• Justicia pubigera

    Justicia pubigera (Nees) C.B. Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 4: 536 536 1885. (Syn: Justicia edgeworthii T. Anderson; Peristrophe pubigera Nees; Rhaphidospora ciliata Nees); . VoF Week : Peristrophe paniculata: Name of species : Peristrophe paniculata Family :  Acanthaceae Habit : Climber Habitat : Under forest canopy Date of click :…

  • Herminium josephi

    Herminium josephi Rchb.f., Flora 55: 276 1872. (syn: Androcorys josephi (Rchb.f.) Agrawala & H.J.Chowdhery; Herminium forrestii Schltr.; Herminium grandiflorum Lindl. ex Hook.f.; Monorchis forrestii (Schltr.) O.Schwarz; Monorchis josephi (Rchb.f.) O.Schwarz); . WC. Himalaya to China (W. Sichuan, N. Yunnan):China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; ….

  • Boletus subtomentosus (Germany)

    Boletus subtomentosus L., 1753 (Syn: Boletus crassipes Schaeff., 1774; Boletus cupreus Schaeff., 1774; Boletus lanatus Rostk., 1844; Boletus leguei Boud., 1894; Boletus pannosus Rostk., 1844; Boletus striipes Fr., 1874; Boletus subtomentosus var. albo-ochraceus Pilát, 1951 …………………….; Boletus xanthus (E.-J. Gilbert) Merlo 1980; Ceriomyces subtomentosus (L.) Murrill, 1909; Leccinum subtomentosum (L.)…

  • Boletus

    Species listed in Nepal as per efi thread: Boletus aereus Boletus ananas Boletus asiacticus Boletus auripes Boletus bicolor Boletus dissiliens Boletus edulis Boletus granulatus Boletus griseus Boletus inedulis Boletus luridiformis Boletus luridus Boletus parasiticus Boletus porosporus Boletus pseudocalopus Boletus puverulentus Boletus reticulates Boletus violaceofuscus Boletus species- Above Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP…

  • Pedicularis rhinanthoides

    Pedicularis rhinanthoides Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A. Mey., Enum. Pl. Nov. 1: 22 22 1841.;  China (Xinjiang), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Pakistan (Pamirs, Chitral), Pakistani Kashmir (Deosai, Baltistan), Jammu & Kashmir (Dras, Zanskar), N-India as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Rattle Lousewort   Please help ID this Pedicularis species…

  • Dracaena marginata

    Dracaena marginata hort. ; . ”For Id 01012012MR1’’ is this Dracaena marginata at Pune: Sep 2011 is this potted plant in a private society garden at Pune ? Dracaena marginata Kindly validate yes this is Dracaena marginata tricolor Ornamental for id – 300912 ANB-0006 – Mumbai:  I’d love to know the name…

  • Orobanche alba subsp. alba

    Orobanche alba Stephan ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 450 1800. (syn: Catodiacrum sparsiflorum Dulac; Orobanche alba f. ampla G. Beck …………; Orobanche alba var. epithymoides Rouy; Orobanche alba var. glabrata (C. A. Meyer) G. Beck; Orobanche alba f. hellebori (Miegeville) G. Beck …..; Orobanche alba var. major Rouy; Orobanche alba f….

  • Saxifraga brunonis

    Saxifraga brunonis Wall. ex Ser., Prodr. 4: 45 45 1830. (Syn: Hirculus brunonianus Losinsk.; Saxifraga brunoniana Wall. ex Sternb.; Saxifraga brunoniana var. majuscula Engl. & Irmsch.; Saxifraga loripes J. Anthony);      VoF Week : Saxifraga brunonis: Name of species : Saxifraga brunonis Family : Saxifragaceae Habit : Herb Habitat…

  • Habenaria gibsonii var. gibsonii

    Habenaria gibsonii Blatt. & McCann ; . India as per POWO (Habenaria laciniata Dalzell); . Leafy Habenaria • Marathi: उग्र हबॆअमरी Ugra Habe-amri;  . Kew treats this as synonym of Habenaria foliosa but I truly believe that its Habenaria gibsoni a distinct species. . Identification??????? : 8 posts by 6…

  • Vincetoxicum

    Vincetoxicum arnottianum (Wight) Wight (Pakistan to W. Himalaya and India (Punjab): India, Pakistan, West Himalaya as per POWO)    Vincetoxicum kenouriense (Wight) Wight (Endemic to a long geographic range in the Hindukush Himalayas from Bhutan in the east to Pakistan in the west. The western limit of this species is district Swat (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…

