• Desktop Calendar Desktop for May 18

    Desktop Calendar for May 18 : 1 post by 1 author. May – 2018 Dear Nature Lovers, Greetings from oikos ! On its course, a river takes with it various sediments and, along the way, sculpts them into various shapes and sizes. The shapes change between the source region and…

  • Paphiopedilum villosum var. boxallii

    Vulnerable as per IUCN Red List (VU) Paphiopedilum villosum var. boxallii (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer, Pflanzenr. IV, 50(12): 73 1903. (syn: Cordula boxallii (Rchb.f.) Rolfe; Cypripedium boxallii Rchb.f.; Cypripedium dilectum Rchb.f.; Cypripedium villosum var. boxallii (Rchb. f.) Veitch; Paphiopedilum boxallii (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer; Paphiopedilum dilectum (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer); China South-Central; Myanmar; Vietnam as per…

  • Cynanchum varians

    Cynanchum varians (Stocks) Liede & Khanum (syn: Glossonema arabicum Defl.; Glossonema varians (Stocks) Benth. ex Hook. fil.; Mastostigma varians Stocks; Odontanthera varians (Stocks) D.J. Mabberley); Saudi Arabia (Asir), Bahrain, Iran (S-Iran), Oman (Dhofar), Saudi Arabia (NE-Saudi Arabia), Yemen (Aden Desert), Qatar, Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, Karachi), India (Gujarat, Rajasthan) as per…

  • Dahlia cultivar- Chandigarh & Shimla

        Dahlia AT/MAY 2018/1 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (20) Dahlia Family: Asteraceae Origin: Native to Mexico. It is a genus of bushy, tuberous and herbaceous perennial plants. Most of the plants grown in gardens are hybrid and bear flowers of different colours. Clicked at Chandigarh and Shimla Numerous…

  • Jatropha integerrima ‘Compacta Pink’

      Jatropha integerrima ‘Compacta Pink’ :: Dattaji Salvi Udyan :: 01 MAY 18 : 2 posts by 2 authors. 3 images. Dattaji Salvi Udyan  Thane Date: May 1, 2018 … Altitude: about 11 m (36 feet) asl Jatropha integerrima ‘Compacta Pink’    

  • Heliconia psittacorum ‘Lady Di’

      Heliconia psittacorum ‘Lady Di’ :: Dattaji Salvi Udyan :: 01 MAY 18 : 2 posts by 2 authors. 2 images. Dattaji Salvi Udyan  Thane Date: May 1, 2018 … Altitude: about 11 m (36 feet) asl Heliconia psittacorum  L.f. … ‘Lady Di’     SK1685 31 Dec 2018 : 3…

  • Dictyolimon macrorrhabdos

    Dictyolimon macrorrhabdos (Boiss.) K.H. Rechinger, Fl. Iran. 108: 22 1974. (syn: Limonium macrorhabdon (Boiss.) Kuntze; Statice macrorrhabdos Boiss.); Afghanistan (Kabul, Kunar / Nuristan, Paktia / Khost, Parwan), Pakistan (Chitral, Baluchistan), Pakistani Kashmir (Gilgit, Baltistan), Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh) as per Catalogue of Life;   Id requested for plant from Ladakh…

  • Dictyolimon

    Dictyolimon macrorrhabdos (Boiss.) K.H. Rechinger (Afghanistan (Kabul, Kunar / Nuristan, Paktia / Khost, Parwan), Pakistan (Chitral, Baluchistan), Pakistani Kashmir (Gilgit, Baltistan), Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh) as per Catalogue of Life)  

  • Java- a fern

      Flowers of Java 6 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)  Other recipients: A kind of fern for ID. thank you. Pudji A kind of fern for ID.  thank you. Inadequate – sori, base of frond and rhizome not shown.  Thus no features can be seen for identification.   …

  • Vincetoxicum kenouriense

    Vincetoxicum kenouriense (Wight) Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient., pl. 1614. 1850 (syn: Cynanchum kenouriense Wight, Contr. Bot. India 58. 1834.) as per Taxonomy of Vincetoxicum s.str. (Asclepiadoideae, Apocynaceae) from southern Asia including three new species and resurrected names–  Sayed Afzal Shah, Amir Sultan, Jun Wen , Zahid Ullah , Surat…

  • Drymaria species- Java

      Flowers of Java 1 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) – 1 Mb. We want to know the name of the following image please. It appears Drymaria sp. of Caryophyllaceae. Open flowers may help you confirming the species. Pl. check at the following as suggested by …:…

  • Tripterospermum species ?- Shivapuri National Park, Nepal

      SK1064 04 APR-2018 : 8 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Location: Shivapuri National Park, Nepal Altitude: 8400 ft. Date: 27 March 2018 Habit : Wild  Giving a try ! Tripterospermum volubile (D. Don) H. Hara  ?? Link Pl. check  https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a—l/g/gentianaceae/tripterospermum/tripterospermum-volubile  Yes …! I cheked all these earlier which are…

  • Chamaedorea elegans (Introduced)

    Chamaedorea elegans Mart., Linnaea 5: 204 1830. (syn: Chamaedorea deppeana Klotzsch; Chamaedorea elegans var. angustifolia M.Martens & Galeotti; Chamaedorea helleriana Klotzsch; Chamaedorea humilis (Liebm. ex Oerst.) Mart.; Chamaedorea pulchella Linden; Chamaedorea pulchella Linden ex Hemsl.; Collinia deppeana Klotzsch; Collinia elegans (Mart.) Liebm. ex Oerst.; Collinia elegans var. angustifolia (M. Martens…

  • Gentiana urnula

    Gentiana urnula Harry Sm., Kew Bull. 15: 51 1961. (Syn: Gentiana amoena var. major Burkill; Gentiana amoena f. pallida C.Marquand; Gentianodes urnula (Harry Sm.) Á.Löve & D.Löve); China (SW-Qinghai), E-Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim, Chumbi as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Urn-shaped gentian   Gentiana sp. for Id from Tawang…

  • Peliosanthes teta

    Peliosanthes teta Andrews, Bot. Repos. 10: t. 605 1810. (syn: Peliosanthes altissima Donn; Peliosanthes graminea Ridl.; Peliosanthes mantegazziana (Pamp.) Pamp.; Peliosanthes minor Yamam.; Peliosanthes teta var. angustifolia Ridl.; Peliosanthes teta var. mantegazziana Pamp.; Peliosanthes teta subsp. teta ; Peliosanthes tonkinensis F.T.Wang & Tang; Peliosanthes torulosa Y.Wan; Teta petiolaris Voigt; Teta…

  • Peliosanthes

    Peliosanthes ligniradicis MOMANG TARAM, DIPANKAR BORAH, NORIYUKI TANAKA   Peliosanthes teta Andrews (Sikkim to S. China and W. Malesia as per WCSP)     

  • Cypripedium japonicum (East Asia)

    Cypripedium japonicum Thunb., Syst. Veg. ed. 14 817 1784. (Syn: Cypripedium cathayenum S.S.Chien; Cypripedium japonicum var. glabrum M.Suzuki); C. & S. China, S. Korea, Japan as per WCSP; Genetic diversity in the endangered terrestrial orchid Cypripedium japonicum in East Asia : 6 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (1) – 067…

  • Caryota species- Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai

      Caryota mitis vs. Caryota urens : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) – 942 kb. How to differentiate between Caryota mitis and Caryota urens ? Is this C.mitis ? Location – Jijamata Udyan, MumbaiDate – August 2013 I think difficult with this image.