• New google groups- problems & solutions

    New google groups- problems, testings, discussions & solutions;   Discovered something strange attachment not attaching with email Parmentiera cereifera More problems in store Testing 1 2 3 :)….. PK 26.03.2012  Low participation  An attempt to post via Google Groups – avoiding use of Google Docs — TRIAL  Problem with uploading photographs:…

  • Dendrobium oligophyllum (Thailand)

    Dendrobium oligophyllum Gagnep., Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. II, 21: 743 1950. (Syn: Dendrobium tixieri Guillaumin); . ORCHIDACEAE: Dendrobium oligophyllum Gagnep. from Hong Kong: Dendrobium oligophyllum Gagnep., Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., II, 21: 743 (1950). Family: ORCHIDACEAE Distribution: Thailand and Vietnam Present specimen acquired from Thailand.   . References:…

  • Dendrobium exile (Thailand)

    Dendrobium exile Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 2: 85 1906. (Syn: Aporum heterocaulon (Guillaumin) Rauschert; Ceraia exilis (Schltr.) M.A.Clem.; Dendrobium heterocaulon Guillaumin); . China (S. Yunnan) to Indo-China: China South-Central, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . ORCHDIACEAE: Dendrobium exile Schltr. from Hong Kong (from Thailand): Dendrobium exile…

  • Dendrobium pachyglossum (Thailand)

    Dendrobium pachyglossum E.C.Parish & Rchb.f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 149 1874. (Syn: Callista pachyglossa (E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Conostalix pachyglossa (E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.) Rauschert; Dendrobium abietinum Ridl.; Dendrobium fallax Guillaumin); . ORCHIDACEAE: Dendrobium pachyglossum E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.: Dendrobium pachyglossum E.C.Parish & Rchb.f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 149 (1874)….

  • Andira inermis (Cultivated)

    Andira inermis (Wright) DC. (Syn: Andira excelsa Kunth; Andira grandiflora Guill. & Perr.; Andira jamaicensis (Wright) Urb.; Geoffroea inermis Wright; Geoffroea jamaicensis W. Wright; Geoffroea jamaicensis var. inermis Wright; Geoffroea jamaicensis inermis W. Wright; Glycyrrhiza undulata Ruiz & Pav. ex G. Don; Vouacapoua inermis (Wright) A.Lyons;          Andira racemosa Lam.);       …

  • Andira

    Andira inermis (Wright) DC. (Cultivated)  

  • Posting through Google groups/ docs

    1. Slide presentations: First slide via Google Docs & 2nd via Google groups. 2. Write up for posting through Google Groups: Today Dinesh ji came up with the idea of using insert function (a blue square on left of link) to allow normal size images being posted from Group forum. It should be…

  • Melaleuca nodosa (Australia)

    Melaleuca nodosa (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Sm., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 3: 276 1797. (Syn: Callistemon juniperinus (Rchb. ex Spreng.) Heynh.; Melaleuca juniperina (Rchb. ex Spreng.) Sieber ex Rchb.; Melaleuca juniperoides DC.; Melaleuca nodosa var. tenuifolia (DC.) Cheel ex A.R.Penfold; Melaleuca tenuifolia DC.; Metrosideros gracilis K.D.Koenig & Sims [Illegitimate]; Metrosideros juniperina…

  • Pterospermum reticulatum

    IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU) Pterospermum reticulatum Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 69 1834. (Unresolved) (syn: Pterospermadendron reticulatum Kuntze (Unresolved)); India: In evergreen forests of Western Ghats at low elevations. Karnataka, Tatnil Nadu and Kerala; sometimes planted as a roadside tree as per BSI Flora of India;…

  • Aster thomsonii

    Aster thomsonii C.B.Clarke, 48 1876. (Syn: Aster flexuosus (Royle ex DC.) Kuntze [Illegitimate]; Kalimeris flexuosa Royle ex DC. (Unresolved)); . Perennial herb up to 90 cm tall, rough hairy, branched; leaves ovate to elliptic 5-10 cm long, coarsely toothed, clasping at base; heads solitary at ends of branches, 4-5 cm across,…

