• Chrysanthemum cultivars- Atlanta, Georgia

      Chrysanthemums for ID : Atlanta, Georgia : 06FEB19 : AK-10 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Cultivated Chrysanthemums seen at a flower shop in mid Oct,18. These would be Garden Mums or Fall Mums? There were many different colors as well. fall mums hundreds of varieties Yes,…

  • Schoenoplectus (Scirpus) species- Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh

      Grass Id from BD _SM 614 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Habitat : Aquatic  Location : Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh Flowering: Jan,2019 Photo taken : Jan, 2019 Look like Scirpus sp. If possible please send close up of inflorescence. Pl. post the original image to see the…

  • Resources for USA Flora

    My sources. : 2 posts by 2 authors. By now everyone knows I am not a trained botanist.  Someone has asked for my sources. I will list them now so that people looking to identify plants in the US can access. The first is garden.org also known as The National Gardening Association…

  • Gagnebina pterocarpa (Mauritius)

    Gagnebina pterocarpa (Lam.) Baill. (syn: Acacia tamariscina (Lam.) Willd.; Gagnebina axillaris DC.; Gagnebina tamariscina (Lam.) DC.; Mimosa pterocarpa Lam.; Mimosa tamariscina Lam.; Prosopis tamariscina (Lam.) Spreng.); Aldabra (U) ; Astove I ; Cosmoledo I ; Comoro Is (N) ; Madagascar (N) ; Mauritius (N); Mayotte (I) ; Reunion (I) as…

  • Ruspolia seticalyx (Cultivated)

    Ruspolia seticalyx (C. B. CI.) Milne-Redh. (syn: Eranthemum seticalyx C. B. CI.; Pseuderanthemum seticalyx (C. B. Cl.) Stapf); Botswana, Tanzania, D.R. Congo (Zaire), Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Trinidad & Tobago (I) as per Catalogue of Life;   SK1722 13 Jan 2019 : 10 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)…

  • Anthurium species/ hybrids- Marina Bay Garden, Singapore

    SK1753 24 Jan 2019 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Location : Marina Bay Garden , Singapore Date : 18 October 2012 Elevation : 25 m. Habit : Cultivated Araceae ?? Some Anthurium species ? Yes, it could be some of Anthurium but could not find s match. Anthurium…

  • Acer platanoides (USA)?

    Acer platanoides ?;   Tree for ID : Atlanta, Georgia : 18JAN19 : AK-37 : 17 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (2) Tree seen with Fall colors in the last week of Oct,18. Maple? Could be Acer palmatum ? Thanks … To me it looks different. Could be Acer platanoides?…

  • Eurybia spectabilis (USA)

    Eurybia spectabilis (Sol. ex Aiton) G.L.Nesom, Phytologia 77 262 1995. (syn: Aster bellidiflorus Steud. (ambiguous synonym); Aster commixtus (Nees) Kuntze; Aster elegans Willd. (ambiguous synonym); Aster smallii Alexander; Aster speciosus Hornem. (ambiguous synonym); Aster spectabilis Dryand. ex Ait. (ambiguous synonym); Aster spectabilis var. cinerascens S. F. Blake; Aster spectabilis var….

  • Indian cabbage white on Plectranthus species/ hybrids

      SYMBIOSIS : 1234 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of Indian cabbage white visiting flowers of Coleus sp. very nice to see them. i never saw black spots this noticeable on small white cabbage. new to me.  

  • Ruspolia hypocrateriformis (Cultivated)

    Ruspolia hypocrateriformis (Vahl) Milne-Redh., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1936: 270 1936. (syn: Eranthemum affine Spreng.; Eranthemum hypocrateriforme (Vahl) R. Br. ex Roem. & Schult.; Justicia hypocrateriformis Vahl; Pseuderanthemum affine K. Schum.; Ruspolia pseuderanthemoides Lindau; Siphoneranthemum hypocrateriforme (Vahl) Kuntze); . Uganda, Kenya, Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mali, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon,…

  • QR Codes and our databases

    QR Codes and our databases : 18 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (2) We already have a huge collection of information in our database, and with technologies available, we should find ways that information available with us should reach as widely as possible. Many official and private gardens and parks…

  • Colocasia esculenta ‘Black Magic’ ?

      Colocasia esculenta ‘Black Magic’ : Atlanta, Georgia : 16JAN19 : AK-31 : 12 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4)  A garden, ornamental plant. For validation please. How did you get the id?  show us the label please My id was based on searching. That’s the reason I had asked…

  • Cylindropuntia tunicata

    Cylindropuntia tunicata (Lehm.) F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC 126 1935. (syn: Cactus tunicatus Lehm.; Opuntia puelchana A. Cast.; Opuntia tunicata (Lehm.) Link & Otto; Opuntia tunicata var. tunicata);    North America as per Catalogue of Life;   cactus (2) FOR ID :: Jurassic Cactus Park, Jaisalmer :: 27 OCT 18 : 15 posts by…

  • Elatostema acuminatum

    Elatostema acuminatum (Poir.) Brongn., Voy. Monde 211 1834. (syn: Boehmeria acuminata (Poir.) Pers.; Elatostema lowii Stapf; Elatostema membranaceum Hassk.; Elatostema membranifolium Kurz; Langeveldia acuminata (Poir.) Gaud.; Procris acuminata Poir.; Procris membranacea Bl.);  China (W-Guangdong, Hainan, Yunnan), Bhutan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar [Burma] (Kayin), Nepal, Thailand, Java, India, Sri Lanka, Borneo, Vietnam as…

  • Ziziphus apetala

    Ziziphus apetala Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 635 1875.; Nepal, Bhutan, N-India (West Bengal, Assam) as per Catalogue of Life;   ID No.24062011 _climber 03:  Plz identify this wild climber Date/Time-2/3/2011- 09 AM Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Assam, Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Wild Type Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-…

  • Justicia simplex

    Justicia simplex D. Don,  Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 118 1825. (syn: Dianthera ciliata Blanco; Ecbolium simplex (D. Don) Kuntze; Justicia mollissima Wall.; Justicia procumbens var. simplex (D.Don) Yamazaki; Rostellaria mollissima Nees; Rostellularia magnifolia Bremek.; Rostellularia mollissima (Nees) Nees; Rostellularia procumbens var. simplex (D. Don) T. Yamaz.; Rostellularia pumila Hochst. ex Nees); ….

  • Google+ will no longer exist

    Please, I am concerned : 3 posts by 2 authors. Please, I am concerned as I am getting notifications that the Google+ Groups will no longer exist. Can someone reassure me that efloraofindia will still be accessible? Thank you. Show trimmed content Me too Me too – Thanks, …, for…

  • Ludwigia leptocarpa (USA) ?

    Ludwigia leptocarpa (Nutt.) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 28: 292 1953. (syn: Adenola glauca Rafin.; Jussiaea aluligera Miq.; Jussiaea biacuminata Rusby; Jussiaea heterophylla Salzm. ex Micheli; Jussiaea leptocarpa Nutt.; Jussiaea leptocarpa var. aluligera (Miq.) Jonker; Jussiaea leptocarpa f. biacuminata (Rusby) Munz;  Jussiaea leptocarpa var. meyeriana (Kuntze) Munz; Jussiaea marcgravii DC.; Jussiaea miquelii…