• Pinguicula ‘Aphrodite’ (Cultivated)

    Images by Gurcharan Singh Pinguicula ‘Aphrodite’ from Plantae Paradise, Pawanu-GSJUNE02/07 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Pinguicula ‘Aphrodite’ A cultivar, hybrid between Pinguicula agnata and P. moctezumae, with linear-oblong leaves with rounded tips, lighter green in colour with buttery surface, up to 12 cm long and 2 cm…

  • Orbea semota (Cultivated)

    Orbea semota (N.E. Br.) L.C. Leach, Kirkia 10(1): 290 1975. (Syn: Orbea semota subsp. semota ; Stapelia semota N.E. Br.); Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)      Kenya; Tanzania; Rwanda (from GRIN )   Orbea semota (N. E. Br.) L. C….

  • Echinodorus cordifolius (Cultivated)

    Echinodorus cordifolius (L.) Griseb., Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 7: 257 1857. (syn: Alisma cordifolium L.;  Echinodorus cordifolius subsp. cordifolius ; Echinodorus cordifolius subsp. fluitans (Fassett) R.R.Haynes & Holm-Niels.; Echinodorus fluitans Fassett; Echinodorus ovalis C.Wright; Echinodorus radicans (Nutt.) Engelm.; Echinodorus schlueteri Rataj; Sagittaria cordifolia (L.) Lam.; Sagittaria radicans Nutt.); . Images…

  • Dates of flowering

    Dates of flowering : I feel we need to include the date the pictures were taken to show what time of the year did the flowers appear and if fruits when did they appear. Its important for database if had that data… you will see that flowering time may be…

  • Verbena bonariensis ?

    Verbena bonariensis ? ;      ID request SP0510102015 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Location: UttarakandPhoto not clicked by me Is it Lippia?….informations are fragmental… Verbena bonariensis..most probably !      

  • 52. Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th April’15

    Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th April’15- more than 10,000 species : 1 post by 1 author. 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 more than 2,22,500…

  • 62th Tree Appreciation Walk in Sagar Upvan, Colaba

    62th Tree Appreciation Walk in Sagar Upvan, Colaba on 7th June,15 at 7.30 : Sweltering heat and horrid humidity of Mumbai have been daring us to move away from fan and AC’s………but Sagar Upavan is breathing out fragrance & only fragrance..……we invite you all to breeze through the fragrance of…

  • Isodon species ?- Gori Valley, Uttarakhand

    Lamiaceae (Incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight: from Gori Valley- NS May 52/52 : 7 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (6) This erect herb with 2-3 leaves per node and minute flowers was recorded from Gori Valley area, Uttrakhand.. Please suggest id for this..distinctive pics are lacking, making me unable to guess even…

  • Lepidium species- on the way to Khardung-La

    ID : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) Request for IUD of the enclosed plant. Shot on the way to Khardung-La at an altitude of 12000 ft on 22 Aug 2014. Seems from Brassicaceae, probably Lepidium sp. … may tell..  Thank you for ID hints. It looks like Lepidium…

  • Leucas hyssopifolia

    Leucas hyssopifolia Benth., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 60 1830.; Images by Nidhan Singh – Id by Surajit Koley Pakistan to Myanmar (from WCSP) Benth, in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 60, Lab. 615, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 531 ; perennial, erect, hispidly hairy, leaves 1-2.1/2 in. linear obtuse, margins recurved…

  • Details of parts of Milkweed flower

    PLEASE H E L P PLEASE : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) To make this plate I copied two photographs recorded by … Please help me to understand different floral structure of an asclepiad flower. Please check all label and let me know which are wrongly marked. Please…

  • Neginhal Seturam G.

    Books authored and published by S. G. Neginhal  1. Neginhal S.G (1983) : Field Identification Characteristics of Evergreen Species. Myforest, Vol 19 No. 1 (Quarterly Journal of the Karnataka Forest Department) 2. Neginhal S.G (1994): Your Bangalore, the Trees. Bangalore Urban Art Commission, Bangalore. 3. Neginhal S.G (2002): A Handbook…

  • Salvia ‘Indigo spires’

      Lamiaceae (including Verbenaceae) Fortnight : Lamiaceae : For ID : Muscat : 13MAY15 : AK-11 : 11/13 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Another Salvia Species seen at the same nursery in Muscat. Cultivated, garden plant. Perhaps Salvia divinorum Thanks for the suggested id. Hope to get it…

  • So called ‘improvement’ of Maharashtra Nature Park

    Fw: Maharashtra Nature Park, Dharavi, Mumbai : 1 post by 1 author. This is with reference to the series of news articles that appeared in the Marathi daily – Loksatta since 25 May 2015.   This is about the proposal of so called ‘improvement’ of Maharashtra Nature Park located on…

  • Molecular phylogeny workshop in IISc

    Molecular phylogeny workshop in IISc : 1 post by 1 author. Dr. Praveen Karanth is conducting the workshop on molecular phylogenetics. It will free of cost and from August 3rd to 7th 2015. Please find the details in the link below.http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/phylo_workshop/

  • Salvia melissodora (Cultivated- USA)

    Salvia melissodora Lag., Gen. Sp. Pl. 2 1816. (syn: Salvia dugesii Fernald; Salvia microphylla Sessé & Moc. [Illegitimate]; Salvia scorodonia Benth. [Spelling variant]; Salvia scorodoniifolia Desf. ex Poir.; Salvia scorodoniifolia var. crenaea Fernald); Mexico (from WCSP)   Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight: Lamiaceae, Salvia scorodonaefolia, from SFO, California-GSMAY166/169 : 4 posts…

  • Varma Varun

        Varma, V., Ratnam, J., Viswanathan, V., Osuri, A.M., Biesmeijer, J.C., Madhusudan, M.D., Sankaran, M., Krishnadas, M., Barua, D., Budruk, M., Isvaran, K., Jayapal, R., Joshi, J., Karanth, K.K., Krishnaswamy, J., Kumar, R., Mukherjee, S., Nagendra, H., Niphadkar, M., Owen, N., Page, N., Prasad, S., Quader, S., Nandini, R.,…

  • Morinda species- Lalbagh, Bangalore

    ANMAY12/13 Morinda sp. for identification : 9 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (20) As far as I could tell, this was a large scandent shrub. Can this be Morinda umbellata L.? Family: Rubiaceae Date: 3rd April 2015 Place: Lalbagh, Bangalore, Karnataka Habit: Liana efi page on Gynochthodes umbellate (syn: Morinda…