• Pholidota species- Tlawnghnar RRF, Mizoram

      MS Dec.2016/10 Pholidota sp. for Id : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Location : Tlawnghnar RRF, MizoramDate : 01-12-2016Habit : Epiphytic herbHabitat : Wild This is Pholidota, need to see open flower to confirm.

  • Spathoglottis affinis (Laos)

    Spathoglottis affinis de Vriese, Ill. Orchid. Ind. Orient. 3: t. 15 1855. (syn: Spathoglottis lobbii Rchb.f.; Spathoglottis regneri Rchb.f.); Bangladesh to W. Malesia as per WCSP;   Spathoglottis affinis from Laos : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Spathoglottis affinis from Laos   SK1734 17 Jan 2019 : 7 posts…

  • Strobilanthes clarkei

    Strobilanthes clarkei J.R.I. Wood, Edinburgh J. Bot. 51: 236 1994.; NE-India (Manipur, Nagaland) as per Catalogue of Life;   MS Sept,2018/22 Strobilanthes sp. for ID : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Location : Reiek-tlang, Mizoram Date : 26-09-2018 Habit : Shrub Habitat : Wild Strobilanthes pentstemonoides  ???  Same Strobilanthes…

  • Erythroxylum obtusifolium

    Erythroxylum obtusifolium (Wight) Hook. fil., Fl. Brit. India 1: 415 1874. (syn: Erythroxylum lanceolatum var. obtusifolium (Wight) Walp.; Sethia lanceolata var. obtusifolia Wight; Sethia obtusifolia (Wight) Thw.); . S. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; . Thwaites Enum. 54 ; leaves 2-3.1/2 by 1.1/4-1.3/4 in. obovate-obtuse or broadly oblong tip rounded or obtusely pointed rather…

  • Phalaenopsis hybrids- California, USA

      ID of ornamental orchid from California-GSDEC2016/02 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Please help with the ID of this ornamental orchid from Stores in California. October 17, 2016. Identified as Phalaenopsis on Facebook Plant Identification. Not fully satisfied. Yes this is Phalaenopsis hybrid.

  • Mussaenda species- Gurje, Bhanjyang, Nepal

    SK185NOV08-2016:ID : 9 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5) Sharing some pictures for ID shot at Gurje Bhanjyang, Nepal on 27 August 2016 at 6000 ft. Psychotria sps. (Rubiaceae), I guess. Psychotria erratica Hook.f. (accepted name) ?? http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=242424780 It may be species of Mussaenda I could not imagine matching with any of Mussaenda. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=121358…

  • 78th Tree Appreciation Walk at Dattaji Salvi Udyan

    78th Tree Appreciation Walk at Dattaji Salvi Udyan on 11th Dec,2016 at 7.30 am : 2 posts by 2 authors. Dear Friends, It is said that there is an art to using color in the garden so that it sparkle and sings………colors are one of the major feature that drew us…

  • Swertia species- Above Triund, Dharamshala, HP

      Herbaceous plant for ID ABNOV2016/02 : 9 posts by 3 authors. 7 IMAGES. This one was above Triund. I could not place this (I thought of Swertia, Bupleurum, Euphorbia…). Please advise. Above Triund, Dharamshala, HP 3100m approx. 25 October 2016 Swertia no doubt. Don’t know local sp. Bupleurum to…

  • Mallotus polycarpus ?

    Mallotus polycarpus ?;   Trewia nudiflora : Please Confirm ID : SGNP,Mumbai : 231212 : AK-2: A tree seen at SGNP, Mumbai on 9/12/12. Kindly confirm id. yes it is Mallotus nudiflorus (L.) Kulju & Welzen (Syn. T. nudiflora). It could be Trewia polycarpa. I could not find any close…

  • Nov.’16

    Members who inserted images in efi site in Nov.’2016 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Following members inserted images on a large number of efi pages as below: TSP Kumar- around 19 pages Bhagyashri Ranade- around 15 pages In addition, species & genera pages of the following families were also completed in this month:  Coriariaceae Cornaceae Costaceae…

  • Oncidium hybrids- Fremont, California

        Ornamental orchid from California for ID-GSNOV2016/10 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Please help with the ID of this ornamental orchid from Stores here in Fremont, California clicked October 28, 2016. Yes Oncidium hybrid again. I am travelling to Laos today and hence will have limited…

  • Oncidioda ‘Volcano Midnight’ ?

      Ornamental orchid for ID, Fremont, California-GSNOV2016/07 : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) Please help with the ID of this ornamental orchid, clicked from a store in Fremont, California on October 25, 2016. Provisionally identified as intergeneric Oncidium hybrid, possibly Oncidioda Volcano Midnight from Facebook Group Plant Identification.  But…

  • Oncostele Wildcat ‘Yellow Butterfly’ (USA)

    Oncostele Wildcat ‘Yellow Butterfly’ from California for validation-GSNOV2016/09 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Oncostele Wildcat ‘Yellow Butterfly’ supposed to be intergeneric hybrid between Odontocidium and Colmanara (I am unsure how this name can be formed: it has to be first part of one genus and second part of…

  • Phalaenopsis ‘Tiger Orchid’

        Phalaenopsis ? for ID from Fremont, California-GSNOV2016/08 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Please help with the ID of this ornamental orchid, perhaps a Phalaenopsis, clicked from a store in Fremont, California on October 25, 2016. Yes sir this is Phalaenopsis hybrid. Dont know the exact…

  • Oncidioda Hula Halau ‘Volcanic Queen’

      Ornamental orchid for ID, Fremont California-GSNOV2016/06 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Please help with the ID of this ornamental orchid, clicked from a store in Fremont, California on October 25, 2016. Provisionally identified as intergeneric Oncidium hybrid, looks very similar to Oncidioda Hula Halau from Facebook Group…

  • Sesbania procumbens

    Sesbania procumbens (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. (Syn: Aeschynomene procumbens Roxb.); . India (Naturalised); Andhra Pradesh; Gujarat; Karnataka; Madhaya Pradesh; Maharashtra; Orissa; Rajasthan; Tamil Nadu as per ILDIS; . W. & A. Prodr. 215 ; annual, obscurely muricated, pod short flexible torulose not twisted. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 62. AEschy-…

  • PURPLE SUN BIRD ( MALE ) AS A POLLINATOR

    PURPLE SUN BIRD ( MALE ) AS A POLLINATOR : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Here is a collage depicting role of Purple Sun Bird (male) as a pollinator. There are 9 flowers of different plant species. There are other flowers also where this bird visits and not…

  • SCARLET SUNBIRD ( MALE ) AS A POLLINATOR

    SCARLET SUNBIRD ( MALE ) AS A POLLINATOR : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage depicting the role of male Scarlet Sun Bird in pollination. wonderful pictures lots of patience for you appreciate it

  • Combretum pilosum

    Combretum pilosum Roxb. ex G.Don, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 15: 434 1827. (syn: Combretum insigne Heurck & Muell. Arg.; Combretum laetum Wall.; Combretum spinescens Wall.; Poivrea pilosa (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.);   MS Nov,2016 Combretum sp. for id : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Location : Tamdil, MizoramDate…