• Please be careful about subject line

        Please be careful about subject line :  It has often been seen that some members don’t have a proper subject line when uploading photographs. The uploads without subject line, slightly different subject lines or common subject lines which convey no idea about subject being discussed often lead to replies…

  • Pelargonium cucullatum subsp. tabulare (Kenya) ?

    Pelargonium cucullatum subsp. tabulare Volschenk ? . Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and Oxalidaceae Week : Pelargonium for ID : Nairobi,Kenya : AK-1 : 2 images. One of my earlier posts yet unresolved. Pictures taken in Nairobi, Kenya during a visit in Jan,2009. The closest I could come to on searching is Pelargonium…

  • Lotus berthelotii (USA & Africa)

    Lotus berthelotii Masf., Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 10:160. 1881 (Syn: (=) Lotus peliorhynchus Hook. f.);   Lotus berthelotii is a perennial plant endemic to the Canary Islands, in the genus Lotus. This plant is either extinct in the wild or persists as a few individuals. In 1884 it was…

  • Oxalis acetosella

    Oxalis acetosella L., Sp. Pl. 433 1753. (syn: Acetosella alba (D.Don) Kuntze; Oxalis acetosella subsp. leucolepis (Diels) C.C.Huang & L.R.Xu; Oxalis acetosella var. purpurascens Mart.; Oxalis acetosella var. rosea Peterm.; Oxalis acetosella subsp. taimonii (Yamam.) S.F.Huang & T.C.Huang; Oxalis alba Steud.; Oxalis americana Bigelow .; Oxalis leucolepis Diels; Oxalis martiana var….

  • 36th Tree Appreciation Walk in Rani Bagh, Mumbai

        36th Tree Appreciation Walk in Rani Bagh, Mumbai on 17th March at 9 am :   “The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring”~Bern Williams Weather seems to sing in Rani Bagh…….. nature is at its beautiful and bountiful best Everything is…

  • Nemesia

      Nemesia strumosa Benth. (Introduced) (South Africa (W-Cape Prov.), Canada (I) (Quebec (I)) as per Catalogue of Life)    

  • Pelargonium ‘Ginger’ (USA)

    Pelargonium ‘Ginger’;        Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and Oxalidaceae Week: Geraniaceae :: Pelargonium ginger : San Francisco. 1 image.  4 posts by 3 authors. Pelargonium ginger Another Pelargonium observed in SFO Bot garden. it should be Pelargonium ‘Ginger’, a scented cultivar and not species Pelargonium ginger. Thanks for the correction sir. It’s…

  • Pelargonium cordifolium (Cultivated- USA)

    Pelargonium cordifolium Curtis (Syn: Pelargonium cordatum L’Hér.; Pelargonium cordatum var. lanatum Harv.; Pelargonium cordatum var. rubrocinctum Harv.;                    (≡) Geranium cordifolium Cav. (basionym); (=) Pelargonium cordatum Aiton);      Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae                                                     and Oxalidaceae Week: Geraniaceae :: Pelargonium from Mountainview California Garden. :  3 images. 4 posts by 3 authors. Sharing a…

  • Tree species- Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh

          Tree species for ID 28022013 KSK8,9 :   Another discussion addresses this topic: You were redirected here from a topic that was marked as a duplicate: Details are as below: Date/Time- 06.03.2013 11 am Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Dibang Valley District, Arunachal Pradesh , Altitude- 400-800 masl…

  • Cactus for ID- Flower Show, Mumbai

          Cactus for ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 020313 : AK-2 : 1 image. 4 posts by 2 authors.  A cactus seen at the Flower Show in Mumbai during Feb, 2011. A small, cultivated, potted plant. Could this be Gymnocalycium mihanovichii? Not likely.        