  • Cuscuta species

    Creeper for ID : 011011 : AK-2: Taken at Pahalgam, Kashmir on the 8th of Sept, 2011. Tiny white flowers resembling bells, creeper was growing on another tree. Pahalgam is at a height of 2740 metres above sea level. Any cuscuta sp I hope Cuscuta chinensis Perhaps close up of…

  • Neottia tenuis

    Neottia tenuis (Lindl.) Szlach., Fragm. Florist. Geobot. Suppl. 3: 119 1995. (Syn: Listera tenuis Lindl.); . Himalaya to Tibet: East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . VoF Wweek: Orchidaceae – Neottia tenuis (Lindl.) Szlach.: No images seen now. Neottia tenuis (Lindl.) Szlach., Fragm. Florist. Geobot., Suppl. 3:…

  • Carica papaya ?

    Carica papaya ?;       Seeds for ID 200812 NB3: in my last trip to india dec.11-jan.12 i collected these seeds, Don’t know what happened to the capsules.I can’t remember now, how the tree lookd like. Perhaps someone can identify them. May be papaya seeds … could tell me how…

  • Liriope muscari (Cultivated)

    Liriope muscari (Decne.) L.H.Bailey, Gentes Herb. 2: 35 1929. (Syn: Liriope exiliflora (L.H.Bailey) H.H.Hume; Liriope gigantea H.H.Hume; Liriope graminifolia var. albiflora Makino ……; Liriope muscari f. albiflora (Makino) Nemoto ……..; Liriope platyphylla F.T.Wang & Tang ……; Liriope spicata var. densiflora (Maxim. ex Baker) C.H.Wright ..; Liriope yingdeensis R.H.Miao; Ophiopogon muscari Decne.; Ophiopogon spicatus var….

  • Liriope

      Liriope muscari (Decne.) L.H.Bailey (Images by Aarti S Khale (Id by Rupi Shah), Ritesh Kumar Choudhary & Promila Chaturvedi (Id by Alastair Culham) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))

  • Angelica archangelica subsp. himalaica

    Angelica archangelica subsp. himalaica (C. B. Cl.) G. Singh & G. M. Oza, Forest. Fl. Srinagar 183 err. 2 1987. (Syn: Angelica archangelica subsp. himalaica (C. B. Cl.) G. Singh; Angelica archangelica var. himalaica (C. B. Cl.) Nasir; Angelica archangelica f. himalaica (C. B. Cl.) Weinert; Angelica oreadum (Diels) M….

  • Leontopodium alpinum

    Leontopodium alpinum Colm. ex Cass., 474 1822.;  Images by Prashant Awale (ID by Gurcharan Singh) (Inserted by Gurcharan Singh) (Please click on links to see details and more images) Leontopodium sp. for ID-101011-PKA3: 7 images. Leontopodium sp. from Baralaccha La Pass on Manali -Leh Rd. Altitude: Approx: 16400 ft. Date/Time: 12-09-2011 /…

  • Thunbergia grandiflora

    Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb., J. Bellenden Ker, Bot. Reg. 6: t. 495. 1820 (Hort. bengal. 45. 1814, nom. nud.); . Bengal Clock Vine, Bengal Trumpet Vine, Blue Sky Flower, Blue Sky Vine, Blue Trumpet Vine • Hindi: नील लता Neel lata • Gujarati: Tumakhlung • Bengali: নীল লতা Neel lota •…

  • 1. Photographic/ story telling posts- links

    Photographic/ story telling posts- links;     Three flowers – escaped from their habitat  Spectacular Skill of this Photographer Kaas – Plateau of flowers in Maharashtr​a When I lost my chocolate bet !! Request for species id – DKV 120420 Limestone mountains in Vang Vieng Bamboo seeds .. delicious tree…

  • Digitaria radicosa

    Digitaria radicosa (Miq.) Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 437 1857. (Syn: Digitaria chinensis var. hirsuta Ohwi; Digitaria formosana Rendle .; Digitaria propinqua Gaudich. [Illegitimate]; Digitaria radicosa var. hirsuta (Honda) C.C.Hsu; Digitaria sanguinalis var. multinervis (Honda) Kitag.;  Digitaria sanguinalis var. timorensis (Kunth) Hayata; Digitaria tenuispica Rendle; Digitaria timorensis (Kunth) Balansa …; Panicum formosanum…