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,…
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 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’; . 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 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…
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)…
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 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; ….
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 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….
Costus spicatus (Jacq.) Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 11 1788. (syn: Alpinia spicata Jacq.; Amomum petiolatum Lam.; Costus conicus Stokes [Illegitimate]; Costus cylindricus Jacq.; Costus micranthus Gagnep.; Costus quartus Roem. & Schult. [Invalid]); Image by Alka Khare (ID by Prabhu Kumar K.M.) & Aarti S. Khale (Id by J.M.Garg…
Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight: Zingiberaceae: Ornamental gingers : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). I would like to pass an information about one book published by the team led by Dr. M. Sabu in 2011. Which is a good source for farmers and garden loving persons,…
Pseudorhipsalis himantoclada (Rol.-Goss.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 4: 213, f. 214, t. 22, f. 6 1923. (Syn: Rhipsalis himantoclada Rol.-Goss.; Wittia costaricensis Britton & Rose; Wittia himantoclada (Rol.-Goss.) Woodson) ?; . Ornamental for ID Pushkar NAW-Aug-02 : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3). Kindly identify this ornamental plant with…
Pseudorhipsalis himantoclada (Rol.-Goss.) Britton & Rose ? Pseudorhipsalis ramulosa (Salm-Dyck) Barthlott
Elaeis oleifera (Kunth) Cortés, Fl. Colomb. 1: 203 1897. (Syn: Alfonsia oleifera Kunth; Corozo oleifera (Kunth) L.H.Bailey; Elaeis melanococca Mart. [Illegitimate]; Elaeis melanococca var. semicircularis Oerst.); Images by Alka Khare (Validation by Andrew Henderson) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links) Araceae,…
Latania lontaroides (Gaertn.) H.E.Moore, Principes 7: 85 1963. (Syn: Cleophora commersonii (J.F.Gmel.) O.F.Cook; Cleophora lontaroides Gaertn.; Latania borbonica Lam.; Latania commersonii J.F.Gmel.; Latania plagicoma Comm. ex Balf.f. [Invalid]; Latania rubra Jacq.; Latania vera Voss [Invalid]); . Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight: August 1 to 14, 2014 : Latania loddigesii :…
Images by Narendra Joshi (Id by Andrew Henderson) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links) Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight::Palm for ID (NSJ-10) : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Palm tree for ID – photo taken at Kalimpong Apr…
Boesenbergia tiliifolia (Baker) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 685 1891. (syn: Gastrochilus tiliifolius Baker; Kaempferia tiliifolia (Baker) Gagnep.); . SW. India, Assam as per POWO; . Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight: Zingiberaceae: Boesenbergia tiliifolia : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). Please find the photo of another wild Boesenbergia,…
Philodendron erubescens K.Koch & Augustin, Index Seminum (B) 1854(App.): 6 1855.; . Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight: August 1 to 14, 2014 : Araceae : Philodendron erubescens ‘Pink Princess’ : Mumbai : 230814 : AK-95 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). Seen at Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai. Cultivated, ornamental,…