• Esmeranda Bhuwaniprasad Pradhan x Vanda cristata

          Orchidaceae Fortnight::Esmeranda Bhuwaniprasad Pradhan x Vanda cristata : Kalimpong : MN33 : 1 image. 4 posts by 4 authors. Esmeranda Bhuwaniprasad Pradhan x Vanda cristata Kalimpong  (Thanks Mr. Ganesh Mani Pradhan) Mesmerizing Shot …, Thanks for sharing      

  • Hybrid of Spathoglottis plicata- KFRI

          ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Spathoglottis sp for id from KFRI Kerala BS 24 : Attachments (6). 4 posts by 3 authors. Spathoglottis sp for id from KFRI Kerala Pls id  Its a hybrid of Spathoglottis plicata.        

  • Spathoglottis hybrids

          ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Orchid for id 08102013-2 from Malabar Botanical Garden Kerala BS51 : Attachments (5). 5 posts by 4 authors. Another Orchid for id from Malabar Botanical garden Calicut Kerala Pls id This is a Spathoglottis hybrid.        

  • Phalaenopsis hybrid- California

          # 31012011GS2 Ornamental orchid-2 for ID: Ornamental orchid-2 for ID sold in stores in California, photographed in December.. – Another Phalaenopsis hybrid. – Phalaenopsis for sure but there are thousands of hybrid available in north america hence hard to say     # 31012011GS4 Ornamental orchid-4 for…

  • Phalaenopsis hybrid- Kalimpong

          Orchidaceae Fortnight : Phalaenopsis Hybrid : Kalimpong : MN35 : 1 image. 3 posts by 3 authors. Phalaenopsis Hybrid Kalimpong 2013 Phalaenopsis hybrid.     Orchidaceae Fortnight : Phalaenopsis Hybrid : Kalimpong : MN36 :  Attachments (1). 3 posts by 3 authors. Phalaenopsis Hybrid, Kalimpong Again Phalaenopsis hybrid. …

  • Riccia species- Purandar fort, Maharashtra

    HI id this Bryophyte : Attachments (2). 5 posts by 4 authors. PLzz id this Bryophyte Found on purandar fort on August 2013 First snap is about Riccia sp. And in second snap_there are two bryophytes Riccia sp & in the center its a Anthoceros sp. !!  

  • Phalaenopsis mannii

    Phalaenopsis mannii Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1871: 902 1871. (syn: Phalaenopsis boxallii Rchb.f.; Polychilos mannii (Rchb.f.) Shim);               Orchidaceae fortnight : Phalaenopsis mannii : Kalimpong : MN31 : 1 image. 4 posts by 2 authors. Phalaenopsis mannii Mr. Ganesh Mani Pradhan’s orchid nursery May 2013…

  • Ipomoea species- Nasik, Maharashtra

    Ipomoea For ID : Nasik : 061013 : AK-2 : Attachments (1). 1 post by 1 author. Ipomoea climber seen in Nasik on 24/8/2011. No flowers as it was a small plant, the leaves had red veins. Similar leaves with red veins were observed by me in Ipomoea parasitica, in…

  • Renanthera imschootina x Luisia volucris

      Orchidaceae fortnight : Renanthera imschootina x Luisia volucris : Kalimpong : MN29 : 1 image. 3 posts by 3 authors. Renanthera imschootina  x  Luisia volucris (Thanks  Mr. Ganesh Mani Pradhan) Great. That’s very unique. May be it is created by Pradhan sir only.

  • Habenaria leptoloba (Hong Kong)

    Habenaria leptoloba Benth., Fl. Hongk. 362 1861. ;               ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Habenaria leptoloba Benth. from Hong Kong, PKS-46 : Attachments (3). 2 posts by 2 authors. Habenaria leptoloba Benth., Fl. Hongk.: 362 (1861). Distribution: China (Hong Kong) Supposed to be endemic to Hong…

  • Dactylorhiza sambucina (Italy)

    Dactylorhiza sambucina (L.) Soó, Nom. Nov. Gen. Dactylorhiza 3 1962. (syn: Dactylorchis sambucina (L.) Verm. ………………………………………);   ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Dactylorhiza sambucina (L.) Soó from Italy, PKS-29 : Attachments (4). 2 posts by 2 authors. Dactylorhiza sambucina (L.) Soó, Nom. Nov. Gen. Dactylorhiza: 3 (1962). Synonyms: Orchis sambucina L., Fl. Suec.,…

