• Philodendron xanadu

    Philodendron xanadu Croat, Mayo & J.Boos, Aroideana 25: 63 2002 publ. 2003. ; .   ID request – 04072011PC2: Please identify this indoor/shade plant. Small shrub with long petiolated leaves. Have not seen it flower. I hope Philodendron xanadu Agreed Sir this is Philodendron xanadu Philodendron xanadu (refer www.toptropicals.com) It is…

  • Memecylon angustifolium

    Memecylon angustifolium Wight, Ill. Pl. Orient. 1: 215 215 .;   Malayalam: Attukanala South India and Sri Lanka; in the Western Ghats- rare in South Sahyadri.             Memecylon angustifolium form Pooyamkutty: (10 pictures) Another Western Ghat endemic plant. Memecylon angustifolium Wight of Melastomataceae family from Pooyamkutty Reserve forest. Some of…

  • Volkameria glabra (Cultivated)

    Volkameria glabra (E. Mey.) Mabb. & Y. W. Yuan, Taxon 59:132. 2010 (syn: (≡) Clerodendrum glabrum E. Mey. (basionym); (=) Clerodendrum glabrum var. vagum (Hiern) Moldenke; (=) Siphonanthus glaber var. vagus Hiern); . Tinderwood; Natal Glorybower; .   Clerodendrum for identification: Another straggling shrub of the family Verbenaceae in Riyadh gardens, appears…

  • Volkameria

      Volkameria aculeata L. (Cultivated)     Volkameria glabra (E. Mey.) Mabb. & Y. W. Yuan (Cultivated)       Volkameria inermis L. Volkameria inermis ?   From Floral Database of Tamilnadu :   Binomial Habit Notes References Distribution Common name Clerodendrum aculeatum Griseb. = Volkameria aculeata L. Shrub Western Ghats,…

  • Bulbophyllum levinei (Hong Kong)

    Bulbophyllum levinei Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19: 381 1924. (syn: Bulbophyllum insulsum (Gagnep.) Seidenf.; Cirrhopetalum insulsum Gagnep.);             ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Bulbophyllum levinei Schltr. from Hong Kong, PKS-225 :  Attachments (9). 3 posts by 3 authors. Bulbophyllum levinei Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg….

  • Tree species from Dibang Valley district, Arunachal Pradesh

            For ID 17022013 RK2: Please identified the attached photograph of tree species recorded from Dibang Valley district, Arunachal Pradesh. Details are as below: Date/Time- 17.02.2013 11 am Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Dibang Valley District, Arunachal Pradesh , Altitude- 700 masl Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Wild…

  • Forest fire at Matheran

        Sad news from Matheran: There is healthy population of CHE (Changeable Hawk Eagles) at Matheran. In my last 6 months of continuous field trips in this hill station I could locate at least 3 pairs of them in stretch of C. 10 kms. and one nest , probably…

  • Tree species from Dibang Valley district, Arunachal Pradesh

          For ID 17022013 RK3: Please identified the attached photograph of tree species recorded from Dibang Valley district, Arunachal Pradesh. Details are as below: Date/Time- 17.02.2013 11 am Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Dibang Valley District, Arunachal Pradesh , Altitude- 700 masl Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Wild Plant…

  • Tree species from Dibang Valley district, Arunachal Pradesh

          Tree species For ID 17022013 RK1: Please identified the attached photograph of tree species recorded from Dibang Valley district, Arunachal Pradesh. Details are as below: Date/Time- 17.02.2013 11 am Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Dibang Valley District, Arunachal Pradesh , Altitude- 700 masl Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-…

  • Tree species of subtropical area Arunachal Pradesh- Dibang Valley district

          Identification of Tree species of subtropical area Arunachal Pradesh: Please identified the attached photographs of tree species recorded from Dibang Valley district, Arunachal Pradesh. These species were recorded at subtropical rain forest and an Elevation range of 400-800 masl.      

  • Paullinia cupana (Introduced) ?

    Paullinia cupana Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 5: 117 1821. (Syn:Paullinia brasiliensis Lodd. ex Radlk.; Paullinia cupana var. sorbilis (Mart.) Ducke) ?;  Colombia (Amazonas, Meta, Vaups), Peru, Ecuador, N-Brazil (Para, Amazonas, Acre), Venezuela (Amazonas) as per Catalogue of Life;     Flora of Madhya Pradesh: Paullinia cupana from Alha Udal Nakshtra Udhyan…

  • Paullinia

    Paullinia cupana Kunth (Introduced) ? (Colombia (Amazonas, Meta, Vaups), Peru, Ecuador, N-Brazil (Para, Amazonas, Acre), Venezuela (Amazonas) as per Catalogue of Life)  

  • Gastrochilus

    Gastrochilus acaulis (Lindl.) Kuntze (India, Sri Lanka (as per POWO))  (Images by tspkumar)   Gastrochilus acaulis (Lindl.) Kuntze (Images by Tspkumar (Validation by Navendu Page) & Navendu Page)   Gastrochilus calceolaris (Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.) D.Don (Nepal to Hainan and W. Malesia: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal,…

  • Aizoon canariense (Oman)

    Aizoon canariense L., Sp. Pl. 488 1753. (Syn: Aizoon canariense var. denudata Sond.; Aizoon procumbens Crantz; Glinus chrystallinus Forssk.; Veslingia cauliflora Moench (Unresolved); Veslingia heisteri Fabr. ex Willd. (Unresolved));   Images by Aarti S Khale (Identified by Dr Shahina Ghazanfar) (Inserted by J.M.Garg)     Request for ID : Growing on Rocks :…

  • Aizoon

      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 / sapling (?) seen in Chinchoti

          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…

  • Cymbidium species- Andaman Island

    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…

  • Ixora species- Mumbai

    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.