41st Tree Appreciation Walk in Malad Trail, SGNP on 8th Sep,13 at 7.30am : 1 post by 1 author. The Moody Monsoon has been throwing its weight all around, making life difficult for some but in SGNP it has created a land of plentiful for its rightful Inhabitants……….every…
Garden flower for ID – 100813 – RK : Attachments (5). 4 posts by 3 authors. Pictures taken in Vienna, Virginia, USA on 15/06/13 at 3pm local time. Would appreciate ID. Is this Sesame plant?
ID pls , Blue Tiger laid egg here !!…. shot taken at Science City , Saltlake , Kolkata : Attachments (1). 1 post by 1 author. ID pls , Blue Tiger laid egg here !!…. shot taken at Science City , Saltlake , Kolkata
Campanula argyrotricha Wall. ex A.DC., Prodr. 7: 473 1839.; . Campanula argyrothicha from Uttarakhand: Sep. 2014_DSR_6 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3). Campanula argyrotricha Wall. ex A.DC. (Campanulaceae) photographed above Vedni Bugyal, Uttarakhand. Very good photographs Looks different from Campanula argyrothicha as per FoP illustration & GBIF C….
Plant with tinted foliage Bhimtal : Attachments (1). 4 posts by 4 authors. ID please. The plant at center with red tinted foliage (at a nursery, Bhimtal). Probably Melaleuca… Which var. of Melaleuca. Melaleuca linariifolia I guess
Grass Bhimtal : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. ID please. About a foot tall grass at a nursery, Bhimtal. Looks like some Cymbopogon sp.
Cyperus paniceus (Rottb.) Boeckeler, Linnaea 36: 381 1870. (Syn: Cyperus cariciformis F.Muell. [Illegitimate]; Cyperus paniceus var. queenslandicus (Domin) Kük.; Cyperus paniceus var. roxburghianus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Cyperus umbellatus Thwaites [Illegitimate]; Kyllinga panicea Rottb.; Kyllinga punicea J.F.Gmel.; Mariscus cariciformis F.Muell.; Mariscus paniceus (Rottb.) Vahl; Mariscus paniceus var. queenslandicus Domin; Mariscus paniceus var….
Crossostephium chinense (A.Gray ex L.) Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 20 33 1906. (syn: Artemisia chinensis L.; Chrysanthemum artemisioides (Less.) Kitam.; Crossostephium artemisioides Less. ex Cham. & Schltr.; Tanacetum chinense L.); . Hooghly : one from a local vendor, for Ajinkya Ji : Attachments (3) Could be Artemisia species. It is Crossostephium…
Crossostephium chinense (A.Gray ex L.) Makino (Images by Surajit Koley (Id by Amit Chauhan) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) Crossostephium page (Asteraceae (Compositae)) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Crossostephium page (Asteraceae…
Chlorophytum filipendulum subsp. amaniense (Engl.) Nordal & A.D.Poulsen, in Fl. Trop. E. Afr. Antheric.: 59 1998. (Syn: Chlorophytum amaniense Engl.); Images by Ranjini Kamath – validation by A.H.Munshi, (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade) Chlorophytum amaniense – Fire Flash – 250813 – RK : Attachments (2). 1 post by 1 author. I…
Osbeckia nepalensis(Melastomataceae) from Malnad: Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. Osbeckia nepalensis (Melastomataceae) from Malnad on a rainy day. Does not seem to be Osbeckia nepalensis as it does not have range there as per the following links: Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal GRIN Flora of China …
Liparis nervosa (Thunb.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 26 1830. (syn: Cymbidium bituberculatum Hook.; Cymbidium nervosum (Thunb.) Sw.; Diteilis elata (Lindl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones; Diteilis nepalensis Raf. [Illegitimate]; Diteilis nervosa (Thunb.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones; Epidendrum nervosum (Thunb.) Thunb.; Iebine nervosa (Thunb.) Raf.; Leptorchis bituberculata (Lindl.) Kuntze; Leptorchis eggersii (Rchb. f.)…
Peristylus duthiei (Hook.f.) Deva & H.B.Naithani, Orchid Fl. N.W. Himalaya 181 1986. (Syn: Herminium duthiei Hook.f.; Monorchis duthiei (Hook.f.) O.Schwarz; Peristylus duthiei var. inayatii Deva & H.B.Naithani); . Common name: Duthie’s Peristylus . Some more Orchids for ID_211010_RKC_03: Here are some more Orchids for ID plz. Place of Coll.: On…
Utricularia gibba L., Sp. Pl. 18 1753. (syn: Megozipa fornicata (Leconte) Raf.; Megozipa integra (Leconte) Raf.; Megozipa longirostris (Leconte ex Elliott) Raf.; Plesisa bipartita (Elliott) Raf.; Trilobulina crenata (Vahl) Raf.; Trilobulina fibrosa (Walter) Raf.; Utricularia alba Hoffmanns. & Link; Utricularia ambigua A. DC.; Utricularia amphibia Welw. ex Kamienski; Utricularia anomala…
Requesting ID of this plant – Lohagad : 22082013 : ARK-03 : August 2013 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 2 authors. Requesting to please ID this plant captured at Lohagad near Pune in August 2013. Looks like a Pavetta sp. Pavetta crassicaulis Bremek.
Predation : Attachments (7). 2 posts by 2 authors. Thought this might be interesting. Photographed on my property at Shahapur [north of Bombay] last Sunday (21.8.13). A Praying Mantis eating a Woolly Bear [Arctiid Moth caterpillar]. Sending a few photographs. Thanks … for lovely site. The Praying Mantis…
Lysimachia lobelioides Wall., Fl. Ind., ed. 1820 2: 29 29 1824. (Syn: Bernardina lobelina Baudo; Lysimachia secunda Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don); China (W-Guangxi, Guizhou, SW-Sichuan, Yunnan), Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar [Burma] (Mandalay), Nepal, N-Thailand, Java, Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Lobelia Loosestrife …
Rhodiola fui Boriss. In Novit. Syst. Pl. Vasc. Acad. Sci. USSR 6: 114. 1969. Singh et al., Crassulaceae India 98. 2011. as per efi thread; . Flora of Chakrata 2013- Sedum oreades for validation : Attachments (4). 7 posts by 3 authors. This small spreading herb with succulent leaves was shot…
Oldenlandia stricta L., Mant. Pl. 2: 200 1771. (Syn: Hedyotis graminifolia L.f.; Hedyotis graminifolia subsp. arenaria (Haines) Deb & R.M.Dutta; Hedyotis graminifolia var. shuteri (Hook.f.) Deb & R.M.Dutta; Hedyotis linifolia Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.; Hedyotis shuteri (Hook.f.) R.S.Rao & Hemadri; Hedyotis stricta (L.) R.S.Rao & Hemadri [Illegitimate]; Oldenlandia arenaria…
Digitalis lutea L., Sp. Pl. 368 1753. (syn: . Central Europe as per POWO; . Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, ?Netherlands, Andorra, NE-Spain, Italy, Slovakia, Croatia, ?Denmark (I), Poland (I), Taiwan (I), USA (I) (Connecticut (I), Maryland (I), Michigan (I), New Hampshire (I), New York (I), Ohio (I), Pennsylvania (I), Vermont…