Some orchids from California: 1-Miltoniopsis ‘Bert Field’-GSJUL03 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). This beautiful orchid Miltoniopsis ‘Bert Field’ was photographed here in Sunnyvale, seeing this genus for the first time. Really beautiful… My Flora Picture of the Year 2014: Gurcharan Singh : 13…
Some orchids from California: 2-Miltoniopsis Hajime Ono ‘Black Falls’-GSJUL04 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). I am somewhat confused with cultivar names of orchids. Having known that cultivar names are attached either to the species binomial or genus directly, I find several cultivar names in…
Stanhopea tigrina Bateman ex Lindl., Sert. Orchid. t. 1 1838. (Syn: Epidendrum fragrantissimum Sessé & Moc.; Stanhopea expansa P.N.Don; Stanhopea tigrina var. atrata Lodd. ………………); Some orchids from California: 3-Stanhopea tigrina-GSJUL05 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Stanhopea tigrina This interesting orchid whose flowers are yet to…
Some orchids from California: 4-Oncidium Red Stars ‘Roster’-GSJUL06 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Oncidium Red Stars ‘Roster’ I am not sure whether it should be cultivar ‘Roster or ‘Rooster’. Photographed from a Nursery here. Very interesting. I will check the spelling but it…
SYMBIOSIS : 622 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1). Attaching an image of a Rice Swift butterfly on the flower of a Helianthus sp.
Fwd: Loosing the Terminalia species in Corbett areas : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)- Indian laurel and tiger conservation.pdf- 1 MB. Makes interesting reading but is also disturbing. Its just not the Laurel Tree we are loosing but makes one wonder what other plant and tree species…
Hoya acuta Haw., Saxifrag. Enum. 2: 4 1821. ; Images by Sourav Mahmud (Id by Maggie) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links) Hoya ID from Bangladesh SM143 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5). Habit:Epiphytic Herb Habitat: Wild Location:…
Schefflera For ID : Lalbagh,Bangalore : 200714 : AK-32 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2). Ornamental, cultivated plant seen at the Lalbagh Nursery on 24/11/14. Had large leaves. Species id please.
SYMBIOSIS : 621 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1). Attaching an image of a Tiny Grass Blue butterfly on the flowers of Heliantus Sp .
Images by Nidhan Singh (Id help by Prijith, Maggie & Surajit Koley) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links) Hoya for id from Siliguri:: NS June 09 : 13 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (5). This beautiful epiphyte was shot near Siliguri (W.B.).. This…
Mammillaria bocasana Poselger, Allg. Gartenzeitung 21(12): 94 1853. (syn: Mammillaria bocasana subsp. bocasana ); . Cactus For ID : Nasik : 130714 : AK-27 : 3 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1). Cactus seen at a Cactus House in Nasik on 27/2/14. Very small, cultivated. This could be as…
Gentiana tubiflora (G.Don) Griseb., Gen. Sp. Gent. 277 1838. (Syn: Ericala tubiflora G.Don; Gentiana longistyla T.N.Ho; Gentiana tubiflora var. longiflora Turrill; Gentiana tubiflora var. namlaensis Turrill; Gentianodes tubiflora (G.Don) Á.Löve & D.Löve [Invalid]); Image by DS Rawat Gentiana tubiflora (Gentianaceae) from Uttarakhand: Sep. 2014_DSR_27: 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments…
Plant for Id -2 – indiantreepix | Google Groups : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) Here is the second plant. Pl help in ID. Aeonium sp. [Crassulaceae] I think Echeveria ballerina Appears closer to many cultivars like as per comparative images at debraleebaldwin: Echeveria ‘Ghost Buster’ Echeveria lilacina Echeveria…
52nd Tree Appreciation Walk at Silonda Trail, SGNP, on 20th July at 7.30 am : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1). Its time to tune our heart to the Natural Symphony of the forest at SGNP……..twining plants, leaf climbers, tendril bearers, roots & hook climbers are…
Aquatic Herb for id from Karnal:: NS June 30 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3). Enclosed are pics of a specimen on herbarium sheet, submitted by a student.. This is an aquatic herb, collected from Karnal area in Haryana, please help me to reach the id…..
Costus comosus var. bakeri (K.Schum.) Maas, Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 8: 85 1972. (syn: Costus bakeri K.Schum.); . S. Mexico to Ecuador: Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá as per POWO; , IND 13 8/7/14 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). Can you please ID this…
Eriogonum fasciculatum Benth., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 411 1837. (Syn: Eriogonum fasciculatum var. aspalathoides Gand.; Eriogonum fasciculatum subsp. aspalathoides (Gand.) S.Stokes; Eriogonum fasciculatum subsp. aspathaloides (Gand.) S. Stokes; Eriogonum fasciculatum var. ericifolium M.E.Jones; Eriogonum fasciculatum subsp. fasciculatum ; Eriogonum fasciculatum var. fasciculatum ; Eriogonum fasciculatum subsp. foliolosum (Nutt.) S.Stokes;…