• Abies pindrow var. brevifolia

    Abies pindrow var. brevifolia Dallim. & A.B.Jacks., Handb. Conif. 126 1923. (syn: Abies gamblei Hickel; Abies pindrow subsp. brevifolia (Dallim. & A.B.Jacks.) Silba; Abies pindrow subsp. gamblei (Hickel) Rushforth; Abies pseudochensiensis Debreczy & I.Rácz); W. Himalaya as per WCSP; India: Garhwal and Kashmir Himalayas (Chamba District) as per Catalogue of…

  • Cyanotis arachnoidea

    Cyanotis arachnoidea C.B.Clarke, Monogr. Phan. 3: 250 1881. (Syn: Cyanotis bodinieri H.Lév. & Vaniot; Cyanotis labordei H.Lév. & Vaniot; Cyanotis pilosa Wight [Illegitimate]; Tonningia arachnodea (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze; Tradescantia incana B.Heyne ex C.B.Clarke; Tradescantia lanata B.Heyne ex C.B.Clarke); . Images by (Badri Narayanan – validation by Mayur Nandikar)   High Wavies flora…

  • Crotalaria vestita

    Crotalaria vestita Baker; .   Crotalaria vestita Baker: Found in Maharashtra, Gujarat, M.P., Karnataka. Fabaceae (Faboideae)Fortnight::Crotalaria vestita??::Harishchandragad::PKA-OCT-91:: 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Came across this herb at “Harishchandragad” (30-11-2009). Could this be Crotalaria vestita?? Please validate this ID.. Yes, C. vestita. Crotalaria calycina??021209PKA3  : Attachments (3). 10 posts by 7…

  • Pitcairnia species ?

    Pitcairnia species ?;       Ornamental Plant for ID : Flower Show,Mumbai : 111012 : AK-2: A cultivated, garden plant seen at the Flower Show at Jijamata Udyan in Mumbai on 19/2/2011 with red flowers. Bromeliad species? This is a Bromeliaceae close to Pitcairnia sp. I found one more…

  • 32nd Tree Appreciation Walk in Cannery Caves, SGNP, Borivali, Mumbai

    Tree Appreciation Walk in Cannery Caves, SGNP, Borivali, Mumbai- 32nd;       32nd Tree Appreciation Walk in Cannery Caves, SGNP, Borivali, Mumbai on 28th October,12:  It’s time to sit quietly and listen to the falling leaves……..Grasses have stopped growing……… Greens of yesterday slowly blend in to Gold………Moi, Mahua, Behada, Kala…

  • Curcuma caesia

    Curcuma caesia Roxb., Asiat. Res. 11: 334 1810. (Syn: Curcuma kuchoor Royle; Curcuma malabarica Velay., Amalraj & Mural.); . India to Bangladesh as per POWO; .  Zingiberaceae : Curcuma sp. ? for ID : 11 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2 + 1 + 1). Location : Lengpui, Mizoram. Altitude…

  • Kas- introduction

    Kas- introduction;       Kaas Week: October 1 to 14, 2012-Coordinator Mr. Shrikant Ingalhalikar: I am posting the introduction a little ahead since many of the members may be visiting Kas in the next 2 weeks. I request members to post plants found only on the lateritic plateau and…

  • Kas- list of plants

    Kas- list of plants;       Kaas Week: October 1 to 14, 2012-Coordinator Mr. Shrikant Ingalhalikar:   I am posting a check list of 175 plants found at Kas. Any additions to this list are welcome.   List of Plants found at Kas (175 sp) Actinodaphne angustifolia Adelocaryum coelestinum Adelocaryum…

  • Kas- other details

    Kas- other details;   Event : Kas Flora Walk   kaas tour.   The new (unwanted) face of Kaas – Maharashtra: Is this what we want Kas to be like! To stop the unregulated Flora tourism, are we justifying with local Fauna? Pic courtesy Jitendra Katre on Love Kaas, Conserve…

  • Kas in Pictures

    Kas in Pictures;       Kas Week :: DV :: some moments in, around the famed plateau of Kas in different seasons: Kas plateau … about 4000 ft asl… one of the 39 World Heritage sites in the Western Ghats of India Wonderful compilation. Lovely pictures. Kas darshan at…

  • Tulipa clusiana

    Tulipa clusiana DC., Liliac. 1: t. 37 1803. (Syn: Liriactis albiflora Raf.; Tulipa aitchisonii A.D.Hall; Tulipa aitchisonii subsp. cashmiriana A.D.Hall; Tulipa aitchisonii var. clusianoides Wendelbo; Tulipa chitralensis A.D.Hall; Tulipa chrysantha Boiss.; Tulipa clusiana f. cashmeriana (A.D.Hall) Raamsd.; Tulipa clusiana var. chrysantha (A.D.Hall) Sealy; Tulipa clusiana f. clusianoides (Wendelbo) S.Dasgupta &…

  • Ropeway to Hemkund

    Ropeway to Hemkund;     Some relevant news for Valley of Flowers National Park visitors:     Centre approves Hemkunt Sahib ropeway project   CHANDIGARH: For convenience of the pilgrims, the Centre government has given its approval for ropeway from Gurdwara Gobind Dham to Hemkunt Sahib. The project will cost around…

  • Sansevieria kirkii var. pulchra (Cultivated)

    Sansevieria kirkii var. pulchra N.E.Br.; Tanzania; Zambia; Zare as per Catalogue of Life;  Images by Bhagyashri Ranade – validation by Ajinkya Gadave  efloraofindia:”For Id 09102012MR2’’ which Sansevieria spp is this garden plant at Pune: Sep 2012 potted plant at a private society garden at Pune Flowers were not fragrant. No…

  • Cynanchum callialatum

    Cynanchum callialatum Buch.-Ham. ex Wight, Contr. Bot. India 56 1834. (Syn: Cyathella callialata (Buch.-Ham. ex Wight) C.Y.Wu & D.Z.Li; Cynanchum angustifolium Wight & Arn. [Illegitimate]; Cynanchum heyneanum Schult.; Cynoctonum angustifolium Decne.; Cynoctonum callialata (Buch.-Ham. ex Wight) Decne.; Periploca reticulata Roth (Unresolved); Vincetoxicum callialatum (Buch.-Ham. ex Wight) Kuntze); . Images by Satish…

  • Leccinum scabrum (Germany)

    Leccinum scabrum (Bull.) Gray, 1821 (Syn: Boletus albus Gillet, 1881; Boletus avellaneus J. Blum, 1970; Boletus gilletii Sacc. & Cub., 1888; Boletus niveus Fr., 1815; Boletus oxydabilis (Singer) J. Blum, 1970 …; Boletus roseofractus (Watling) Hlaváček, 1988; Boletus rotundifoliae (Singer) S. Lundell, 1959; Boletus rotundifoliae (Singer) S. Lundell, 1959; Boletus scaber Bull.,…

  • Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (Germany)

    Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (Wulfen) Maire, 1921 (syn: Agaricus aurantiacus Wulfen, 1781; Agaricus subcantharellus Sowerby, 1809; Cantharellus aurantiacus (Wulfen) Fr., 1821 (ambiguous synonym); Cantharellus aurantiacus Krombh., 1841 (ambiguous synonym); Cantharellus aurantiacus var. aurantiacus (Wulfen) Fr., 1821 ……; Cantharellus brachypodus Chevall., 1826; Cantharellus ravenelii Berk. & M. A. Curtis, 1853; Cantharellus rufescens Fr.,…