• Tephrosia purpurea ?

    Tephrosia purpurea ?;   Tephrosia purpurea ? : 3 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1)- 1 Mb.  Tephrosia purpurea ? this not T. purpurea; i think it is T. pumila.  I am unable to say anything with this image and without any details. Pl. check yourself at Tephrosia purpurea Tephrosia pumila

  • Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi

    Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi R.-Hamet & Perrier, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille III, 3: 75 1915. (syn: Bryophyllum fedtschenkoi (Ham. & Perr.) C.Y. Cheng (ambiguous synonym); Bryophyllum fedtschenkoi (Hamet & Perr.) Lauzac-Marchal (ambiguous synonym); Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi var. isalensis Boiteau & Mannoni); . C- & SE-Madagascar, Puerto Rico (I), Australia (I) (Queensland (I)), trop….

  • Rhynchosia minima ?

    Rhynchosia minima ?;   Rhynchosia minima : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1)- 1 Mb.  Rhynchosia minima May be, but difficult to confirm with this image. Pl. see comparative images at Rhynchosia‎ & https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a—l/f/fabaceae/rhynchosia/rhynchosia-minima

  • Mucuna pruriens ?

     Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. ?; Mucuna pruriens : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1) Mucuna pruriens May be, but difficult to confirm with this image. Pl. see Mucuna pruriens and comparative images at Mucuna  

  • Oenanthe

    Keys as per Flora of Bhutan: 1. Leaves simple or sparingly once-pinnate; rachis grass-like, segments filiform …. 1. O. hookeri+ Leaves biternate or 2-4 x pinnately divided; segments otherwise . . . . ………… . .. 22. Leaves biternate or bipinnate; segments medium-sized, elliptic …………………….  2. O. javanica+ Leaves 3-4 x…

  • Ilex kingiana

    Ilex kingiana Cockerell, Torreya 11: 264 1911. (syn: Ilex insignis Hook. fil.); Nepal, Bhutan, India (Arunachal Pradesh, Darjeeling), Sikkim as per Catalogue of Life; SK1158 30 MAY 2018 : 13 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6) Location : Lava, Kalimpong, India Date : 11 May 2018 Elevation :  6800 ft. Habit :…

  • Iris‎

    Iris collettii Hook.f. (E. Himalaya to S. Central China and Indo-China: Doubtfully present in: Nepal; China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam as per POWO)        Iris crocea Jacquem. ex R.C.Foster   Iris decora Wall. (Pakistan to S. Central China: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO)     Iris domestica…

  • TORSHA ON SPATE

    Re: TORSHA ON SPATE : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (8) Cooch Behar town is on the bank of river Torsha. A few days back my friend Brig. Rajbir Singh suggested that I should upload some images of that river , when in spate. That time has come. Attaching…

  • Geranium species ?- Sandakphu, West Bengal

      SK1202 14 JUNE 2018 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Location: Sandakphu, India Date: 13 May 2018 Altitude: 12000 ft. Habit : Wild Some Delphinium sp. ? Also check images at Geranium  

  • Polytrichum species- Sandakphu, West Bengal

      SK1199 13 JUNE 2018 : 13 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2)- around 600 kb each.  Location: Sandakphu, India Date: 13 May 2018 Altitude: 12000 ft. Habit : Wild I think this is an Eriocaulon. Cant make out the species without flowers. I think it is Polytrichum sp, as it was…

  • To have thumbnails images on all threads

    To have thumbnails images on all threads : 2 posts by 1 author. We have been experimenting with insertion of images since we started this work in Oct’2015. With hit and trials, based on feedback from members and assessing our requirements, we now have stabilized to having images over respective threads in a…

  • Clivia

    Clivia miniata (Lindl.) Verschaff.   The clevetia plant : 7 posts by 3 authors. The clevetia plant, can it be multiplied via cuttings? Other recipients: I guess Google can help. Thank you. Saroj Kasaju I guess Google can help. Yes. Not by cuttings. But by dividing the clumps from well grown plants….

  • Hippeastrum hybrids- Kalimpong, West Bengal

    SK1246 02 JUL 2018 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4)- around 700 kb each. Location:  Kalimpong, WB, India Date: 15 May 2018 Altitude: 4100 ft. Habit : Cultivated Which Hippeastrum ?? Mostly hybrids. 

  • Juncus inflexus

    Juncus inflexus L., Sp. Pl. 326 1753. (syn: Juncus acutissimus (Buchenau) Adamson; Juncus angelisii Ten.; Juncus cyprius H.Linb.; Juncus deangelisii Bertol. [Invalid]; Juncus depauperatus Ten.; Juncus diaphragmarius Brot.; Juncus elatus Steud.; Juncus equisetosus Dumort.; Juncus glaucescens Laharpe; Juncus glaucus Sibth. [Illegitimate]; Juncus glaucus Ehrh. ex P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. [Illegitimate];…

  • ca in elevation

    Fwd: ca in elevation : 3 posts by 2 authors. What does the “ca” mean ?? Not clear myself.  Circa (from Latin, meaning ‘around, about’), usually abbreviated c., ca. orca (also circ. or cca.), means “approximately” in several European languages (and as a loanword in English), usually in reference to a date. Circa is…

  • Micropera rostrata

    Micropera rostrata (Roxb.) N.P.Balakr., J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 67: 66 1970. (syn: Aerides rostrata Roxb.; Camarotis purpurea Lindl.; Camarotis rostrata (Roxb.) Rchb.f.; Micropera purpurea (Lindl.) Pradhan; Sarcochilus purpureus (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hook.f.); Arunachal Pradesh to Bangladesh as per WCSP; Climbing, epiphytic herbs. Stem simple or branching, up to 1…

  • Didymocarpus species- Lava, Kalimpong, West Bengal

    Didymocarpus species : Attachments (3)- around 900 kb each. Location : Lava, Kalimpong, India Date : 11 May 2018 Elevation :  7000 ft. Habit : Wild Gloxinia sp. ?? May be as per Didymocarpus But can not say further. Yes I agree, it looks close to Didymocarpus Gloxinia I guess ! I do not…

  • Maianthemum oleraceum

    aianthemum oleraceum (Baker) LaFrankie, Taxon 35: 589 1986. (syn: Maianthemum oleraceum var. acuminatum (F.T.Wang & Tang) Karthik.; Smilacina crassifolia Kawano; Smilacina mientienensis F.T.Wang & Tang; Smilacina oleracea (Baker) Hook.f.; Smilacina oleracea f. acuminata (F.T.Wang & Tang) H.Hara; Smilacina oleracea var. acuminata F.T.Wang & Tang; Tovaria oleracea Baker); E. Nepal to…

  • Galium ghilanicum

    Galium ghilanicum Stapf, Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 50: 53 1885. (syn: Galium chitralensis Nazim.; Galium parisiense var. brachypodum Boiss.; Galium transcaucasicum Stapf); S. Turkey to C. Asia and C. Himalaya as per WCSP; Afghanistan; Iran; Iraq; Kirgizstan; Lebanon-Syria; Nepal; Pakistan; Tadzhikistan; Transcaucasus; Turkey; West Himalaya; Xinjiang as…

  • Gesneriaceae member ?- Sukhiapokahari, West Bengal

      SK1181 07 JUNE 2018 : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Location : Sukhiapokahari, Darjeeling, India Date : 12 May 2018 Elevation :  6900 ft. Habit : Wild Again leaf only. Posssible to ID this Begonia sp. ?? I don’t think this is begonia – but I don’t know what else it…