• Fuchsia ‘Rose of Castile’

    Fuchsia ‘Rose of Castile’;   for ID : (mixed thread): 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) This was taken in Tumling near Nepal on 14/10/07. This is a Fuchsia hybrid – a garden plant – probably ‘Rose of Castille’. It is Fuchsia Riccartonii.  I have seen them in Gurdum (…

  • Ardisia polysticta

    Ardisia polysticta Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 576 1861. (syn: Ardisia evonymifolia Pit.; Ardisia flaviflora C. Chen & D. Fang; Ardisia jagorii Mez; Ardisia lenticellata Fletcher; Ardisia nemorosa Pit.; Ardisia oldhamii Mez; Ardisia pardalina Mez; Ardisia perpunctata Elmer ex Merr.; Ardisia radians Hemsl. & Mez; Ardisia ramosii Merr.; Ardisia…

  • Litsea species- Unnamed place

      litsea species : 4 posts by 2 authors. 2 images. Pl. check at  /species/a—l/l/lauraceae/litsea When and where was it clicked ?  

  • Neuwiedia zollingeri var. singapureana (Hongkong)

    Neuwiedia zollingeri var. singapureana (Wall. ex Baker) de Vogel (Syn: Neuwiedia balansae Baill. ex Gagnep. ; Neuwiedia curtisii Rolfe; Neuwiedia ochracea Ridl.; Neuwiedia singapureana (Wall. ex Baker) Rolfe; Neuwiedia zollingeri var. balansae (Baill. ex Gagnep.) Aver.; Tupistra singapureana Wall. ex Baker); Borneo; China South-Central; China Southeast; Hainan; Malaya; Sumatera; Thailand; Vietnam as per Catalogue Of Life   Neuweidia zollingeri var. singapureana from Hong…

  • Bulbophyllum ocellatum (Phillipines)

    Bulbophyllum ocellatum Cootes & M.A.Clem.;   Bulbophyllum ocellatum from my balcony. : 5 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1)- 2 MB.  Bulbophyllum ocellatum from my balcony in HK. Endemic to Phillipines. 07.07.2018 References: The Plant List Ver. 1.1  Catalogue of Life

  • 89. Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th June’18

    Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th June’18- more than 12,000 species : 2 posts by 2 authors. It’s heartening to reiterate that Efloraofindia is the largest google e-group/ forum in the world in this field & the largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with around 2,99,400 messages…

  • Tropidia curculigoides

    Tropidia curculigoides Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 497 1840. (syn: Schoenomorphus capitatus Thorel ex Gagnep.; Tropidia assamica Blume; Tropidia graminea Blume; Tropidia hongkongensis Rolfe; Tropidia squamata Blume); E. Himalaya to New Caledonia as per WCSP; Andaman Is.; Assam; Bangladesh; Borneo; Cambodia; China South-Central; China Southeast; East Himalaya; Hainan; India; Jawa;…

  • Tephrosia purpurea ?

    Tephrosia purpurea ?;   Tephrosia purpurea ? : 3 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1)- 1 Mb.  Tephrosia purpurea ? this not T. purpurea; i think it is T. pumila.  I am unable to say anything with this image and without any details. Pl. check yourself at Tephrosia purpurea Tephrosia pumila

  • Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi

    Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi R.-Hamet & Perrier, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille III, 3: 75 1915. (syn: Bryophyllum fedtschenkoi (Ham. & Perr.) C.Y. Cheng (ambiguous synonym); Bryophyllum fedtschenkoi (Hamet & Perr.) Lauzac-Marchal (ambiguous synonym); Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi var. isalensis Boiteau & Mannoni); . C- & SE-Madagascar, Puerto Rico (I), Australia (I) (Queensland (I)), trop….

  • Rhynchosia minima ?

    Rhynchosia minima ?;   Rhynchosia minima : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1)- 1 Mb.  Rhynchosia minima May be, but difficult to confirm with this image. Pl. see comparative images at Rhynchosia‎ & https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a—l/f/fabaceae/rhynchosia/rhynchosia-minima

  • Mucuna pruriens ?

     Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. ?; Mucuna pruriens : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1) Mucuna pruriens May be, but difficult to confirm with this image. Pl. see Mucuna pruriens and comparative images at Mucuna  

  • Oenanthe

    Keys as per Flora of Bhutan: 1. Leaves simple or sparingly once-pinnate; rachis grass-like, segments filiform …. 1. O. hookeri+ Leaves biternate or 2-4 x pinnately divided; segments otherwise . . . . ………… . .. 22. Leaves biternate or bipinnate; segments medium-sized, elliptic …………………….  2. O. javanica+ Leaves 3-4 x…

  • Ilex kingiana

    Ilex kingiana Cockerell, Torreya 11: 264 1911. (syn: Ilex insignis Hook. fil.); Nepal, Bhutan, India (Arunachal Pradesh, Darjeeling), Sikkim as per Catalogue of Life; SK1158 30 MAY 2018 : 13 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6) Location : Lava, Kalimpong, India Date : 11 May 2018 Elevation :  6800 ft. Habit :…

  • Iris‎

    Iris collettii Hook.f. (E. Himalaya to S. Central China and Indo-China: Doubtfully present in: Nepal; China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam as per POWO)        Iris crocea Jacquem. ex R.C.Foster   Iris decora Wall. (Pakistan to S. Central China: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO)     Iris domestica…

  • TORSHA ON SPATE

    Re: TORSHA ON SPATE : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (8) Cooch Behar town is on the bank of river Torsha. A few days back my friend Brig. Rajbir Singh suggested that I should upload some images of that river , when in spate. That time has come. Attaching…

  • Geranium species ?- Sandakphu, West Bengal

      SK1202 14 JUNE 2018 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Location: Sandakphu, India Date: 13 May 2018 Altitude: 12000 ft. Habit : Wild Some Delphinium sp. ? Also check images at Geranium  

  • Polytrichum species- Sandakphu, West Bengal

      SK1199 13 JUNE 2018 : 13 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2)- around 600 kb each.  Location: Sandakphu, India Date: 13 May 2018 Altitude: 12000 ft. Habit : Wild I think this is an Eriocaulon. Cant make out the species without flowers. I think it is Polytrichum sp, as it was…

  • To have thumbnails images on all threads

    To have thumbnails images on all threads : 2 posts by 1 author. We have been experimenting with insertion of images since we started this work in Oct’2015. With hit and trials, based on feedback from members and assessing our requirements, we now have stabilized to having images over respective threads in a…