• Swietenia macrophylla ?

    Swietenia macrophylla ?; . Re: 121011-MS – 57- Request ID of a Meliaceae tree.: 3 images. Herewith enclosing the photographs of a big, rather huge tree. Photos taken on 9.10.2011. Place: Rajkumar park, Mysore Leaves seem to be pinnate, so it should be a Neem [Azadirachta indica] tree. I am sure the tree is…

  • Argyreia argentea

    Argyreia argentea (Roxb.) Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 2: 373 1830. (syn: Argyreia sericea St. Lag.; Convolvulus argenteus Wall.; Convolvulus festivus Wall.; Lettsomia argentea Ridl.); Bangladesh, E-India (Assam, Khasia), Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin, Mandalay, Sagaing), Nepal, Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life;    Argyreia sp. from Kamrup district, Assam : Attachments (13)….

  • Farfugium japonicum var. giganteum (Cultivated- USA)

    Farfugium japonicum var. giganteum Kitam., Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 8: 78 (1939) 78 1939. (syn: Ligularia gigantea Sieb. & Zucc.); Japan (Shikoku, Kyushu) as per Catalogue of Life;   Farfugium japonicum var giganteum : Asteraceae : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 30NOV18 : AK-46 : 2 posts by 2…

  • Medinilla alata (Cultivated- USA)

    Medinilla alata Baker f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9(1): 54 1916 [1916-22 publ. Aug 1916].; New Guinea as per Catalogue of Life;   Plant for ID : Conservatory : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 27NOV18 : AK-26 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Plant seen…

  • Carex phyllocephala (Cultivated- USA)

    Carex phyllocephala T.Koyama, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 16: 40 1955.; China South-Central; China Southeast; Japan as per Catalogue of Life;   Plant for ID : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 30NOV18 : AK-45 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Plant seen in the garden in October. Please…

  • Ceratostema rauhii (Cultivated- USA)

    Ceratostema rauhii Luteyn, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 119: 314 1992. ; Peru as per Catalogue of Life;   Ceratostema rauhii : Ericaceae : Conservatory : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 29NOV18 : AK-42 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Seen inside the Conservatory. Neotropical Blueberry.  References:…

  • 99th Tree Appreciation Walk at Shahid Hemant Karkare Udyan, Andheri East

    99th Tree Appreciation Walk at Shahid Hemant Karkare Udyan, Andheri East on 9th Dec,2018 at 7.30 am : 2 posts by 2 authors. We have arrived on our 99th Tree Appreciation Walk and we have chosen a spacious garden called “Shahid Hemant Karkare Udyan” in Andheri  East………its very special because…

  • Guzmania conifera (Cultivated- USA)

    Guzmania conifera (André) André ex Mez, Monogr. Phan. 9: 911 1896. (syn: Caraguata conifera André) ?; Colombia to N. Peru as per WCSP; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru as per Catalogue of Life;   Bromeliad for ID : Conservatory : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 29NOV18 : AK-41 : 3…

  • Alocasia cuprea (Cultivated- USA)

    Alocasia cuprea K.Koch, Berliner Klin. Wochenschr. 4: 141 1861. (syn: Alocasia metallica (K.Koch) Hook. [Illegitimate]; Caladium cupreum K.Koch & C.D.Bouché [Invalid]; Caladium metallicum K.Koch; Caladium veitchii Hend. ex Hook.f.; Gonatanthus cupreus K.Koch [Invalid]); Borneo (Sabah) as per WCSP;   Araceae for ID : Conservatory : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta,…

  • Psammisia ecuadorensis (Cultivated- USA)

    Psammisia ecuadorensis Hoerold, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 308 1909. (syn: Psammisia kraenzliniana Hoerold; Psammisia puberula Hoerold); Ecuador as per Catalogue of Life;   Plant for ID : Conservatory : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 29NOV18 : AK-36 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Plant seen inside…

  • Begonia bipinnatifida (Cultivated- USA)

    Begonia bipinnatifida J.J.Sm., Bull. Dép. Agric. Indes Néerl. 2: 47 1906.; New Guinea as per WCSP;   Begonia Species for ID : Conservatory : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 26NOV18 : AK-16 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)  Plant seen inside the conservatory during my visit in October….

  • Tailed Jay on Ixora species

      SYMBIOSIS : 1205 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of Tailed Jay visiting flowers of Ixora Sp

  • Tree facts

    Fwd: Tree facts : 1 post by 1 author. https://starofmysore.com/tag/tree-facts/ https://starofmysore.com/tag/peace-lily/ I have provided link for my latest articles  

  • Anisadenia saxatilis

    Anisadenia saxatilis Wall. ex Meisn., Pl. Vasc. Gen. 96 1838. (syn: Anisadenia khasyana Griff.); India (Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya), Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, N-Thailand, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Shan), China (Yunnan) as per Catalogue of Life; Leafy shoots simple, erect, 15-25cm, stems subglabrous.leaves ± clustered at top of stems…

  • Anisadenia

    Anisadenia saxatilis Wall. ex Meisn.

  • Thumbnails in efi site on mobile

    Thumbnails in efi site on mobile : Thumbnails in efi site on mobile can be seen in quite large size on enlarging, without opening them on clicking.It was a great surprise to me. It becomes really easy to browse in efi site, when comparing with efi posts in mail, for validation etc….

  • Dioscorea species- Godda, Jharkhand

      For ID25112018RK1 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)  Kindly help in identification of this. It is a root Local name-Ber-alli Date-22nd November, 2018 Place-Godda, Jharkhand Dioscorea.  

  • Brugmansia ‘Charles Grimaldi’

    Brugmansia ‘Charles Grimaldi’;   Brugmansia Species for ID : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 26NOV18 : AK-20 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Seen at the garden.  There were no open flowers. Leaves had a serrated margin. brugmansia ‘charles grimaldi’ Excellent! The leaves in my pictures do match…