• Acer species ?- Warsaw

      Plant for ID from Morning Walker’s Park,Warsaw-PC-06-08.09.2015 : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5) Please Identify the plant from Morning Walker’s Park, Warsaw. Is it Acer ginnala? … is on the right track… this is Acer taartaricum ….the var that grows in caucasus region austria etc. so i dont see…

  • Commicarpus helenae

    Commicarpus helenae (J. A. Schult.) Meikle, Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 37: 1, t. 3694 1971 (syn: Boerhavia helenae J. A. Schult. (ambiguous synonym); Boerhavia helenae Roem. & Schult. (ambiguous synonym); Boerhavia libyca Pomel;   Boerhavia repanda Kotschy ex Choisy; Boerhavia scandens Gibs.; Boerhavia stellata Wight; Boerhavia verticillata Poir.; Commicarpus stellatus (Wight) Berhaut; Commicarpus…

  • Malus species/ hybrids- Kashmir

      Rosaceae Fortnight : Malus Species : Tiny Apples : Kashmir : 08SEP15 : AK-16 : 16/18 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Very tiny Apples seen on the Gulmarg road on 11/9/11. They were inside a home garden, couldn’t go closer.

  • Oberonia chandrasekharanii

    Oberonia chandrasekharanii V.J.Nair, V.S.Ramach. & R.Ansari, Blumea 28: 361 1983. (syn: Oberonia rangannana Kesh.Murthy, S.N.Yogan. & K.Vasudeva);   Leaves articulated, to 15 x 2 cm, ensiform, acute. Scape flattened. Spike to 25 cm long, pendulous. Flowers greenish-yellow, 2 x 1 mm, in verticils; bracts 2 x 1.3 mm, ovate, acute,…

  • Oberonia josephi

    Oberonia josephi C.J.Saldanha, Forester 100: 569 1974.; . India (Karnataka) (as per WCSP) . Pendulous epiphytic herbs. Leaves 10-16 x 0.6-1.4 cm. ensiform, flattened, acute; scape up to 10 cm long, slightly winged. Inflorescence a many flowered spike with a sterile portion at the apex; floral bracts 4.5 x 2…

  • Hydrangea species- Poland or Germany ?

    Images by Promila Chaturvedi (Identification by Aarti Khale, (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)   Rosaceae Fortnight Rosaceae plant for ID-PC-36-13.09.2015 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5) please identify the plant in the picture. I think from Poland or Germany. Looks like Hydrangea Species. . . Plant for ID-PC-32-23.09.2015 :…

  • Clematis species/ hybrid- Wetter, Germany

    Plant for ID-PC-13-11.09.2015 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) please identify the plant growing wild on a pavement at Wetter, Germany. This is a Clematis – probably a garden hybrid. Looks like Clematis species Clematis integrifolia ‘juuli’ ?? References: https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-clematis-juuli-clematis-integrifolia-clematis-juuli-clematis-integrifolia-136221469.html

  • Gymnostachyum warrierianum

    Gymnostachyum warrierianum K. M. Prabhukumar, Indira Balachandran, V. B. Sreekumar, K. S. Ramya, Satheesh George, Kew Bull. 70(3)-40: 2 (2015) as per POWO and IPNI; . jim-no-STAY-kee-um — Greek: gymnos (naked), stachyum (flower spikes) … Dave’s Botanary ¿ wah-rih-ear-ee-AH-num ? — named for Padmabhushan P K Warrier … Wikipedia . commonly known as: purple gymnostachyum Names compiled / updated…

  • Visit to ‘Chandranahan’ in Rohru division of Shimla district

    Visit to ‘Chandranahan’ in Rohru division of Shimla district by Dr. Gurinder Goraya : 1 post by 1 author. ………. I had gone to ‘Chandranahan’, a lake perched at 4050 metres in Rohru division of Shimla district and forming origin of river ‘Pabbar’. The trek of about 24 kms from…

  • Rosa hybrids- Hoogly, West Bengal

      sk2015sept11/11 – (post Rosaceae Fortnight’2015) – Rosa sp. : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Someone dumped branches from his rose collection. I could find a fruit on a branch with stout curved sharp prickles, but no flower. The question is – does a hybrid rose produce seed?…

  • Astilbe species/ hybrids- Warsaw

                Images by Promila   Plant for ID-PC-0710.09.2015 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) please identify the plant from morning Walkers’ Park, Warsaw. This is another Astilbe.

  • Reynoutria japonica (Introduced- Canada)

    Reynoutria japonica Houtt., Handl. Pl.-Kruidk. 8: 639 1777. (syn: Fallopia compacta (Hook.f.) G.H.Loos & P.Keil; Fallopia japonica (Houtt.) Ronse Decr. …..; Pleuropterus cuspidatus (Siebold & Zucc.) H.Gross; Pleuropterus zuccarinii (Small) Small; Polygonum compactum Hook.f.; Polygonum cuspidatum Siebold & Zucc. .; Polygonum hachidyoense Makino .; Polygonum sieboldii de Vriese ex L.H.Bailey [Illegitimate]; Polygonum zuccarinii Small;…

  • Pterospermum lanceifolium ?

    Pterospermum lanceifolium Roxb. ?;   Tree for id : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) Please identify the following tree:Location: Botanical Garden, Howrah, West BengalDate: 6/9/2015 I do not know what this tree can be. Not only this one all species in Howrah Bot. (with a very few exception during…

  • Place for plant photography in Bangalore

    Place for plant photography in Bangalore : 1 post by 1 author. I am in Bangalore for three weeks to stay with my son. Please suggest some good places for plant Photogrsphy. I stay in HSR layout sector 2

  • Commelina longifolia

    Commelina longifolia Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 129 1791. (syn: Commelina diffusa Willd. ex Kunth [Illegitimate]; Commelina pedunculosa Spreng. & Link; Commelina salicifolia Roxb.); . Seychelles, India to S. China and Jawa (as per WCSP) . Slender decumbent herbs. Leaves alternate, 5-10 x 0.5-1 cm, acuminate at apex, attenuate at base;…

  • Aruncus species ?- Warsaw, Poland

      Plant for ID-PC-04-08.09.2015 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) please identify the plant in the picture. It is from the Lazienky Palace Garden, Warsaw. Help me. This is probably a species of Aruncus but there is a smaller chance it could be Astilbe.  Aruncus are white/cream flowered…

  • Impatiens agumbeana

    Impatiens agumbeana Bhaskar & Razi, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 79: 382 1982 publ. 1983. ; Images by Anurag N. Sharma and tspkumar   ANSEPT02/02 Impatiens agumbeana Bhaskar & Razi (syn. Impatiens barberi Hook.f.) : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6) Family: BalsaminaceaeDate: 30th August 2015Place: Agumbe, KarnatakaHabit: Epiphytic…

  • Campanula species- Warsaw

      Plant from Warsaw for ID-PC-03-08.09.2015 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Please identify the plant from Lazienky Palace. A Campanula species.

  • Astilbe species/ hybrids- Warsaw

         Image by Promila     Plant for ID-PC-01-08.09.2015 : 4 posts by 2 authors. here is a plant identifying from Lazienky Palace, Warsaw. Please help me. Astilbe – there are several species and hybrids in cultivation