• Fuchsia ‘Spion Kop’

    Fuchsia ‘Spion Kop’;   SK1316 24 JUL 2018 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Location : Golphutar, Kathmandu, Nepal Elevation : 4400 ft.Date : 2 June 2018 Habit : Wild  Which Fuschia sp. ??  Fuschia ‘Swingtime’ ?? Correction: Cultivated  this fertile i.e. produces fruits variety is  is Fuschia…

  • Fuchsia hybrid- Himachal Pradesh

      Flower id request: Flower identification. This pic taken at Himachal Pradesh. May 2010. … some garden cultivar of ¿ Fuchsia ? species. Fuchsia species. Fuchsia May be Fuchsia ‘Rose of Castile’ with this image. I don’t think it is Fuchsia rose of castile. look at all the examples on google…

  • Vicia bithynica

    Vicia bithynica (L.) L. (syn: Ervum bithynicum (L.) Stank.; Lathyrus bithynicus L.); India (N):  Himachal Pradesh; Jammu-Kashmir and other countries as per ILDIS;   Fabaceae (Lathyrus sp.) for id : 20 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6) – one of 3 Mb. Please help to identify this Fabaceae, to me…

  • Unknown seedling from Western ghats

        20072018BHAR01 – Unknown seedling : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)- 677 kb.  Please help me identify the species. I got the seed from Western ghats 2 months before. I almost forgot about the seeds , suddenly it started germinating….  

  • Chrysosplenium nepalense ?

    Chrysosplenium nepalense D. Don (syn: Chrysosplenium guebriantianum Hand.-Mazz.; Chrysosplenium nepalense Maxim. (ambiguous synonym); Chrysosplenium nepalense var. yunnanense (Franch.) Franch.; Chrysosplenium sulcatum Maxim.; Chrysosplenium sulcatum Maxim.; Chrysosplenium yunnanense Franch.) ?;   Nepal to S. Central China as per POWO; Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Assam, S-Tibet, N-Burma (Chin), China (Sichuan, Yunnan), India as per…

  • Periploca species ?- Hamirpur, H.P.

    PM 27-06-2018 Herb I’d from Hamirpur, H.P : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) I’d requested A small tuberous leafless herb with 2 paired pods Sorry for the incomplete information and bad quality of image Clicked by a friend at Hamirpur, H.P 26-06-2018 Pl. check /species/a—l/a/apocynaceae Another image with…

  • Phalaenopsis hybrid- Kalimpong, West Bengal

      SK1284 13 JUL 2018 : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) – 600 kb, 1 mb and 3 mb.  Location:  Kalimpong, WB, India Date: 11 May 2018 Altitude: 4000 ft. Habit : Cultivated Phalaenopsis cultivar. ID please ? My friends say that this is also a hybrid of Phalaenopsis somewhere between…

  • Porpax ustulata

    Porpax ustulata (E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 16: 8 1908. (syn: Eria ustulata E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.; Pinalia ustulata (E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Porpax ustulata (E.C. Parish & Rchb. f.) Kraenzl.); China South-Central; Myanmar; Thailand as per Catalogue of Life;   Porpax sp. from South Andaman Island : 8 posts…

  • Thunbergia kirkii (Cultivated)

    Thunbergia kirkii Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 109: t. 6677 1883. (syn: Thunbergia amanensis Lindau; Thunbergia hookeriana Lindau);   Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zanzibar as per Catalogue of Life;    Ornamental Bush For ID : Lalbagh,Bangalore : 18APR16 : AK-12 : 12/12 : 9 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Foliage Plant seen at…

  • Pterygota alata ‘diversifolia’

    Pterygota alata ‘diversifolia’; ‘Mad Tree’;   201210-PR -For ID-Chennai.: Please help me id the tree whose varied leaves I have photographed. Photography is not permitted in the Agri-hort garden, hence I have snapped some of the fallen leaves. Someone has given me a hint that the leaves belong to a…

  • Passiflora maliformis (Cultivated)

    Passiflora maliformis L., Sp. Pl. 956 1753. (syn: Passiflora caudata A.H. Gentry; Passiflora maliformis var. pubescens Planch. & Linden ex Triana & Planch.; Passiflora ornata Kunth; Passiflora ornata var. pubescens Triana & Planch.); Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (St. Thomas), Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Barbuda, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saba, St….

