• Melodinus

    Melodinus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr.  

  • Begonia ‘Cathedral’

      SK1257 04 JUL 2018 : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) – around 600 kb each. Location:  Kalimpong, WB, India Date: 10 May 2018 Altitude: 4300 ft. Habit : Cultivated. Which Begonia is this ? Probably Begonia ‘Cathedral’ Thank you … Does its leaf have two layers as in my image? …

  • Clematis double white ?

      SK1290 15 JUL 2018 : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3) Location:  Kalimpong, WB, India Date: 11 May 2018 Altitude: 4000 ft. Habit : Cultivated Which Clematis is this ? Clematis ‘Maria Sklodowska Curie’ ?? Clerodendrum philippinum Schau, Cashmere Bouquet.- cultivated ornamental shrub (Lamiaceae) not  Clerodendrum philippinum Schau. that makes a bunch of smaller rose…

  • Aizoon pubescens (Australia)

    Galenia pubescens (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Druce, Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 4: 624 1916 publ. 1917. (syn: Galenia heterophylla Fenzl ex Sond.; Galenia pubescens (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Druce; Galenia pubescens var. cerosa Adamson; Galenia pubescens var. fourcadei Adamson; Galenia pubescens var. lignosa Adamson; Galenia spathulata Fenzl ex Sond.);…

  • More than 1,00,000 images inserted

    More than 1,00,000 images inserted : It is a pleasure to state that more than 1,00,000 unique images have been inserted in efi site and are directly displayed in thumbnail size. On clicking on these thumbnails, leads to large size images as are originally posted by our members. Members have already posted…

  • Begonia ‘Gumdrop Coco-Rose’ ?

                SK127510 JUL 2018 : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (6)- around 600 kb each. Location:  Kalimpong, WB, India Date: 10 May 2018 Altitude: 4600 ft. Habit : Cultivated Begonia …… ??? Most probably Begonia cultivar Yes it is Begonia cucullata. Perpetual begonia Does not match description…

  • Dendrobium fugax

    Dendrobium fugax Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1871: 1257 1871. (syn: Callista fugax (Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Dendrobium roseopunctatum Ridl.; Dendrobium sordidum King & Pantl.; Desmotrichum roseopunctatum (Ridl.) Ridl.; Flickingeria fugax (Rchb.f.) Seidenf.); . Himalaya to Indo-China: Assam, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Assam; East Himalaya; Myanmar;…

  • 96th Tree Appreciation Walk at Gandhi Tekri, SGNP

    96th Tree Appreciation Walk on 5th Aug,2018 at Gandhi Tekri, SGNP at 8 am : 5 posts by 4 authors. Dear Friends, Who has planted  Duabanga grandiflora on Gandhi Tekri…..a huge  tree from North East……How did some one thought of getting the sampling and planting on such a place……….Why Bhorsal…

  • Fuchsia ‘Spion Kop’

    Fuchsia ‘Spion Kop’;   SK1316 24 JUL 2018 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Location : Golphutar, Kathmandu, Nepal Elevation : 4400 ft.Date : 2 June 2018 Habit : Wild  Which Fuschia sp. ??  Fuschia ‘Swingtime’ ?? Correction: Cultivated  this fertile i.e. produces fruits variety is  is Fuschia…

  • Fuchsia hybrid- Himachal Pradesh

      Flower id request: Flower identification. This pic taken at Himachal Pradesh. May 2010. … some garden cultivar of ¿ Fuchsia ? species. Fuchsia species. Fuchsia May be Fuchsia ‘Rose of Castile’ with this image. I don’t think it is Fuchsia rose of castile. look at all the examples on google…

  • Vicia bithynica

    Vicia bithynica (L.) L. (syn: Ervum bithynicum (L.) Stank.; Lathyrus bithynicus L.); India (N):  Himachal Pradesh; Jammu-Kashmir and other countries as per ILDIS;   Fabaceae (Lathyrus sp.) for id : 20 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6) – one of 3 Mb. Please help to identify this Fabaceae, to me…

  • Unknown seedling from Western ghats

        20072018BHAR01 – Unknown seedling : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)- 677 kb.  Please help me identify the species. I got the seed from Western ghats 2 months before. I almost forgot about the seeds , suddenly it started germinating….  

  • Chrysosplenium nepalense ?

    Chrysosplenium nepalense D. Don (syn: Chrysosplenium guebriantianum Hand.-Mazz.; Chrysosplenium nepalense Maxim. (ambiguous synonym); Chrysosplenium nepalense var. yunnanense (Franch.) Franch.; Chrysosplenium sulcatum Maxim.; Chrysosplenium sulcatum Maxim.; Chrysosplenium yunnanense Franch.) ?;   Nepal to S. Central China as per POWO; Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Assam, S-Tibet, N-Burma (Chin), China (Sichuan, Yunnan), India as per…

  • Periploca species ?- Hamirpur, H.P.

    PM 27-06-2018 Herb I’d from Hamirpur, H.P : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) I’d requested A small tuberous leafless herb with 2 paired pods Sorry for the incomplete information and bad quality of image Clicked by a friend at Hamirpur, H.P 26-06-2018 Pl. check /species/a—l/a/apocynaceae Another image with…

  • Phalaenopsis hybrid- Kalimpong, West Bengal

      SK1284 13 JUL 2018 : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) – 600 kb, 1 mb and 3 mb.  Location:  Kalimpong, WB, India Date: 11 May 2018 Altitude: 4000 ft. Habit : Cultivated Phalaenopsis cultivar. ID please ? My friends say that this is also a hybrid of Phalaenopsis somewhere between…

  • Porpax ustulata

    Porpax ustulata (E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 16: 8 1908. (syn: Eria ustulata E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.; Pinalia ustulata (E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Porpax ustulata (E.C. Parish & Rchb. f.) Kraenzl.); China South-Central; Myanmar; Thailand as per Catalogue of Life;   Porpax sp. from South Andaman Island : 8 posts…

  • Thunbergia kirkii (Cultivated)

    Thunbergia kirkii Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 109: t. 6677 1883. (syn: Thunbergia amanensis Lindau; Thunbergia hookeriana Lindau);   Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zanzibar as per Catalogue of Life;    Ornamental Bush For ID : Lalbagh,Bangalore : 18APR16 : AK-12 : 12/12 : 9 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Foliage Plant seen at…

  • Pterygota alata ‘diversifolia’

    Pterygota alata ‘diversifolia’; ‘Mad Tree’;   201210-PR -For ID-Chennai.: Please help me id the tree whose varied leaves I have photographed. Photography is not permitted in the Agri-hort garden, hence I have snapped some of the fallen leaves. Someone has given me a hint that the leaves belong to a…

  • Passiflora maliformis (Cultivated)

    Passiflora maliformis L., Sp. Pl. 956 1753. (syn: Passiflora caudata A.H. Gentry; Passiflora maliformis var. pubescens Planch. & Linden ex Triana & Planch.; Passiflora ornata Kunth; Passiflora ornata var. pubescens Triana & Planch.); Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (St. Thomas), Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Barbuda, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saba, St….