• Eriocaulon species- Mulshi, Maharastra

      Plant for ID 23/11/2011 : SMP2: Is it possible to ID this Eriocaulon species from this photograph.Height 8-10 cm Observed in Mulshi. It was near rice fields on plains Not near waterbody. Similar occasional plants also observed nearby. It is very much difficult to identify a Eriocaulon sp. from…

  • Eriocaulon species- Matheran, Maharastra

        31.08.11.JP.03 – Eriocaulon spp. identification3: The third and final species of Eriocaulon seen at Matheran.The flower size of this one was extremely minute. The photo of the close up is taken with a 55mm lens attached with a +10 magnification filter.

  • Eriocaulon species- Matheran, Maharastra

      31.08.11.JP.02 – Eriocaulon spp. identification2: Another species of Eriocaulon seen at Matheran.This one has prominent (involucral?) bracts beneath the inflorescence. This could be Eriocaulon heterolepis Steudel, which has long exceeding involucral bracts. I have collected this species myself from Maharashtra. However, I can not confirm the identity without seeing…

  • Rhododendron arboreum ?

    Rhododendron arboreum ?; . Is this a ficus tree?: Photograph taken in March in Pangot in the Himalayan Hills. This is Rhododendron sp. Rhododendron sp. may be arboreum Please check    

  • Rhododendron arboreum var. cinnamomeum

    Rhododendron arboreum var. cinnamomeum Wall. ex Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 23: , pl. 1982 1837. (syn: Rhododendron arboreum subsp. campbelliae (Hook. fil.) Tagg; Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum (Wall. ex Lindl.) Tagg; Rhododendron arboreum var. cinnamomeum (Wall. ex Lindl.) W.K. Hu; Rhododendron campbelliae Hook. fil.; Rhododendron campbelliae Hook. fil.) ?;    S-Tibet,…

  • Rhododendron/ Azalea- Planted in Medikere, Chikkamagalur, Karnataka

      Pink Haut – Flower from Mudigere 03Mar2012AR01: Leaf -5cms approx, Whorl, elliptic to linear, Flower-3-4cms Habitat Home garden in a coffee estate  Mudigere, Chikkamagalur, Karnataka, Western ghats   13 Dec 2011 05:40PM Its a species of Rhododendron, most probably the type species Rhododendron ferrugineum of Ericaceae This looks like Azalea…

  • Lansium

    Lansium domesticum Corrêa  

  • Gastrochilus flabelliformis ?

    Gastrochilus flabelliformis ?; . Orchidaceae for identification 090213MK01: Please help me to identify this Orchid found in a moist forest (sub-tropical evergreen forest). Date: 27 Dec 2012 Place: Kolli Hills, TN Alt.: 1400 m asl This looks like a Gastrochilus. Will have to see the flowers to confirm the species. Yes its looks like Gastrochilus,…

  • Androsace sarmentosa ?

    Androsace sarmentosa ?; .. VoF Week: Primulaceae – Androsace sarmentosa Wallich:  No images seen now.  Androsace sarmentosa Wallich in Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. 2: 14. 1824. Family: Primulaceae Distribution: India, Nepal, China, Pakistan. Current pic taken on way to Hem Kunt Sahib. Is this Androsace sarmentosa or A.studiosorum. See my other…

  • Androsace sarmentosa subsp. primuloides

    Androsace sarmentosa subsp. primuloides (Duby) R. Govaerts, World Checklist Seed Pl. 1(1): 7 1994. (Syn: Androsace primuloides Duby; Androsace sarmentosa var. primuloides Hook.f.; Androsace studiosorum Kress); . W. & Central Himalaya: Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO; . i.d. of Pangi flowers al141011 : 7 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (2) Some more flowers…

  • Adenocaulon himalaicum

    Adenocaulon himalaicum Edgew., 64 1846 (Syn: Adenocaulon adhaerescens Maxim.; Adenocaulon bicolor var. adhaerescens (Maxim.) Makino);   Adenocaulon himalaicum (Asteraceae) from Uttarakhand: DSR_Nov. 2016_1/1 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Adenocaulon himalaicum Edgew. (Asteraceae). I am able to identify this plant after a long time due to non familiarity…

  • Adenocaulon

    Adenocaulon himalaicum Edgew.  

  • Azalea hybrids- Vienna

      Plant for ID :: Vienna :: EU-ARKNOV14 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Some rhododendrons captured in the Vienna castle nursery in May 2016. Requested to please provide ID. Appears to be an Azalea. It seems to be Azelia rosea.  

  • Janaki Ammal botanist

    Janaki Ammal botanist : 2 posts by 2 authors. http://www.thebetterindia.com/75174/janaki-ammal-botanist-sugarcane-magnolia/

  • Adenia trilobata

    Adenia trilobata (Roxb.) Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 14: 375 1891. (syn: Modecca saponaria (Blanco) Blanco; Modecca trilobata Roxb.; Passiflora saponaria Blanco); India, Bhutan, Darjeeling, Myanmar [Burma] (Bago), Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life; Stems upto 20m. Leaves usually deeply 3-lobed; lobes elliptic to lanceolate, 9-15x3cm, acuminate, base cordate or sagittate,…

  • Azalea hybrid ?- Vienna

      Rhododendron for ID :: Vienna :: EU-ARKNOV11 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (8) This Rhododendron, too was seen in the Vienna castle nursery in May 2016. No name placards were placed. Requested to please ID it. Some Azalea hybrid ? Cant’ help  

  • Rhododendron species/ cultivars etc.- Vienna

      Rhododendron for ID :: Vienna :: EU-ARKNOV10 : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4) This Rhododendron was seen in the Vienna castle nursery in May 2016. Requested to please ID it. Cant’ help I do not have expertise in cultivated species and cultivars of Rhododendrons plus have more than sufficient…