• Dendrobium hybrids- Hong Kong

      SK1477 01 Oct 2018 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Location: Hong Kong Park   Date: 15 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit : Cultivated Dendrobium hybrid ? Yes a Dendrobium hybrid. Thanks a lot for sharing!! nice green dendrobium hybrid flowers

  • Allium cepa ?

    Allium cepa ?;   Plant for ID :: Govindghat-Ghangaria, Uttarakhand :: Aug 2018 :: ARKSEP-36 : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) Is it possible to ID these buds seen along the Govindghat-Ghangaria trail, Uttarakhand in Aug 2018. They were seen very close to the river. pyaaz kali Looks…

  • Pilea mollis (Cultivated- Hong Kong/ USA)

    Pilea mollis Wedd., Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 8: 251 1856. (syn: Adicea mollis (Wedd.) Kuntze); Colombia (La Guajira), Venezuela (Aragua, Distrito Federal, Miranda) as per Catalogue of Life;   Pilea mollis Wedd. : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) – around 700 kb each. Location: Hong Kong Park   Date: 15…

  • Acalypha pendula (Cultivated)

    Acalypha pendula C.Wright ex Griseb., Nachr. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen Jahresber. 1865: 176 1865. (syn: Acalypha chamaedrifolia var. pendula (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Müll.Arg.); . W. & C. Cuba to Hispaniola as per WCSP; . Acalypha pendula C.Wright ex Griseb. : 10 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3) Location: Hong Kong Park   Date:…

  • Ehretia species- Pune, Maharashtra

      Boraginaceae Week: Ehretia laevis Pune: 3 images. Ehratia laevis Ajan अजान Observed growing wild in Pune in an open area. Sorry again a typo. It should be Ehretia laevis. I find it different (particularly the leaves) from other images at Ehretia laevis Ehretia aspera Willd. ?? Leaves do not match as…

  • Medinilla magnifica (Cultivated- Hong Kong)

    Medinilla magnifica Lindl., Paxt. Fl. Gard. i: 55 t. 12. 1850. (syn: Axinaea bracteata Zipp. ex Bl.; Dactyliota bracteata (Bl.) Bl.; Hypenanthe bracteatum (Bl.) Bakh. fil.; Medinilla bracteata Bl. (ambiguous synonym);  Medinilla bracteata Hort. Veitch (ambiguous synonym); Medinilla superba Teijsm. & Binn. ex Triana); Philippines (Batan, Babuyanes, Camiguin, Luzon, Mindoro, Panay, Negros,…

  • Soleirolia soleirolii (Hong Kong)

    Soleirolia soleirolii (Req.) Dandy, Feddes Repert. 70: 4 1965. (syn: Helxine soleirolii Req.; Parietaria repens Soleir. ex Mutel; Parietaria soleirolii (Req.) Spreng.; Soleirolia corsica Gaud.);  Baleares, Corsica, Italy, Sardinia, Belgium (I), Denmark (a), France (I), Ireland (I), Northern Ireland (I), Spain (I), Portugal (I), Azores (Sao Miguel Isl., Terceira, Sao…

  • Ananas comosus var. microstachys

    Ananas comosus var. microstachys (Mez) L.B.Sm., Contr. Gray Herb. 104: 72 1934. (syn: Acanthostachys ananassoides Baker; Ananas ananassoides (Baker) L.B.Sm.; Ananas ananassoides var. nanus L.B.Sm.; Ananas ananassoides var. typicus L.B.Sm., not validly publ.; Ananas comosus var. ananassoides (Baker) Coppens & F.Leal, nom. superfl.; Ananas genesio-linsii Reitz; Ananas guaraniticus Bertoni; Ananas…

  • Guzmania ‘Yellow Diane’

