please ID the sp. Date :19.04.22 Location: Assam Family : Cyperaceae Genus & species : Cyperus (?) Habit : Herb Pl. check comparative images at https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/23/cyperus/ I think my upload sp. is not Cyperus sp. It is Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla. Thanks, …,…
Penstemon ‘Raven’ from California-GS29042022-1: 6 high res. images. Penstemon ‘Raven’, a cultivar with deep purple large flowers. Photographed from Sunnyvale California, 2-12-2010 References: https://emeraldplants.co.uk/product/penstemon-raven/ https://www.sarahraven.com/products/penstemon-raven https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/61638/penstemon-raven-(bird-series)/details https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/penstemon-raven/
Fern tree: 1 high res. image. At gurukulam Kerala last week (29.4.22) I’m afraid people sending in fern photos really have no idea what the photos need to show, as they do not read the literature about differences between species. This photo does not enable identification, it has no use…
Blepharistemma membranifolium (Miq.) Ding Hou, Interpr. Hort. Malab. 214 1988. (syn: Blepharistemma serratum Suresh; Dryptopetalum membranaceum Miq. ex Benth.; Gynotroches membranifolia Miq.; Rodschiedia serrata Dennst.); India as per POWO; . Bark yellowish-brown, smooth, lenticellate; branchlets lenticellate; young shoots pubescent. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate, stipulate; stipules interpetiolar, cauducous; petiole 6-10 mm long, slender, pubescent; lamina 4.5-15…
Teucrium fruticans L., Sp. Pl. 563 1753. (syn: Chamaedrys latifolia (L.) Raf.; Teucrium angustifolium Salisb.; Teucrium fruticans subsp. latifolium (L.) Arcang.; Teucrium fruticans subsp. latifolium (L.) P.Silva & Teles; Teucrium fruticans subsp. prostratum Gattef. & Maire; Teucrium glomeratum Cav.; Teucrium latifolium L.; Teucrium tomentosum Moench); . W. & Central Medit.: Albania, Algeria, Corse, France, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Yugoslavia as per…
Eranthemum strictum Colebr. ex Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 114 1820. (syn: Daedalacanthus strictus (Colebr. ex Roxb.) T.Anderson; Justicia elongata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.); . Assam to Bangladesh: Assam, Bangladesh, Myanmar as per POWO; . MS,April,2022/28 Eranthemum sp. for id.: Location : Tamdil, Mizoram Altitude : ca.700 m Date : 23-02-2018 Habit : Herb Habitat…
Protea obtusifolia Buek ex Meissn., Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles 40(2): 84 1921. (syn: Protea calocephala Meisn.; Scolymocephalus calocephalus (Meisn.) Kuntze; Scolymocephalus obtusifolius Kuntze); . SW. Cape Prov. as per POWO; . Protea obtusifolia from California-GS28042022-4: 4 very high res. images. Another protea with beautiful flowers, Protea obtusifolia, commonly known as Limestone Sugarbush, differs from…
Akebia quinata (Houtt.) Decne., Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 1: 195 1839. (syn: Rajania quinata Thunb. ex Houtt.; Akebia micrantha Nakai; Akebia quinata f. albiflora Y.N.Lee); . Central & E. China to Japan: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Korea; Introduced: Alabama, Austria, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, New…
SK 3407 13 April 2022: 5 very high res. images. Location: Gorran Haven, St. Austell, UK Altitude: 43m. Date: 02 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated Weigela. Maybe Weigela floribunda. Maybe one of the many named cultivars. Flowers can be yellow, white, pink or red. See my images below in very…
Euphorbia mellifera Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 493 1789. (syn: Euphorbia longifolia Lam.; Euphorbia longifolia var. canariensis (Boiss.) Oudejans; Kobiosis mellifera (Aiton) Raf.; Tithymalus mellifer (Aiton) Moench); . Madeira, Canary Islands; Introduced into: Great Britain as per POWO; . Euphorbia mellifera Aiton: 7 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit :…
Plagiorhegma dubium Maxim., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17(102): 377 1879. (syn: Jeffersonia dubia (Maxim.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Baker & Moore; Jeffersonia manchuriensis Hance); . Russian Far East to Korea: Khabarovsk, Korea, Manchuria, Primorye as per POWO; . SK 3430 26 April 2022: 5 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m….
SK 3431 26 April 2022: 3 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated Perunus … ?? Yes …. Prunus sp. Need an expert to id it any further
Mukdenia rossii (Oliv.) Koidz., Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 4(2): 120–121 1935. (syn: Aceriphyllum rossii (Oliv.) Engl.; Mukdenia acanthifolia Nakai; Mukdenia rossii f. multiloba (Nakai) W.Lee; Saxifraga rossii Oliv.); . NE. China to Korea: Korea, Manchuria as per POWO; . SK 3429 25 April 2022: 4 very high res. images. Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Altitude: 60m. Date: 03…