Fwd: Lahoul Geraniums Part I : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) I attach 3 images of Geraniums taken in Lahoul – the first a distant shot of a ‘meadow’ beside an irrigated field in Miyah Nullah. Nos 2 & 3 were taken near Patseo. I know what I…
Astragalus frigidus (L.) A.Gray (Syn: Astragalus frigidus subsp. frigidus ; Astragalus frigidus subsp. grigorjewii (B.Fedtsch.) Chater; Astragalus kolaensis Kuzen.; Phaca frigida L.; Phaca ochreata Crantz); Austria, Slovakia, Faroer Isl., France, S-Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, N-European Russia, Sweden, Siberia (Buryatia, Chita, Irkutsk, Yakutia), Kazakhstan, Russian Far East (Magadan),…
Brassica rapa subsp. rapa ?; . SK326JAN17-2017:ID : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (9) Location: Suryabinayak,Bhaktapur, Nepal Altitude: 5000 ft. Date: 14 January 2017 Brassicaceae member ? Yes it looks like but could not close in to the correct ID. This does seem to be a Brassica. I cannot avoid saying…
Orchid For ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 05FEB17 : AK-8 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Cultivated Orchid seen at the Flower Show in Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai in the second week of Jan. This is a hybrid of Vanda.
Sedum AT JAN 2017/05 : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Kindly identify this Sedum sp. Clicked with mobile somewhere in Himachal Pradesh April 2016 Small herb Differing from Sedum sexangulare and S. multicaule in leaf shape and texture It was cultivated in a pot, most probably in…
Astragalus amherstianus Benth. (syn: Astragalus lowarensis Ali; Tragacantha amherstiana (Benth.) Kuntze); Afghanistan (N); India (N) ; Himachal Pradesh ; Jammu-Kashmir ; Punjab; Uttar Pradesh; Iran (N); Nepal (N); Pakistan (N) as per ILDIS Fwd: Astragalus amherstianus in Lahaul : 1 post by 1 author. Two images taken by the…
Impatiens stolonifera M. MANUDEV, A.J. ROBI, SANTHOSH NAMPY- Pyhtotaxa Vol 295, No 1 (2017); Impatiens stolonifera (Balsaminaceae) A new scapigerous species from the southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India : 9 posts by 8 authors. Attachments (1)- Impatiens stolonifera (Balsaminaceae) A new scapigerous species from the southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India.pdf- 1…
Colacasia for ID : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Would like help in identifying the Colacasia in the attached pic. It is from the Malnad area (Sirsi) and is edible, the thin side shoots included.
ID- GK231216-1 : 3 posts by 1 author. Please identify this plant from Kannur
Members who inserted images in efi site in Jan.’2017 : 1 post by 1 author. Following members inserted images on a large number of efi pages as below: TSP Kumar- around 9 pages In addition, species & genera pages of the following families were also completed in this month: Euphorbiaceae (completed in Jan’17) Number of images…
SK304JAN07-2016:ID : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Location: Kalinchowk, Dolakha, Nepal Altitude: 9000 ft. Date: 26 July 2014 Clematis…??? I AM intending to comment about this and the other two Clematis in Nepal whose images have been posted in recent weeks. I have taken an initial look at this Clematis…
efloraindia:”Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae (Caesalpiniaceae) Week: Sharing the images of Cassia hybrida from Coimbatore. Location: NBNP Garden Habitat: Garden Habit: Tree This plant has to be looked carefully There is no published name as Cassia hybrida, the only we have is Cassia hybrida Tenore now considered as synonym of Senna floribunda (Cav.)…
mimosae week: calliandra: Calliandra species from singapore botanical gardens
HC forms 5 teams to monitor weeding out of invasive tree species : 1 post by 1 author. HC forms 5 teams to monitor weeding out of invasive tree species
Fwd: Plant photography – a different approach Part 2 – Sunny and hot conditions : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) In Part 1 I concentrated about suitable clothing for wet and cold conditions incl. a combination of both. Of course conditions can be bright and sunny. If one…
Fwd: One cannot always identify a plant beyond genus from photos alone : 1 post by 1 author. I have just posted about a Cotoneaster specimen thought to be C.microphyllus posted by … from Nepal. I explained that he MUST wait until I have sent these images to J.Fryer for determination. …
Fwd: Plant photography – a different approach Part 1 – the camera is the LEAST important consideration : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) I have hesitated to comment much for the whole of the group, knowing that what I shall be saying is likely to come as a…
Fwd: Child in Manali looking at Flowers of the Himalaya : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) During one of the two botanical tours I led to H.P. in the mid-1980s, I walked up to Old Manali from the guest-house my group were staying in with the doctor on the tour and…
Fwd: Child in Manali looking at Flowers of the Himalaya : 5 posts by 4 authors. During one of the two botanical tours I led to H.P. in the mid-1980s, I walked up to Old Manali from the guest-house my group were staying in with the doctor on the tour and took this…