  • Anacamptis coriophora (Italy)

    Anacamptis coriophora (L.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 12: 120 1997. (Syn: Anacamptis coriophora f. alba (E.G.Camus) F.M.Vázquez ………………….);               ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Anacamptis coriophora (L.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase from Italy PKS-28 : Attachments (1).  3 posts by 2 authors. Anacamptis coriophora (L.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon…

  • Anacamptis pyramidalis (Italy)

    Anacamptis pyramidalis (L.) Rich., De Orchid. Eur. 33 1817. (Syn: Aceras pyramidale (L.) Rchb.f. …………………);               ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Anacamptis pyramidalis (L.) Rich. from Italy PKS-27: Attachments (2). 1 post by 1 author. Anacamptis pyramidalis (L.) Rich., De Orchid. Eur.: 33 (1817). Synonyms: Orchis pyramidalis…

  • Luisia tenuifolia

    Luisia tenuifolia Blume, Rumphia 4: 50 1849. (syn: Birchea teretifolia A.Rich.; Cymbidium tenuifolium Lindl. [Illegitimate]; Luisia birchea Blume; Luisia evangelinae Blatt. & McCann; Luisia pseudotenuifolia Blatt. & McCann; Luisia tenuifolia var. evangelinae (Blatt. & McCann) Santapau & Kapadia); . India; Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life; . POWO gives…

  • Taeniophyllum pusillum

    Taeniophyllum pusillum (Willd.) Seidenf. & Ormerod, Descr. Epidendrorum J.G.König 23 1995. (Syn: Chiloschista pusilla (Willd.) Schltr.; Epidendrum pusillum J.König [Illegitimate]; Limodorum pusillum Willd.; Oeceoclades retzii Lindl.; Taeniophyllum obtusum Blume; Taeniophyllum serrula Hook.f.; Taeniophyllum vietnamense Tixier & Guillaumin; Taeniophyllum zollingeri Rchb.f.);               Orchid fortnight: Chiloschila…

  • Calanthe species- Chakrata, Uttarakhand

     ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Calanthe sp for id from Deovan Road Chakrata BS 19 : Attachments (3). 3 posts by 2 authors. Calanthe sp  for id from Deovan Road Chakrata Shot recenly from a wooden log Not to easy to identify without flowers. But surely a Calanthe. Again not easy to confirm….

  • Over to Jim Corbet for three days

        Over to Jim Corbet for three days : 12 posts by 8 authors. We are going for a short visit to Jim Corbet National Park for three days with College students party. I will miss the Orchidaceae excitement for these three days. Hope to catch up from Monday…

  • Syzygium australe (Cultivated)

    Syzygium australe (J.C.Wendl. ex Link) B.Hyland, Austral. J. Bot., Suppl. Ser. 9: 55 1983. (syn: Eugenia australis J.C.Wendl. ex Link; Eugenia myrtifolia Sims [Illegitimate]; Eugenia simmondsiae F.M.Bailey; Jambosa australis (J.C.Wendl. ex Link) DC.; Jambosa myrtifolia Heynh.; Jambosa thozetiana F.Muell.; Myrtus australis (J.C.Wendl. ex Link) Spreng.); Australia (New South Wales, Queensland),…

  • Holcoglossum kimballianum (Hong Kong & Myanmar)

    Holcoglossum kimballianum (Rchb.f.) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 182 1972. (syn: Holcoglossum saprophyticum (Gagnep.) Christenson; Vanda kimballiana Rchb.f.; Vanda kimballiana var. lackneri Kraenzl.; Vanda saprophytica Gagnep.);        ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Holcoglossum kimballianum – Live report PKS-23 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 3 authors. live from Hong Kong. …

  • Cyperus pilosus

    Cyperus pilosus Vahl, Enum. Pl. 2: 354 1805. (Syn: Cyperus amuricus var. japonicus Kük.; Cyperus donianus A.Dietr.; Cyperus fimbriatus Nees; Cyperus hebes Steud.; Cyperus heyneanus Boeckeler; Cyperus honestus Kunth; Cyperus marginellus Nees; Cyperus obliquus Nees; Cyperus paniculatus D.Don [Illegitimate]; Cyperus pauciflorus Steud.; Cyperus pilosus f. badius Kuntze ………….; Cyperus piptolepis Steud.;…