Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f., Fl. indica 120. 1768 (syn: (=) Castalia acutiloba (DC.) Hand.-Mazz.; (=) Castalia stellaris Salisb.; (=) Castalia stellata (Willd.) Blume; (=) Leuconymphaea stellata (Willd.) Kuntze; (=) Nymphaea acutiloba DC.; (=) “Nymphaea cahlara Donn, nom. inval.“; (=) Nymphaea cyanea Roxb.; (=) Nymphaea edgeworthii Lehm.; (=) Nymphaea henkeliana Rehnelt; (=)…
Images by Ranjini Kamath(1,2) & Dr.Satish Phadke(3,4,5), (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade) Zingiberales Week: Is this Heliconia setting seed? It is growing in a private garden in Chennai. – I think you are correct they are indeed setting seeds Heliconia for ID – 290811 – RK: Request Botanical, Common ID…
Heliconia stricta Huber, Bol. Mus. Goeldi Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 4: 543 1906. (Syn: Bihai stricta (Huber) Griggs; Heliconia tricolor Abalo & G.Morales); Images by Samir Mehta (Validation by Tanay Bose), (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade) Commelinales & Zingiberales Week: Heliconiaceae, Heliconia stricta: January 2011, Mumbai. – Yes Heliconia stricta Kindly see the…
Heliconia latispatha Benth., Bot. Voy. Sulphur 170 1846. (Syn: Bihai latispatha (Benth.) Griggs; Heliconia aequatoriensis Loes.); Common name: Golden Lobster Claw, Expanded lobsterclaw Images by Samir Mehta (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade) Commelinales & Zingiberales Week: Heliconiaceae, Heliconia latispatha Benth: ..was lucky to stumble upon this flower.. Syn: Bihai latispatha (Benth.)…
Canna × generalis L.H. Bailey & E.Z. Bailey, Hortus 118 118 1930.; Images by Gurcharan Singh & Mani Nair Commelinales & Zingiberales Week: Cannaceae, Canna x generalis from Delhi: Commelinales & Zingiberales Week: Cannaceae, Canna x generalis L.H. Bailey & E.Z. Bailey, : Hortus 118 118 1930. The common garden Canna with a…
Dictyospermum montanum Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 6: t. 2069 1853. (Syn: Aneilema montanum (Wight) Thwaites; Aneilema montanum (Wight) C.B. Clarke; Commelina montana Steud.; Tradescantia montana B.Heyne ex Wall.; Tradescantia paniculata B.Heyne ex Roth ); . Commelinales and Zingiberales Week :: Commelinaceae :: (ID No. 07022011 RD 02): 4 posts…
Callisia repens (Jacq.) L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2 62 1762. (Syn: Callisia repens var. ciliata Roem. & Schult.; Callisia repens var. mandonii (Hassk.) C.B.Clarke; Commelina hexandra var. mandonii Hassk.; Hapalanthus repens Jacq.; Spironema robbinsii C.Wright; Tradescantia callisia Sw.); Commeninales and Zingiberales week : Commelinacea: Callisia repens: Callisia repens…
Dictyospermum ovalifolium Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 6: t. 2070 1853. (Syn: Aneilema hallbergii Blatt.; Aneilema ovalifolium (Wight) Hook.f. ex C.B.Clarke; Dictyospermum wightii Hassk.; Phaeneilema hallbergii (Blatt.) Raizada); Images by Shivaprakash and Mayur Nandikar Dictyospermum Wight Thyrses mostly 5- 16 cm long …………………….Dictyospermum montanum Wight Thyrses mostly 4-…
Dictyospermum montanum Wight Images by Anurag N. Sharma Dictyospermum ovalifolium Wight Images by Shivaprakash and Mayur Nandikar
Amischotolype hookeri (Hassk.) H.Hara , in Fl. E. Himal. 399 1966. (Syn: Forrestia hookeri Hassk.); Commelinales and Zingiberales Week: Commelinaceae: Amischotolype hookeri: “Amischotolype hookeri (Hasskarl) H. Hara.” (=Forrestia hookeri Hasskarl) Plants 1—2 m. Leaf elliptic, apex acuminate. Flowers purple-red. Capsule ovoid, Photographed in the evergreen forests at western…
Amischotolype hookeri (Hassk.) H.Hara
Oberonia recurva Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 25(Misc.): 14 1839. (Syn: Iridorkis gardneriana (Thwaites) Kuntze; Iridorkis recurva (Lindl.) Kuntze; Malaxis recurva (Lindl.) Rchb.f.; Malaxis setifera (Lindl.) Rchb.f.; Oberonia croftiana King & Pantl.; Oberonia gardneriana Thwaites; Oberonia lingmalensis Blatt. & McCann; Oberonia myriantha var. parvula (King & Pantl.) T. Tang & T.F….
Tradescantia zebrina Bosse, Vollst. Handb. Blumengart. 4: 655 1849. (Syn: Cyanotis zebrina (Bosse) Nees; Commelina zebrina C.B.Clarke [Invalid]; Cyanotis vittata Lindl.; Tradescantia pendula (Schnizl.) D.R.Hunt; Tradescantia tricolor C.B.Clarke; Zebrina pendula Schnizl.; Zebrina pendula f. quadricolor Voss; Zebrina pendula var. quadricolor (Voss) L.H.Bailey; Zebrina purpusii G.Brückn.): Images by (Arundhati Boyce – Id…
Combretum coccineum (Sonn.) Lam., Encycl. 1: 734 1785. (Syn: Combretum purpureum Vahl; Combretum purpureum var. bracteatum Scott-Elliot; Combretum purpureum f. macrophyllum Tul.; Combretum purpureum f. velutina Tul.; Cristaria coccinea Sonn.; Grislea coccinea (Sonn.) Britton; Poivrea coccinea (Sonn.) Thouars; Poivrea coccinea var. macrophylla Tul.; Poivrea coccinea var. rufipes (Tul.) H. Perrier;…
Rosaceae Week: Rosa ‘Hybrid tea’ from Delhi: Rosa ‘Hybrid tea’ A popular group of hybrid roses, flowering for a long duration. The stems are hardy, leabes rigid and glossy above, usually with 5-7 leaflets, green or flushed with red; flowers double with compactly arranged thick petals. Photographed in February from Delhi…
IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU)Vanda spathulata (L.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 719 1826. (Syn: Aerides maculata Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.; Cymbidium spathulatum (L.) Moon; Epidendrum spathulatum L.; Limodorum spathulatum (L.) Willd.; Taprobanea spathulata (L.) Christenson); Epiphytic orchid Pench National Park,: ………………………………… – Here are mine from Tirupati…
Eschscholzia californica Cham. (USA (Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Washington State, Wisconsin, Wyoming), Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isl.), Mexico (Aguascalientes,…
Hoya pottsii Traill, Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 25 1830. (Syn: Hoya angustifolia Traill; Hoya obscurinervia Merr.; Hoya pottsii var. angustifolia (J. Traill) Tsiang & P.T. Li); Images by Katarina Stenman (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links) Hoya pottsii from Andamans: Date/Time:…
Rhododendron ×pulchrum Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 2: , pl. 117 1831. (Syn: (=) Azalea indica var. calycina Lindl.; =) Rhododendron indicum var. phoeniceum Sweet; (=) Rhododendron maxwellii Millais; (=) Rhododendron omurasaki Makino; (=) Rhododendron phoeniceum (Sweet) G. Don; (=) Rhododendron phoeniceum var. calycinum (Lindl.) E. H. Wilson; (=) Rhododendron ×pulchrum var. calycinum…