• Philodendron species/ cultivars- Lalbagh, Banglore

          Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight: August 1 to 14, 2014 : Araceae : Philodendron For ID : Bangalore : AK-98 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). Philodendron seen at the Lalbagh Nursery in Nov,2013. Id please.        

  • Dieffenbachia species/ cultivars- Lalbagh, Bangalore

          Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight: August 1 to 14, 2014 : Araceae : Dieffenbachia For ID : Lalbagh,Bangalore : 310814 ; AK-128 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1).   Cultivated, ornamental plant at Lalbagh Nursery. Picture taken in Nov,2013. Posted earlier, id suggested by ……

  • Brucea javanica

    Brucea javanica (L.) Merr., J. Arnold Arbor. 9: 3 1928. (Syn: Ailanthus gracilis Salisb.; Brucea amarissima Desv. ex Gomes; Brucea amarissima (Lour.) Merr.; Brucea glabrata Decne.; Brucea gracilis (Salisb.) DC.; Brucea sumatrana Roxb.; Brucea sumatrensis Spreng.; Gonus amarissimus Lour.; Lussa amarissima (Lour.) Kuntze; Rhus affinis Wall.; Rhus amela D. Don; Rhus…

  • Brucea

    Brucea javanica (L.) Merr. (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Australia (N-Western Australia, coastal Northern Territory, coastal Queensland), Java, New Guinea, Seychelles (I), Fiji (I), Sumatra, peninsular Malaysia (throughout but commoner in the north), Singapore, Borneo, Lesser Sunda Isl., Moluccas, Philippines, Thailand, Micronesia (I) (Pohnpei) (I), Palau Isl. (I), Andaman Isl., India…

  • Hyphaene species- Bot. garden, Kolkata

    AAZ Fortnight :: Arecaceae :: SMP7 : Palm Kolkata Bot garden : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). Palm Kolkata Bot garden. For ID Hyphaene .   IBG today : Arecaceae : unknown12 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (8). Is it Hyphaene thebaica (L.) Mart.or is it…

  • Arecaceae members- Indian Bot. Garden, Kolkata

    AAZ Fortnight :: Arecaceae :: SMP6. Palm Kolkata Bot garden : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). Palm Kolkata Bot garden. For ID . AAZ Fortnight :: Arecaceae :: SMP11 : Palm Kolkata Bot garden : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). Oil palm? Looks different from Oil palm…

  • Dieffenbachia bowmannii

    Dieffenbachia bowmannii Carrière, Rev. Hort. 1872: 199 1872. (Syn: Dieffenbachia baumannii Engl.; Dieffenbachia latimaculata Linden & André); Images by Santhan P (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)      Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight SN 62 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3). Dieffenbachia bowmannii Carrière, cultivated stout herb from our garden…

  • Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra 2014

        OVER TO A HIGH HIMALAYAN JOURNEY : 13 posts by 13 authors. Attachments (1). Joining Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra 2014 in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand on 29th Aug till 7th September. It is around 100 km trekking in temperate and alpine Himalaya passing through meadows, ridges, lakes and…

  • 53rd Tree Appreciation Walk at Malad Trail, SGNP

        53rd Tree Appreciation Walk at Malad Trail,SGNP on 7th Sep,14 at 7.30 am : 1 post by 1 author. The noises of being born by pushing the earth aside, growing up, climbing, clambering for a space for itself towards Sun, flowering, enticing pollinators, seeding and spreading them in…

  • Washingtonia robusta ?

    Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight: August 1 to 14, 2014 : Arecaceae : Pritchardia Species : Muscat : 130814 : AK-17 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments(3). A very common cultivated palm in Muscat. Posted on our group earlier. Pritchardia Species, could be P. pacifica suggested by … For…

  • Caladium praetermissum

    Caladium praetermissum Bogner & Hett., Aroideana 32: 129 2009.; Image by Aarti Khale (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)  Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight: August 1 to 14, 2014 : Caladium bicolor : Araceae : Lalbagh,Bangalore : 110814 : AK-5 : 3 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1). Seen at the Lalbagh…

  • Philodendron melanochrysum (Cultivated- USA)

    Philodendron melanochrysum Linden & André, Ill. Hort. 20: 198 1873. (syn: Philodendron andreanum Devansaye; Philodendron grandidens auct.); Colombia as per WCSP;   Araceae for ID : Conservatory : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 26NOV18 : AK-17 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Araceae plant with huge…

  • ALOCASIA ‘Black Velvet’

    ALOCASIA ‘Black Velvet’; . Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight: August 1 to 14, 2014 : Araceae For ID : 190814 : AK-52 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). Seen at the Flower Show in Mumbai during Feb,2012. Philodendron? To the best of my knowledge, this is Alocasia amazonica ‘Black…

  • Caryota maxima

    Caryota maxima Blume ex Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 195 1838. (Syn: Caryota aequatorialis (Becc.) Ridl.; Caryota bacsonensis Magalon; Caryota furfuracea var. caudata Blume; Caryota furfuracea var. furcata Blume; Caryota macrantha Burret; Caryota majestica Linden; Caryota obtusa var. aequatorialis Becc.; Caryota ochlandra Hance; Caryota rumphiana var. javanica Becc.; Caryota rumphiana…

  • Pimpinella species ?- Sinhagad, Pune

          Sinhagad, Aug 2014 :: Requesting ID of this plant :: ARKAUG-13 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3). Requesting to please ID this plant captured at Sinhagad, Pune in Aug 2014. Was found at many places in the fort This is most probably Pimpinella sp. (Apiaceae)…

  • Artemisia species- Sinhagad, Pune

          Sinhagad, Aug 2014 :: Requesting ID of this plant :: ARKAUG-14 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3).   Requesting to please ID this plant captured at Sinhagad, Pune in Aug 2014. This is Artemisia sp. (Asteraceae)          

  • Colocasia fallax

    Colocasia fallax Schott, Bonplandia (Hannover) 7: 28 1859 (syn: Colocasia heterochroma H.Li & Z.X.Wei; Colocasia kerrii Gagnep.; Colocasia tibetensis J.T.Yin; Colocasia yunnanensis C.L.Long & X.Z.Cai); . Uttarakhand to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO; ….

  • Calamus rotang ?

    Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight :: Araceae : Calamus for ID :: MK01 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments(6). Please help me to identify this Calamus sp. I cannot find any cones of this, but I doubt this to be C.viminalis. The no. of leaflet pairs ranged from 18-…

  • Monstera adansonii

    Monstera adansonii Schott, Wiener Z. Kunst 4: 1028 1830. (Syn: Calla dracontium G.Mey. [Illegitimate]; Calla pertusa (L.) Kunth; Dracontium pertusum L.; Monstera adansonii var. adansonii ; Monstera imrayana Schott; Monstera jacquinii Schott; Monstera macrophylla Schott; Monstera pertusa (L.) de Vriese [Illegitimate]; Monstera pertusa var. jacquinii (Schott) Engl.; Monstera pertusa f….