Aizoon canariense L. (Oman) (Images by Aarti S Khale (Identified by Dr Shahina Ghazanfar) (Inserted by J.M.Garg)) Aizoon page with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Aizoon page with images of species in efloraofindia (done mainly by ). If you find any mis-identification,…
Wild plant ID request – RK103 – 11-Feb-2013: Requesting identification of this wild plant / sapling (?) seen in Chinchoti, it is around a foot tall only. The leaves are serrated … the serration is quite sharp. What attracted me to this plant is the tiny white…
D Help 2: Requesting ID help. Location : Kolkata. Plant brought from Andaman Island. No bloom since October 2011. Looks like Cymbidium to me. Need flowers to clarify and also need to check the length and width of the leaf. If I had to guess, may be Cymbidium aloifolium or…
Rubiaceae Week: Ixora coccinea from Kerala: Ixora coccinea In Kerala we use these flowers for puja. The leaves and inflorescence of this plant suggest that this may not be Ixora coccinea. I too think it is not Ixora coccinea I guess correct ID.
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: Chenopodium sp. from Delhi for ID……GS-25: This species of Chenopodium looks like Chenopodium album, but unlike latter which occurs mostly in winter, is found April onwards, grows much taller often 1.5 m or so, most leaves in vegetative plants are broader and somewhat lobed and toothed,…
Wild flower for ID (30/06/2011 NSJ-03): A wild flower for ID from Srinagar. Location – Srinagar along roadside Habitat – Wild Date – June 01, 2011 Some leaves in focus please? Apiaceae member, difficult to identify without bracts and leaves
Invitation – Kirloskar Vasundhara International Film Festival 2012: Greetings from INTACH! Kirloskar Vasundhara International Film Festival (KVIFF) is an innovative attempt to explore nature and analyze topical issues related to environment, wildlife, energy, air, water. It presents an opportunity to evolve a common platform to work towards providing…
Drama in my backyard – a woodpecker’s bark removal in search for food atop a mango tree stump and an inquisitive audience!: This time, mom hollered from the backyard and said “Some new bird has landed on the mango tree. It looks beautiful. Come take a look”. To…
Holland’s Flower Sculpture Parade or Bloemencorso: Holland is predominantly famous for 2 things, the first is that it’s one of the best places to live in the world (and most liberal), secondly they are the envy of the world when it comes to flowers. They have fields of…
Citrus cavaleriei H.Lév. ex Cavalerie, Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 21: 211 (1911) (synCitrus hongheensis Y.Ye, X.Liu, S.Q.Ding & M.Liang, Citrus ichangensis Swingle, Citrus macrosperma T.C.Guo & Y.M.Ye); . Central China (to NW. & W. Hunan) as per POWO; . India: Evergreen forests of the E.Himalayas, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland; S.W. China as…
Recipe for Organic Fertilizer – Pls provide: Is there a recipe for organic fertilizer? Can we make it at home? And also, is there a thumb rule while fertilizing ? As I am beginner in Gardening I am trying to understand the methods better. pls.contact … or visit…
Trema politoria (Planch.) Blume, Mus. Bot. 2: 58 58 1856. (Syn: Sponia politoria Planch.; Celtis politoria Wall.); Trema politoria Planch: Another species of trema Trema politoria PlanchGujarat BarodaSmall treewildFlower whiteleaf is shining and hairyvery rare tree References: The Plant List Flora of Pakistan Annonated checklist of…
Boscia senegalensis (Pers.) Lam., Tabl. encycl. 1: t. 395. 1793 (Syn: (≡) Podoria senegalensis Pers. (basionym)); Request for ID : 300111 : AK-2: Taken at Tsavo West National Park, Kenya in January,2009. This long pending post of mine has been identified as Boscia salicifolia by …, a Kew…
Boscia senegalensis (Pers.) Lam. Capparaceae and Cleomaceae Fortnight: September 1 to 14 2013: Here is list plants of both these families reported from India.Members are requested to suggest any addition or deletion please.Boscia senegalensis
Pomatocalpa decipiens (Lindl.) J.J.Sm., Natuurw. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 72: 103 1912. (Syn: Cleisostoma decipiens Lindl.; Cleisostoma maculosum Thwaites [Illegitimate]; Cleisostoma thwaitesianum Trimen; Saccolabium decipiens (Lindl.) Alston); {EfloraofIndia_160212PD05_pomatocalpa decipens_Flora of Odisha: (10 pictures) … before writing about the species i must thank my friend and Dr….
Polycarpaea spicata Wight & Arn., Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 91 91 1831. (syn: Polycarpaea staticiformis Hochst. & Steud.); Wild Plant for ID : Oman : 301212 : AK-2: A small wild plant seen growing on rocks in Muscat, Oman on 12/3/2-10. Saw lots of buds, but no open…
Family Week: Can we summarize what are the species uploaded by members?: Family Week: Can we summarize what are the species uploaded by members? Thanks, …,… has done for Valley of Flowers month as well as for Kas Week.It will be nice if someone can do it on…
Camellia kissi Wall., Asiat. Res. 13: 429 1820. (Syn: Camellia caduca C.B.Clarke ex Brandis; Camellia euonymifolia (Hu) T. Tuyama; Camellia keina Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Camellia lutescens Dyer; Camellia mastersia Griff.; Camellia simplicifolia Griff.; Camellia symplocifolia Griff.; Thea bachmaensis Gagnep.; Thea brachystemon Gagnep.; Thea lutescens Pierre; Thea sasangua var. kissi (Wallich) Pierre;…
Hygrophila phlomoides Nees, N. Wallich, Pl. asiat. rar. 3:80. 1832; Images by Karuna Kanta Das, Identified/ Validated by Surajit Koley & Subir K. Ghosh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) Hygrophila sp. from Assam : Attachments (8). 8 posts by 3 authors. Attached images may be Hygrophila sp.. Please ID the plant. Date :24.11.2013…
eFlora: the Future of Floristic Documentation: … has forwarded the message concerning the book “Plant Taxonomy, Past, Present and Future” edited by Dr. Rajni Gupta. This book contains a chapter by me “eFlora: the Future of Floristic Documentation”. I will share the relevant portions concerning our Group and…