• Scoparia dulcis var. abrahamii ?

    Scoparia dulcis var. abrahamii S.N.Pardeshi & Srinivasu ?; . India (Maharashtra) as per Catalogue of life; . ID04032011PHK 3: A herb, growing as weed in paddyfeilds with quadrangular stem. At Alibag, Maharashtra – This plant was previously included in family Scrophulariaceae but now it is removed from Scrophulariaceae and is…

  • Common Myna on Antidesma species

      SYMBIOSIS : 1290 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of Common Myna feeding on fruits of Antidesma sp. There are few posts by you of birds on Antidesma species. But details of the plant is not clear to determine the species. May I request…

  • Drosera occidentalis subsp. australis (Australia)

    Drosera occidentalis subsp. australis N.Marchant & Lowrie; Ashmore-Cartier Is.; Western Australia as per Catalogue of Life;   Flora-Australia-55:  Insectivorus plant 7 Drocera. Pl confirm whether it is pigmy. Out of 83 species of Drocera worldwide, Australia has 70. Drosera australis (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran    References: Catalogue of Life …

  • 100. Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st May’19

    Efloraofindia website updated upto 31st May’19 : 3 posts by 2 authors. It’s heartening to reiterate that Efloraofindia is the largest google e-group/ forum in the world in this field & the largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with around 3,23,100 messages so far & membership…

  • B T Barbet on Antidesma species

      SYMBIOSIS : 1289 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of B T Barbet feeding on the fruits of Antidesma sp..  

  • Nanorrhinum

    Keys in Flora of Bhutan by AJC Grierson and D G Long, Vol.2 Part 3 (2001): 1. Plant densely greyish-villous or hirsute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1. Kickxia incana (syn….

  • Argyreia pomacea ?

    Argyreia pomacea ? . Request identification of climber : 8 posts by 4 authors. 3 images. Request species identification of this climber/vine belonging to Argyreia. The fruit is soft/fleshy with hairy/pubescent stems and leaves. Argyreia hookeri ?? Argyreia sericea ??  Argyreia sericea  Where and when was the plant clicked ? But I am…

  • Mecardonia species?- Minnie Bay, South Andamans

    Plants for ID… : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3) I saw this small plant (Herb) very long back near damp area in Minnie Bay, South Andaman, provided leaf, flower and fruits image. Requested to please provide ID. Seems to be Mecardonia acumiata.  To me looks different from Mecardonia…

  • More than three ID requests per day not allowed

    Possible to post more than three ID requests per day? : 4 posts by 3 authors. I read in the posting guidelines that identification posts are to be kept to a maximum of three per day. How strict is this guideline followed? If it is advisable but not mandatory, I…

  • Loranthaceae member ?- Unique structure on Dry fallen twig

    Fwd: Id requested : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)- 5 mb. Id requested This unique structure was found in an Dry fallen twig of Artocarpus chaplasha. Assam 23 May 2019 Attachments (1)- 5 mb.  Attachments (1)- 4 mb. Attachments (1)- 2 mb. Can it be some orchid ? I don’t think so. Does…

  • Vanda motesiana

    Vanda motesiana Choltco, Orchid Rev. 117: 148 2009. ; Arunachal Pradesh as per WCSP; East Himalaya as per Catalogue of Life;   MS June, 2019/05 Vanda sp. for ID : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) Place : Thaidawr, Mizoram Date : 31-05-2019 Habit : Epiphytic orchid Habitat :…

  • Hygrocybe species- Telkot, Nagarkot, Nepal

      SK1899 07 May 2019 – Mycophyta : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)- around 600 kb each. Location: Telkot, Nagarkot Date: 8 September 2016 Elevation: 1500 m. Habit : Wild  Better to leave it as underside is not available.  agree with … OK.  May be some ‎Hygrocybe ? Hygrocybe miniata (Fr.)…

  • Uvaria species- Arunachal

      PG 090519: ID please : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)- 2 mb each. This Annonance member is from Arunachal in around 800m. Tree height is about 15 feet. please help Polyalthia sp. ?? Uvaria sp. seem to be U. rufa ? To me looks different from images of Uvaria…

  • Eritrichium villosum

    Eritrichium villosum (Ledeb.) Bunge, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 2: 531 (1835) (syn: Anchusa sericea Roem. & Schult.; Anchusa villosa Roem. & Schult.; Echinospermum sericeum Benth.; Eritrichium basifixum C.B.Clarke; Eritrichium kamtschaticum Kom.; Eritrichium latifolium Rupr.; Eritrichium villosum var. micranthum Kuvaev; Myosotis ciliata Turcz. ex Ledeb.; Myosotis drabifolia Turcz. ex Steud.; Myosotis…

  • Schizophyllum commune ?

    Schizophyllum commune ?;   SK1902 08 May 2019 – Mycophyta : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Location: Telkot, Nagarkot Date: 8 September 2016 Elevation: 1500 m. Habit : Wild  Looks Schizophyllum commune Family – Schizophyllaceae Looks like. Thank you …! Thanks, …, But hardly found any such images of Schizophyllum commune…

  • Rubia alata

    Rubia alata Wall. (syn: Rubia cordifolia var. longifolia Hand.-Mazz.; Rubia lanceolata Hayata); . China North-Central; China South-Central; China Southeast; Inner Mongolia; Nepal; Taiwan as per Catalogue of Life;  . SK1909 12 May 2019 : 9 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (7)- around 650 kb each. Location: Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal Altitude:…

  • Lepiota species- Lele, Lalitpur, Nepal

      SK1867 26 April 2019 – Mycophyta : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)- around 700 kb each.  Location : Lele, Lalitpur Date : 13 September 2014 Elevation :  1330 m. Habit : Wild Pl. check comparative images at  https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species–fungi/a—l/b/basidiomycota/agaricomycetes/agaricales Any Chlorophyllum species ?  I found only one listed in the…

  • Rhamnus purpurea

    Rhamnus purpurea Edgew., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20(1): 44. 1846 [1851 publ. 29 Aug 1846]; Pakistan (Kurram, Swat, Hazara, Murree), Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), NW-India (Darjeeling, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh), Nepal as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Purple Buckthorn • Hindi: Gaunta, Juhish, Kao thalihana, Luhish, Luish…

  • Care of Bonsai Plants

      Care of Bonsai Plants : 2 posts by 2 authors. 1 image. The Ficus genus belongs to a family of mulberry plants and they are the most popular bonsai around the world. Winters are a time of dormancy for all plants, and this can be seen especially in bonsai,…