• Euphorbia species ?- Sri Lanka

    Fwd: [efloraofindia:161278] 260713 ASP 132 (2) : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 1 author. Please ID this plant with succulent. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Dec2012. Maybe some euphorbia species ?

  • Fwd: Rare Unusual Flowers

        Fwd: Rare Unusual Flo wers 稀 世奇花 :   2 posts by 2 authors. Just received this as a forwarded mail. Thought the members would enjoy this. ———————- WOW! Some of them are so strange……but magnificent. Once in a while, Nature gets a bit extravagant in her design of flowers…

  • Peristylus stocksii

    Peristylus stocksii (Hook.f.) Kraenzl., Orchid. Gen. Sp. 1: 513 1898. (Syn: Habenaria stocksii Hook.f.); per-ih-STY-lus — from the Greek word peri (around) and stylos (column) STOKS-ee-eye — named for Dr J Ellerton Stocks … botanical works in Konkan and Sind commonly known as: Stocks’s peristylus Endemic to: Western Ghats (of…

  • Lycoperdon species- Shimla

        [efloraofindia:33359] Mushroom from Shimla_RVS05 : Attachments (1). 13 posts by 6 authors. Forming beautiful small colonies. Lycoperdon sp not quit sure about the species. Can be Lycoperdon ovalicaudatum but not sure !! Lycoperdon ovalicaudatum seems to be a recently described species, and no photos available in the net…

  • Lycoperdon species- Hooghly

      Hooghly – Lycoperdon sp.? : Attachments (4). 3 posts by 2 authors. This mushroom is growing on a moist ground, under a tree. Today (5.8.13), in Hooghly Thanks for the post. Yes, the mushroom in the posted images are Lycoperdon sp. commonly known as puffballs.      

  • Anigozanthos species/ hybrid ?- California, USA

        Garden Flower for ID – California – 300713 – RK : Attachments (3). 4 posts by 3 authors. I hope these pics would be sufficient to arrive at an ID. First time I’m seeing this. I saw a crimson variety too in the same garden.Los Altos, California –…

  • Monograph on Indian Diospyros L.

        Request for literature : 3 posts by 2 authors. “Monograph on Indian Diospyros L. (Persimmon, Ebony) Ebenaceae” by V. Singh published in 2005.

  • Lentinus sajor-caju ?

    Lentinus sajor-caju (Fr.) Fr., 1838 (syn: Pleurotus sajor-caju (Fr.) Singer, 1951) ?;      Mushroom for id 310510MK1 – efloraofindia | Google Groups : 2 images. Shot this in a riparian forest of River Moyar in the NIlgiris on 02 May 2010. Alt: 460 msl Please assist in id. Hopefully some…

  • Grass for ID- Los Altos, California

          Grass for ID – 040813 – RK – 2 : Attachments (3). 1 post by 1 author. Los Altos, California – 09/06/2013 around 10.30 am.          

  • Panus species ?- Hooghly, West Bengal

      Hooghly Today : Pleurotus sp.? : Attachments (9).  5 posts by 2 authors. This mushroom, seems to be same taxon, is growing on a half-dead branch of a live mango tree. It was not possible to reach them to scale. I can only say a small to medium sized species….

  • Panus

    Panus species ?- Hooghly, West Bengal   Panus species?- Palakkad, Kerala  

  • Cyperus exaltatus

    Cyperus exaltatus Retz., Observ. Bot. 5: 11 1788. (syn: Cyperus alopecuroides J.König ex Roxb. [Illegitimate]; Cyperus altus Nees; Cyperus canaliculatus Retz.; Cyperus exaltatus var. divergens Kük.; Cyperus exaltatus var. hainanensis L.K.Dai; Cyperus exaltatus var. iwasakii (Makino) T.Koyama; Cyperus exaltatus var. megalanthus Kük.; Cyperus exaltatus var. minor J.M.Black; Cyperus exaltatus var….

  • Asparagus species at a resort in Jim Corbett, Uttarakhand

          Asparagus For ID : Uttarakhand : 020813 : AK-3 : Attachments (1).  1 post by 1 author. A cultivated Asparagus seen at a resort in Jim Corbett, Uttarakhand on 23/3/13. Id please.          

  • Trekking and Family Camping During Dipawali & December end – 2013

        Trekking and Family Camping During Dipawali & December end – 2013 : Programme No1 NATIONAL ARAVALLI RANAKPUR KUMBHALGARH TREKKING EXPEDITION 2013 Report at Shaktimata Temple (Base Camp) near Shilpi Tourist Bungalow, Ranakpur. – 06 Nov, 2013 – 10 Nov, 2013 4Nights/ 5Days(Rs.2800 Fee+Rs.210)  Inclusive of Stay, simple nutritious…

  • Green house cultivation

        green house cultivation : 5 posts by 4 authors. can any body suggest me some medicinal herbs which can be grown in shade/green house  The herb like Mentha (from which Polo is made), Sweet Basil, Turmeric, Brahmi etc  are few herb, which  I know one  can grow in…

  • Lindenbergia species ?- Arunachal Pradesh

        id pl. : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 3 authorsIts a small herb.location-on the way to eagle nest sanct.in Arunachal Pradesh;snapped on 21st April 10, at 2.30 pm.Sorry , photos are not good. Scrophulariaceae family can be from Lindenbergia    

  • Merremia species

    Merremia species;           What flower is that? : Attachments (1).  6 posts by 5 authors. Id please. A  Merremia..? The plant in the attached photo is Merremia cordata. Does not seen to match with illustration from Flora of China (may be due to lack of enough details)….

  • 30. Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th June’13

        Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th June’13- more than 8500 species : 1 post by 1 author. It’s heartening to reiterate that Efloraofindia is the largest google e-group in the world in this field & the largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with around 1,59,000…

  • Theropogon

    Theropogon pallidus (Wall. ex Kunth) Maxim. (Images by D S Rawat (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))  ‎Theropogon page (‎‎‎‎‎‎‎Asparagaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through ‎Theropogon page (‎‎‎‎‎‎Asparagaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia (done by…