• Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii

    Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii (Royle) Alef. (syn: Cucumis hardwickii Royle; Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii (Royle) Kitam.; Cucumis sativus f. hardwickii (Royle) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes; Melo sativus Sager.) as per Catalogue of Life; . Cucumis spp.(trigonos)–sharing picture: Sharing picture of Cucumis. It is Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii. . identification no110411sn1:…

  • Cucumis species- Campell Bay, Nicobar

      Cucurbitaceae Week: Nicobar cucurbit_RKC05_05042012:  4 posts by 2 authors. 3 images. A cucurbit from Campbell bay, Nicobar Island for ID plz. Date: December, 2009 To me it appears close to Cucumis species like Cucumis dipsaceus Ehrenb. ex Spach , Cucumis melo L. subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo var. agrestis Naudin   

  • Phalaenopsis hybrids- California, USA

      Phalaenopsis for ID from California-GSNOV2016/06 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Looks like a hybrid cultivar of Phalaenopsis amabile or aphrodite, photographed from California. Please help with ID. Yes sir this is another hybrid if Phalaenopsis. I have no idea of the hybrid names…. there are so…

  • Oncidium hybrids- California, USA

      Orchid for ID from California-GSNOV2016/05 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Kindly help with ID of this orchid photographed from California. This is a hybrid of Oncidium. Thanks a lot for sharing sir…     Orchid for ID from California-GSNOV2016/08 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments…

  • Rhododendron species/ cultivars – Vienna

      Plant for ID :: Vienna :: EU-ARKNOV15 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Again a rhododendron captured in the Vienna castle nursery in May 2016 (the last of this tour). Requested to please provide ID. Can’t help  

  • Primula gracilipes

    Primula gracilipes W. G. Craib, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 6(29–30): 252 1917. ; . Himalaya to S. Tibet: East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Primula deuteronana Craib (accepted name) : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (8) – around 900 kb each. Location: Pathibhara, Taplejung,…

  • 69. Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st Oct.’16

    Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st Oct.’16- more than 11,000 species : 3 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 2,56,300 messages…

  • Doha Sea Beach plant

      SK172NOV01-2016:ID : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Sharing some pictures for ID shot at Sea Beach, Doha on 12 June 2015.  

  • Convolvulus sabatius subsp. mauritanicus (Cultivated- Kenya/ USA)

    Convolvulus sabatius subsp. mauritanicus (Boiss.) Murb. (Syn: Convolvulus mauritanicus Boiss.; Convolvulus sabatius var. atlanticus Ball; Convolvulus sabatius var. mauritanicus (Boiss.) Sa’ad); Morning Glory For ID : Nairobi,Kenya : 09AUG16 : AK-04 : 04/04 : 10 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) Morning Glory with small blue flowers seen in Nairobi…

  • Viola odorata ?

    Viola odorata ?;   Viola odorata L. ?? : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Sharing some pictures In guess is Viola odorata L. shot at Godawari Botanical Garden, Nepal on 8 March, 2013 at 5000 ft. You did not say if you thought this was being cultivated in the botanical garden?…

  • Moss at Umariya distt. of M.P.

      NSD Nov 16/01 ID LYTHOPHYTE : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Pl ID this lithophyte This small lithophyte is from Umariya distt of M.P. I don’t have any idea of this moss like plant It was looking different due to its ashy color so I took a…

  • Pinus pinea (Europe)

    Pinus pinea L., Sp. Pl. 1000 1753. (Syn: Apinus pinea (L.) Neck. ex Rydb.; Apinus pinea (L.) Neck.; Pinea esculenta Opiz [Illegitimate]; Pinus africana K.Koch [Invalid]; Pinus aracanensis Knight ex Gordon [Invalid]; Pinus arctica Carrière [Invalid]; Pinus esculenta Opiz; Pinus fastuosa Salisb. [Illegitimate]; Pinus fragilis Carrière [Invalid]; Pinus maderiensis Ten.;…

  • Cotoneaster sandakphuensis

    Cotoneaster sandakphuensis Klotz, 213 1964. (Syn: Cotoneaster microphyllus var. glacialis Cowan & Cowan); NE-India (Mt. Singalila), Sikkim, Nepal as per Catalogue of Life;   Fwd: Cotoneasters 4: Cotoneaster sandakphuensis : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (9) Cotoneaster sandakphuensis G.Klotz (the holotype specimen from Sandakphu, India collected by Biswas is in…

  • Xanthoria

    Xanthoria parietina (L.) Beltr. ?  

  • Cotoneaster schubertii

    Cotoneaster schubertii Klotz, 759 1963 (syn: Pyrus schubertii (G. Klotz) M. F. Fay & Christenh.); . Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan as per Catalogue of Life; . Common name: Kashmir Cotoneaster . Fwd: Cotoneasters 2: Cotoneaster schubertii : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (9) Unfortunately, the two shots I took of…

  • 77th Tree Appreciation Walk at Aarey VIP Guest House, Aarey

    77th Tree Appreciation Walk at Aarey VIP Guest House, Aarey on 20th Nov,16 at 7.30 am : 2 posts by 2 authors. There is this wonderful joy in leaving behind the noisy city’s  streets and walk out to a corner in the Aarey Milk Colony where the deep blue sky…

  • Lepidagathis bandraensis

    Lepidagathis bandraensis Blatter, J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal n.s., 26: 347 1930 publ. 1931. ; . India (Maharashtra, Rajasthan and reported herein from Gujarat) as per Neotypification of Lepidagathis bandraensis; . . References: Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  IPNI Neotypification of Lepidagathis bandraensis  GBIF  BSI Flora of India checklist  Flowers of India …