    Guzmania ‘Yellow Diane’;   SK1472 26 Sep 2018 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4)- around 600 kb each.  Location: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong  Date: 12 August 2018 Elevation: 1300 ft. Habit : Cultivated bromeliad. yellow tufted Guzmania. many varieties, one popular is yellow ”Diane” https://garden.org/plants/photo/379104/ unless your was designated something else Thank…

  • Plerandra elegantissima (Cultivated)

    Plerandra elegantissima (H.J.Veitch ex Mast.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & Frodin (syn: Aralia elegantissima H.J.Veitch ex Mast.; Dizygotheca elegantissima (H.J.Veitch ex Mast.) R.Vig. & Guillaumin; Dizygotheca faguetii (Baill.) R.Vig.; Schefflera elegantissima (H.J.Veitch ex Mast.) Lowry & Frodin; Schefflera faguetii Baill.); . New Caledonia; Trinidad-Tobago as per Catalogue of Life; . Dizygotheca elegantissima (H.J.Veitch…

  • Hippeastrum species/ hybrids- Munnar, Kerala

      Crinum Sp. at Munnar- PKA15 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6) Seen this herb near a stream in Shola Forest near Munnar. Looks like some Crinum sp. i have been looking at these beautiful. pink crinums for the last whole week. its by a stream as … says,…

  • Hedyotis acutangula (Hong Kong)

    Hedyotis acutangula Champ. ex Benth., Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 171 1852. (syn: Hedyotis elegans Wall. ex Kurz; Hedyotis helferi Hook.f.; Hedyotis lawsoniae (DC.) Benth. ex Hook. [Illegitimate]; Oldenlandia acutangula (Champ. ex Benth.) Kuntze; Oldenlandia elegans (Wall. ex Kurz) Kuntze; Oldenlandia helferi (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Wendlandia lawsoniae DC.); SE….

  • Habenaria elliptica

    Habenaria elliptica Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1706 1851. (syn: Plantaginorchis elliptica (Wight) Szlach.); . SW. India as per POWO; . Common name: Elliptic Habenaria . Herbs; tubers ellipsoid, 2-2.5 x 0.6 cm: stem 8 to 24 inches, leafy. Leaves mostly near the ground but also on the…

  • Brownea species- Chikmagalur, Karnataka

      169-TSP-ID-16SEP2018-3,a medium sized tree near Chikmagalur for ID : 8 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (4) Kindly examine and identify this plant  Habit:     A medium sized tree.  Habitat:  Cultivated  Sighting: Near Chikmagalur, Karnataka Looks like Brownea Species to me. yes … is correct reminds me of Brownea sp I…

  • Impatiens phoenicea

    Impatiens phoenicea Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci. n.s., 19: 175 1858. ; . Common name: Tyrian Red Balsam . India: Southern Western Ghats south of Pulneys and High Ranges of Kerala, sholas above 1,500 m. Tamil Nadu and Kerala as per BSI Flora of India; . S-India as per Catalogue…

  • Hoya danumensis (Cultivated- Hong Kong)

    Hoya danumensis Rodda & Nyhuus, Webbia 64: 164 2009. ; Borneo (Sabah), Brunei as per Catalogue of Life;  Hoya danumensis Rodda & Nyhuus : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5)- around 500 kb each.  Location: Hong Kong Park   Date: 15 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit : Cultivated   References: Catalogue…

  • Pseuderanthemum species ?- Delhi

      Fwd: ID garden plant AR2309201802 : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) Id plz Is it hamelia patens? Laila majnu??  Delhi No. It is not. It could be a young sapling of Pseuderanthemum. this has been submitted earlier  there is thread already titled-  ID garden plant AR2209201801 of date sept…

  • 9th Science Congress at Pantnagar

    9th Science Congress at Pantnagar on 13-14 October 2018 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Our department is hosting the  9th CONFERENCE OF The Indian Science Congress Association (HARIDWAR CHAPTER) On “FUTURE INDIA: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY” OCTOBER 13-14, 2018  Last Date for submission of Abstract and Registration Fee…