  • Callicarpa rubella

    Callicarpa rubella Lindl., Bot. Reg. 11: t. 883 1825. (syn: Callicarpa dielsii (H.Lév.) C.Pei; Callicarpa lasiantha Lem.; Callicarpa panduriformis H.Lév.; Callicarpa purpurea Lem. [Illegitimate]; Callicarpa rubella f. angustata C.Pei; Callicarpa rubella f. crenata C.Pei; Callicarpa rubella var. dielsii (H.Lév.) H.L.Li; Callicarpa rubella var. hemsleyana Diels; Callicarpa rubella var. rubella ; Callicarpa rubella var. subglabra (C.Pei) H.T.Chang; Callicarpa rubella f. subglabra C.Pei; Callicarpa rubella f. villosa M.Cheng & Z.J.Feng; Callicarpa sessilifolia Wall. ex Walp.; Callicarpa tenuiflora Champ. ex Benth.; Viburnum dielsii H.Lév. [Illegitimate]); . E. Himalaya to S. China and Malesia as per WCSP; . Assam; Bangladesh; Cambodia; China South-Central; China Southeast; East Himalaya; Hainan; Jawa; Laos; Malaya; Myanmar; Philippines; Sulawesi; Sumatera; Thailand; Vietnam as…

  • Lycium ferocissimum (Australia)

    Lycium ferocissimum Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. II, 14: 187 1854. (syn: Lycium macrocalyx Dammer); South Africa (Free State, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.), Lesotho, Namibia, Australia (I) (Western Australia (I), Northern Territory (I), South Australia (I), Queensland (I), New South Wales (I), Victoria (I), Tasmania (I)), New Zealand (I), Lord…

  • Acaena echinata (Australia)

    Acaena echinata Nees, Plantae Preissianae 95 1844.; Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, Tasmania) as per Catalogue of Life;  Plants From Australia 2018:: Acaena echinata from Victoria-NS July 01 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5) I got an opportunity to visit Australia this summer, and I…

  • Pinalia reticosa

    Pinalia reticosa (Wight) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 679 (1891). (syn: Eria reticosa Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5(1): 4, t. 1637 (1851).; Conchidium reticosum (Wight) Ormerod, Taiwania 57: 119 (2012).) Uttarakhand, S. India as per WCSP; Conchidium braccatum ?? from Matheran- 30th June2018 : 7 posts by 4 authors….

  • MScR on Plant Systematics

    Fwd: MScR on Plant Systematics Advertisement : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)- MSc – by research on Plant Systematics_04012018 DS final version.docx Here is an interesting MSc by research program in Plant Systematics with scholarships available. Please share with interested people. We do need more plant taxonomists.   

  • Sophronitis x Laelia hybrid- Kalimpong, West Bengal

      SK1291 16 JUL 2018 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) – 600 kb and 3 Mb. Location:  Kalimpong, WB, India Date: 11 May 2018 Altitude: 4000 ft. Habit : Cultivated Yes a hybrid of Laelia I think. Thanks a lot for sharing. Thank you …! Does it have specific…

  • Stereochilus dalatensis (Cultivated- Hong Kong)

    Stereochilus dalatensis (Guillaumin) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 205 1972. (syn: Sarcanthus crassifolius Rolfe ex Downie [Illegitimate]; Sarcanthus dalatensis Guillaumin); China (Yunnan) to Indo-China as per WCSP; China South-Central; Thailand; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life;   Stereochilus dalatensis from my balcony. : 6 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (1)…

  • Begonia ‘Merry Christmas’

      SK1263 06 JUL 2018 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Location:  Kalimpong, WB, India Date: 10 May 2018 Altitude: 4300 ft. Habit : Cultivated. Begonia Merry Christmas ?? May be as per https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Begonia_Rex_Cultorum_Group https://garden.org/plants/view/154883/King-Begonia-Begonia-Merry-Christmas/