Conservation status- Vunerable as per Wikipedia; Garcinia wightii T.Anderson, Fl. Brit. India 1: 265 1874. ; India (Tamil Nadu, Kerala) as per Catalogue of Life; SW India as per POWO; Evergreen trees or sometimes rheophytes, up to 10 m tall, wood moderately hard, whitish brown, bark dark brown, pustular, branchlets…
SK 2648 03 July 2020 : 16 posts by 3 authors. 2 images- 6 mb each. Location: Chalnakhel, Pharping Date: 28 June 2020 Elevation: 1500 m. Habitat: Wild Sir, may be Blechnum app. Does not look like Blechnum spp. Is it some Huperzia sp. ? I am not quite sure if it…
SK 2672 17 July 2020 : 7 posts by 2 authors. 3 images- 7 mb each. Location: Nagarkot, Nepal Altitude: 2120 m. Date: 15 July 2020 Habitat : Wild Bryophyta ?? It may be Dicranella sp. Please check morphology, anatomy, peristomal teeth, spores and other details. Compare with other species for species identification….
Laccaria proxima (Boud.) Pat. (syn: Clitocybe proxima Boud.; Laccaria laccata var. proxima (Boud.) Maire; Laccaria procera G.M. Taylor & P.K. Buchanan); SK 2661 12 July 2020 – Mycophyta : 7 posts by 3 authors. 3 images- 6 mb each. Location: Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal Date: 20 June 2020 Altitude: 2215 m. Habitat…
Sarracenia leucophylla Raf., Fl. Ludov. 14 1817. (syn: Sarracenia drummondii Croom; Sarracenia leucophylla var. alba (R. Hogg & T. Moore) S. Mc Pherson & D. E. Schnell; Sarracenia leucophylla f. viridescens S. Mc Pherson & D. E. Schnell; Sarracenia undulata Decne.); USA (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina) as per…
Aubrieta deltoidea (L.) DC., Syst. Nat. 2: 294 1821. (syn: Alyssum deltoideum L.; Aubrieta floribunda Spach; Aubrieta graeca Griseb.; Aubrieta integrifolia Fisch. & C.A.Mey.; Crucifera aubrieta E.H.L.Krause; Draba hesperidiflora Lam.; Farsetia deltoidea (L.) R.Br.; Farsetia italica Ces., Pass. & Gibelli; Vesicaria deltoidea (L.) Poir.) as per POWO; Native to: East…
Cymbidium lancifolium Hook., Exot. Fl. 1: t. 51 1823. (syn: Cymbidiopsis lancifolia (Hook.) H.J.Chowdhery; Cymbidium aspidistrifolium Fukuy.; Cymbidium bambusifolium Fowlie, F.Mark & F.S.Ho [Illegitimate]; Cymbidium caulescens Ridl.; Cymbidium cuspidatum Blume; Cymbidium gibsonii Lindl. & Paxton; Cymbidium javanicum Blume; Cymbidium javanicum var. aspidistrifolium (Fukuy.) F.Maek.; Cymbidium javanicum var. pantlingii F.Maek.; Cymbidium…
SK 2676 19 July 2020 – Mycophyta : 5 posts by 2 authors. 3 images- 6 to 7 mb each. Location: Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal Date: 20 June 2020 Altitude: 2162 m. Habitat : Wild Amanita
SK 2677 19 July 2020 – Mycophyta : 5 posts by 2 authors. 3 images- 7 mb each. Location: Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal Date: 20 June 2020 Altitude: 2162 m. Habitat : Wild Could be Entoloma, but I am not sure Entoloma subcostatum G.F.Atk. is listed in book but looks different. Looks…
SK 2678 19 July 2020 – Mycophyta : 5 posts by 2 authors. 3 images- 6 to 7 mb each. Location: Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal Date: 20 June 2020 Altitude: 2162 m. Habitat : Wild Mycena spp. Same as yesterday or different?
Eugenia mooniana Wight, Ill. Ind. Bot. 2: 13 1841. (syn: Eugenia concinna Thwaites; Eugenia thwaitesii Duthie); Sri Lanka, S-India as per Catalogue of Life; Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; Large shrubs. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, caudate, base acute or obtuse, glabrous, to 8 x 3.5 cm. Flowers 5 mm across,…
Hygrocybe ceracea (Sowerby) P. Kumm. (syn: Agaricus ceraceus Sowerby; Agaricus ceraceus Wulfen; Agaricus ceraceus var. fissus Pers.; Agaricus ceraceus var. hypoxanthus Alb. & Schwein.; Agaricus ceraceus var. hypozanthus Pers.; Agaricus ceraceus var. inflexus Pers.; Agaricus ceraceus var. laceratus Pers.; Agaricus cereus J.F. Gmel.; Agaricus hypozanthus (Pers.) J. Otto; Gymnopus ceraceus…
Nepenthes gymnamphora Reinw. ex Nees, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 3: 366 1824. (syn: Nepenthes xiphioides B.R.Salmon & Maulder); Native to: Jawa, Sumatera as per POWO; Pitcher Plants : Nepenthes gymnamphora : Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta : 18JUL20 : AK-24 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) Pitcher plants…
Pitcher Plants 2: Sending a few more photographs. I assume we have more than one species here, and second last one doesnt seem like Nepenthes, but some other genus may be. The plant in the second last photograph is also a pitcher plant as can be seen from…
Heliamphora nutans Benth., Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 53 1840. (syn: Sarracenia nutans (Benth.) D.Dietr.) as per POWO; Native to: Brazil North, Guyana, Venezuela as per POWO; Orchid for ID : Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, USA : 06APR20 : AK-28 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6) Orchids seen at…
Lantana Species : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta : 29JUN20 : AK-48 : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Seen in the garden during my visit in October, 2018. A cultivated, dwarf, garden plant. Some cultivar like Lantana ‘New Gold’ For me also it looks like Lantana cultivated….