• Lampranthus multiradiatus (Cultivated)

    Lampranthus multiradiatus (Jacq.) N.E.Br., Gard. Chron. III, 87: 71 1930. (syn: Lampranthus roseus (Willd.) Schwantes; Mesembryanthemum multiradiatum Jacq.; Mesembryanthemum roseum Willd.); Images by Aarti S Khale (Identified by Gurcharan Singh) (Inserted by J.M.Garg)     Sedum for ID : 200111 : AK-2: 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) Taken at…

  • Begonia dioica

    Begonia dioica Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don , Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 223 1825. (Syn: Begonia amoena Wall. ex A.DC.; Begonia tenella D.Don;                                Begonia erosa Wall.); . Common name: Three-Petal Begonia .   begonia…?? : .. pertaining only to Kalatope Khajjiar sanctuary around my house from an altitude of 2100 mts to 2500 mts…

  • Ranunculus species

      Flower from hampta..191110-PKA2: Sharing this flower photo from Hampta Pass region. This is the only photograph available. Date/Time: 27-09-2010 / 09:50AM Location: On the way to Hampta Pass, (Altitude: approx. 11000 ft) Habitat: Wild Plant Habit: Herb Ranunuculus, perhaps more photographs can help in placing the species.  Can this…

  • Nepenthes mirabilis (Cultivated)

    Nepenthes mirabilis (Lour.) Druce, Bot. Exch. Club Brit. Isles Rep. 4: 637 637 1916. (Syn: Nepenthes beccariana Macfarl.; Nepenthes phyllamphora Willd.; Phyllamphora mirabilis Lour.);  Australia (Cape York Peninsula), Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands (Palau and Yap), China (Guangdong Province, Hainan,[16][17] Hong Kong, and Macau), D’Entrecasteaux Islands, Java, Laos, Louisiade Archipelago, Maluku…

  • Nepenthes rafflesiana (Cultivated)

    Nepenthes rafflesiana Jack , Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 271 1836.;  It is common in Borneo and parts of the Riau Archipelago, but has a restricted distribution in both Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra. It is only widespread in the southeastern region of the Malay Peninsula, particularly in the state of Johor,…

  • Mucuna atropurpurea

    Mucuna atropurpurea (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. (Syn: Carpopogon atropurpureum Roxb.; Stizolobium atropurpureum (Roxb.) Kuntze);  As per efi thread: Key to Mucuna species as provided by J.F.Duthie in Flora of the Upper Gangetic Plains (1929) and modified as per Sanjappa (1992) : A. Woody climbers, with faces of pods obliquely plaited  …

  • Oberonia brunoniana

    Oberonia brunoniana Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1622 1851. (Syn: Iridorchis brunoniana (Wight) Kuntze (Unresolved); Iridorkis brunoniana (Wight) Kuntze; Malaxis brunoniana (Wight) Rchb.f.); .   Another Oberonia species: Attaching another species of the genus Oberonia Oberonia brunoniana Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1622 (1851). Described by Wight based…

  • Oberonia swaminathanii

    Oberonia swamintahanii Ratheesh, Manudev & Sujanapal, Nordic Journal of Botany, 28: 713–715.;         Oberonia swaminathanii, a new orchid species from Kerala: Attaching here with the photograph of Oberonia swamintahanii Ratheesh, Manudev & Sujanapal, recently described from Wayanad distict of Kerala. (Narayanan, M. K. R., Manudev, K. M.,…

  • Quassia

    Quassia amara L. (Introduced) (N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Para, Amazonas), NE-Brazil (Maranhao), Venezuela (Barinas, Bolivar, Zulia), Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Belize, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca), Trinidad, Colombia (Antioquia, Bolvar, Choc, Magdalena, Sucre), Guyana (I), Surinam (I), French Guiana (I), Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Vincent), Cuba (I),…

  • Nymphaea nouchali

    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; (=)…

  • Heliconia species

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    Dictyospermum montanum Wight Images by Anurag N. Sharma Dictyospermum ovalifolium Wight Images by Shivaprakash and Mayur Nandikar

  • Amischotolype hookeri

    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

    Amischotolype hookeri (Hassk.) H.Hara