• Polygonum species- Chapaynababganj, Bangladesh

          Polygonium ID from Bangladesh SM141 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1).   Habit: Herb Habitat: Wild (in water) Location: Chapaynababganj Flowering: June Requesting … to upload some better pictures. Sorry not Available This is probably Persicaria barbata (L.) H. Hara, else Persicaria decipiens (R.Br.) K.L.Wilson.      

  • Miltassia Shelob ‘Tolkien’ (USA)

            Some orchids from California: 4-Miltassia Shelob ‘Tolkien”-GSJUL08 : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3). Miltassia Shelob ‘Tolkien’ A cultivar of hybrid genus between Miltonia and Brassia, photographed from Nursery here in California        

  • Miltoniopsis ‘Bert Field’ (USA)

          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…

  • Miltoniopsis Hajime Ono (USA) ?

          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 (Cultivated- USA)

    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…

  • Oncidium Red Stars ‘Roster’

            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…

  • Rice Swift on Helianthus species

          SYMBIOSIS : 622 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1). Attaching an image of a Rice Swift butterfly on the flower of a Helianthus sp.        

  • Terminalia species- Loosing in Corbett areas

        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 (Bangladesh)

    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 species- Lalbagh, Bangalore

          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.          

  • Tiny Grass Blue on Helianthus species

          SYMBIOSIS : 621 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1). Attaching an image of a Tiny Grass Blue butterfly on the flowers of Heliantus Sp .        

  • Hoya parasitica complex species

    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

    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

    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…

  • Echeveria species/ hybrids

    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

        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…

  • Trapa species ?- Karnal, Haryana

        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…..