  • Picris

    Picris hieracioides L. (Images by Nidhan Singh (Validated by Gurcharan Singh), Gurcharan Singh & Alok Mahendroo (Id by Gurcharan Singh) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))    ‎Picris page (‎‎‎‎‎‎‎Asteraceae (Compositae)‎) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go…

  • Eria species- Shahapur, Maharashtra and Gori valley, Uttarakhand

      Eria sp. flowering: Photographed at my farm at Shahapur earlier this month. Unfortunately couldn’t observe it in full bloom as the inflorescence was destroyed in thundershowers. Presume this is Eria dalzelli. Gori Valley Tour: Orchid 6 for id..: This one was a single shot of an orchid fruiting…id please…sorry…

  • Paphiopedilum callosum (Hong Kong)

    Paphiopedilum callosum (Rchb.f.) Stein, Orchid.-Buch 457 1892. (Syn: Cordula callosa (Rchb.f.) Rolfe; Cypripedium callosum Rchb.f.; Paphiopedilum callosum (Rchb. f.) Pfitzer;       Cypripedium schmidtianum Kraenzl.; Paphiopedilum callosum var. angustipetalum Guillaumin; Paphiopedilum callosum var. schmidtianum (Kraenzl.) Pfitzer; Paphiopedilum callosum var. viniferum (Koop. & N.Haseg.) Cavestro; Paphiopedilum callosum var. viniferum (Koop. & N.Haseg.) O.Gruss…

  • Pimelea linifolia subsp. linifolia (Australia)

    Pimelea linifolia Sm., Spec. Bot. New Holland 3: 31-33, pl. 11 31 1794. (Syn: Banksia linifolia (A. Cunn. ex Meisn.) Kuntze; Banksia spathulata (Labill.) Kuntze; Calyptrostegia cernua (R. Br.) C. A. Mey.; Calyptrostegia linifolia (A. Cunn. ex Meissn.) C. A. Mey.; Calyptrostegia spathulata (Labill.) C. A. Mey.; Pimelea cernua R. Br.;…

  • Spiraea × vanhouttei (Germany)

    Spiraea × vanhouttei (Briot) Carrière, Rev. Hort. 48(13): 260 260 1876. (Syn: Spiraea aquilegiifolia var. vanhouttei Briot); Slovakia (I), Germany (I), Hungary (I), Romania (I), Croatia (I), China, USA (I) (Arkansas (I), Connecticut (I), Illinois (I), Kentucky (I), Louisiana (I), Massachusetts (I), Maryland (I), Michigan (I), Minnesota (I), Missouri (I),…

  • Actinotus minor (Australia)

    Actinotus minor (Sm.) DC., Prodr. 4: 83 1830. (Syn: Eriocalia minor Sm.); Images by Ushaprabha Page (Inserted by J.M.Garg)     Flora-Australia-64: Actinotus minor., not helianthi. Cute. They look like synthetic….made up from silky cloth/paper     References: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2621055 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinotus_minor

  • Actinotus

    Actinotus minor (Sm.) DC. (Australia) (Images by Ushaprabha Page (Inserted by J.M.Garg))

  • Isopogon anemonifolius (Australia)

    Isopogon anemonifolius (R.A. Salisbury) KNIGHT, Cult. Prot. 93 93 1809. (Syn: Atylus anemonifolia (Salisb.) Kuntze; Isopogon anemonifolius var. glaber R.Br.; Isopogon anemonifolius var. pubescens R.Br.; Isopogon anemonifolius var. pubiflorus Benth.; Isopogon anemonifolius f. simplicifolia Cheel; Isopogon tridactylitis (Cav.) Roem. & Schult.; Protea anemonifolia R.A. Salisbury; Protea apifolia Sm. ex Meissn.;…

  • Tabernaemontana species

    Flora of Andaman22-050111-PKA3: I had seen this Tabernaemontana sp. near Radhanagar Beach (Havelock,  Andaman). Date/Time: 20-12-2010 / 10:30AM Location: Near Radhanagar Beach, Havelock, Andaman & Nicobar Habitat: Wild Plant habit: Tree (Approx 4 m) Family: Apocynaceae. This could be Tabernaemontana heyneana? Tabernaemontana sp., but not T. heyneana. I guess the…