  • Pelargonium ‘Marie Thomas’ (USA)

          Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and Oxalidaceae Week: Geraniaceae :: Pelargonium Marie Thomas : 3 images. Pelargonium Marie Thomas. The San Francisco Botanical garden has many hybrids of Geraniceae. This may be another hybrid with a label attached to it.          References: Scented Leaf: Scented bonsai Marie Thomas  Dave’s Garden …

  • Oxalis spiralis (Introduced)

    Oxalis spiralis G.Don, Gen. Hist. 1: 755 1831. (syn: Acetosella pubescens Kuntze; Oxalis bifida Willd. ex Zucc.; Oxalis glandulosa (R.Knuth) Pittier [Illegitimate]; Oxalis glandulosa Jacq.; Oxalis knuthii Pittier [Invalid]; Oxalis pubescens Kunth [Illegitimate]; Oxalis pubescens var. elatior Vatke ex R. Knuth; Oxalis pubescens var. glandulosa R.Knuth; Oxalis saulierei R. Knuth;…

  • Schefflera shweliensis

    Schefflera shweliensis W.W.Sm., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 10: 65 1917. (syn: Agalma shweliense (W.W.Sm.) Hutch.);   Images by Nick Macer – identified by Mr Frodin, (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade) Trees, to 20 m tall, probably andromonoecious. Petiole 12-24 cm; petiolules to 1-1.5 cm; leaflets 5-9, narrowly obovate to oblanceolate, 6-15…

  • Botanical/ scientific name- consumed as vegetables

        Need Botanical/ scientific name:  2 posts by 2 authors. 5 images of different species. These pictures were taken in District Godda, Jharkhand (Village name: Sagar and Angwali). They are consumed as vegetables. Need the botanical/ scientific name for these. Multiple pictures uploaded, please read and follow the guidelines….

  • Echinocereus rigidissimus subsp. rubispinus ?

    Echinocereus rigidissimus subsp. rubispinus (G.Frank & A.B.Lau) N.P.Taylor, Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 9 1997. (Syn: Echinocereus pectinatus var. rubrispinus G.Frank & A.B.Lau); . Cactus for ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 050313 : AK-3:  2 images. A beautiful cactus seen at the flower show in Mumbai during Feb,2011. A potted, cultivated, ornamental…

  • Pelargonium tomentosum (Introduced- USA)

    Pelargonium tomentosum Jacq., Icon. pl. rar. 3:10, t. 537. 1794 (“1786-1793”); Collectanea 5:140. 1797 (“1796”); . Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and Oxalidaceae Week: Geraniaceae:: Pelargonium sp.1San Francisco Botanical garden :  3 images. Another discussion addresses this topic: You were redirected here from a topic that was marked as a duplicate: San Francisco…

  • Lophophora williamsii

    Lophophora williamsii (Lem. ex Salm-Dyck) J.M. Coult., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(2): 131 131 1894. (syn: Anhalonium lewinii Henn. (Unresolved); Anhalonium williamsii (Lem.) C.F.Först. (Unresolved); Echinocactus williamsii Lem. (Unresolved); Lophophora lewinii (Hennings ex Lewin) C.H. Thomps.; Mammillaria lewinii (Henn.) H.Karst. (Unresolved));   cactus pudding,[3] devil’s-root,[3] diabolic-root,[3] divine cactus,[3] dry-whiskey,[3] dumpling cactus,[3] Indian-dope,[3]…

  • Lophophora

    Lophophora williamsii (Lem. ex Salm-Dyck) J.M. Coult.    

  • Euphorbia ritchiei (Cultivated)

    Euphorbia ritchiei (P.R.O.Bally) Bruyns, Taxon 55: 415 2006. (syn: Monadenium ritchiei P.R.O.Bally); Image by Aarti Khale – Id by P.S.Sangwan & John      Cactus for ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 030313 : AK-3: Another ornamental cactus or succulent seen at the flower show in Mumbai in Feb, 2011. Pink flowers…

  • Biophytum insigne

    Biophytum insigne Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1921: 216 1921. ;  India (Tamil Nadu) as per Catalogue of Life;     Biophytum insignis: Another interesting species of Biophytum, endemic to the southern Western Ghats. Biophytum insignis Gamble. The photograph was from our living collection at JNTBGRI, KERALA     References:…