• Machilus species- Victoria Peak, Hong Kong

      SK1592 22 Nov 2018 : 11 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4) Location: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong  Date: 2 November 2018 Elevation: 1300 ft. Habit : Wild Ericaceae ?? Actinodaphne! Last image appears to be of a herb. Then not Lauraceae  I did not find any Actinodaphne listing in the HK Herbarium link and…

  • Ocimum species- Sentosa, Singapore

      SK1728 15 Jan 2019 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)- 3 Mb.  Location : Sentosa , Singapore Date : 18 October 2012 Altitude  131 m. Habit : Cultivated Ocimum  ??? Yes as per  https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a–-l/l/lamiaceae/ocimum  

  • Cylindropuntia species- Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

      cactus (3) FOR ID :: Jurassic Cactus Park, Jaisalmer :: 27 OCT 18 : 7 posts by 2 authors. 6 images. Jurassic Cactus Park  Kuldhara, Jaisalmer Date: October 27, 2018 … Altitude: about 225 m (740 feet) asl ID please   Pl. check comparative images at  https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a–-l/c/cactaceae Could not find…

  • Spathoglottis hybrids- Sentosa, Singapore

      SK1735 18 Jan 2019 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)- 3 m,b each.  Location : Sentosa , Singapore Date : 18 October 2012 Altitude  131 m. Habit : Cultivated Spathoglottis hybrid.

  • Vanda hybrids- Sentosa, Singapore

    SK1739 19 Jan 2019 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)- 3 mb.  Location : Sentosa , Singapore Date : 18 October 2012 Altitude  131 m. Habit : Cultivated Vanda cultivar ?? Yes a Vanda hybrid!! 

  • Looking for Indigenous tree saplings…

    Looking for Indigenous tree saplings… : 1 post by 1 author. I am looking for indigenous trees samplings. Please let me know if anybody have contact of Nurseryman or any institute who propagate Indigenous tree saplings. 

  • Bee on an Arecaceae member

      SYMBIOSIS : 1224 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of bee visiting flowers of Palm species.

  • Crescentia alata ?

    Crescentia alata ?;   Fruit tree id: amba ghat, Maharashtra : 8 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1) Pl id the fruit tree found in amba ghat, sahyadri forest maharashtra. FWD from my friend.  Could be Crescentia cujete i have some doubt as to these being: Crescentia cujete because i have…

  • Hippeastrum hybrids- Gyaneswor, Kathmandu, Nepal

      SK1639 12 Dec 2018 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)- around 500 kb each.  Location:  Gyaneswor, Kathmandu, Nepal Elevation :  4500 ft. Date 16 April 2018 Habit : Cultivated Pl. check hybrids of  https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a–-l/a/amaryllidaceae/hippeastrum 

  • Kolkwitzia amabilis (Cultivated- USA)

    Kolkwitzia amabilis Graebn., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29(5): 593–594 1901. (syn: Kolkwitzia amabilis var. calicina Pamp.; Kolkwitzia amabilis var. tomentosa Pamp.; Linnaea amabilis (Graebn.) Christenh.); China (Anhui, Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Shanxi), USA (I) (Kentucky (I), Massachusetts (I), Michigan (I), Pennsylvania (I), Utah (I), Vermont (I)), Tajikistan (I), Croatia (I) as…

  • 95. Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th Dec.’18

    Efloraofindia website updated upto 30th Dec.’18- more than 12,000 species : 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 3,14,600 messages…

  • Senecio stauntonii (Hing Kong)

    Senecio stauntonii DC., Prodr. (DC.) 6: 363 363 1838.; China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan) as per Catalogue of Life; SK1613 29 Nov 2018 : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (7)- around 700 kb each.  Location: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong  Date: 2 November 2018 Elevation: 1300 ft. Habit : Wild Which Asteraceae? Senecio sp.??…

  • Polygala abyssinica

    Polygala abyssinica R.Br. ex Fresen. in Mus. Senck. 2:273. 1837. Bennett, l.c.202; Collett. l.c. 44; Bamber, l.c. 283. Jafri, l.c. 190; Quraishi and Khan, l.c. 97. (syn: Polygala abyssinica var. gerardiana (Hassk.) Chodat; Polygala adoensis Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Polygala cernua Eckl. & Zeyh.; Polygala gerardiana Wall. ex Hassk.; Polygala pedunculata Harv.; Polygala scabra…

  • Clematis species- Ghangaria, Uttarakhand

    VoF Week: Clematis wightiana – Ghangaria : 3 posts by 3 authors. No image visible now. Clematis wightiana Place : Ghangaria Date  : 16.08.2012 Clematis wightiana Wall. has no distribution in the area as per details herein.  

  • Catalpa bignonioides (USA)

    Catalpa bignonioides Walter, Fl. Carol. 64 1788. (syn: Bignonia catalpa L.; Bignonia spectabilis Salisb.; Catalpa arborea Baill.; Catalpa bignonioides f. aurea Bureau …….; Catalpa catalpa (L.) H.Karst. [Invalid]; Catalpa communis Dum.Cours.; Catalpa cordifolia Moench; Catalpa syringifolia Sims; Catalpa syringifolia var. koehnei Hesse; Catalpa ternifolia Cav.; Catalpa umbraculifera Ugolini; Catalpium amena Raf.); E….

  • Quercus phellos (USA)

    Quercus phellos L., Sp. Pl. 994 1753. (syn: Quercus phellos f. intonsa Fernald; Quercus phellos f. phellos ; Quercus phellos var. sylvatica Michx.; Quercus phellos var. viridis Aiton); C. & E. U.S.A. as per WCSP; Alabama; Arkansas; Delaware; District of Columbia; Florida; Georgia; Illinois; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maryland; Mississippi; Missouri; New…

  • Common palm fly on Arecaceae member

      SYMBIOSIS : 1223 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of Common palm fly (female), visiting flowers of Palm species.   SYMBIOSIS : 1244 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attaching a collage of Common Palm Fly (male) visiting flowers of Palm species.    

  • Ruellia chartacea (Cultivated)

    Ruellia chartacea (T. Anders.) D.C. Wassh., Opera Bot. 92: 265 1987. (syn: Aphelandra chartacea T. Anders.; Ruellia colorata Baill.); Colombia (Amazonas, Cauca, Putumayo), Ecuador, Peru, Puerto Rico (I) as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Peruvian Wild Petunia, Red Shrimp Plant, Lobster claw   Plant for ID : Conservatory :…

  • Psychotria serpens (Hong Kong)

    Psychotria serpens L., Mant. Pl. 2: 204 1771. (syn: Grumilea serpens (L.) K.Schum.; Psychotria scandens Hook. & Arn.; Psychotria serpens var. latifolia Pit.; Uragoga serpens (L.) Kuntze); Indo-China to Japan and Pen. Malaysia as per WCSP; Cambodia; China Southeast; Hainan; Japan; Laos; Nansei-shoto; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam as per Catalogue of…