Category: Luisia

Luisia macrotis Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1869: 110 1869. ; Assam to China (W. Yunnan) and Indo-China as per WCSP; Assam; China South-Central; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life;   Luisia species for ID_1_20_03_2020 : 11 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) Help me to identify this Luisia sp. Date/Time- 16/3/2020- 11 AM […]

Luisia filiformis Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 23 1890. (syn: Luisia gamblei Hook.f.; Luisia grovesii Hook.f.); E. Himalaya to China (S. & SE. Yunnan) and Indo-China as per WCSP; Assam; Bangladesh; Cambodia; China South-Central; East Himalaya; India; Laos; Thailand; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Threadlike Luisia Plant epiphytic or lithophytic, pendent; roots […]

Luisia birchea Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 64 4: 50 1849. (syn: Luisia tenuifolia sensu Hook. f.; Luisia pseudotenuifolia Blatt. & McC.; Luisia evangelinae Blatt. & McC.; Luisia tenuifolia var. evangelinae  (Blatt. & McC.) Sant. & Kap.; Luisia birchea var. evangelinae  (Blatt. & McC.) Sarkar) as per BSI Flora of India checklist;   . Peninsular, E. & N.E. […]

Luisia tenuifolia Blume, Rumphia 4: 50 1849. (syn: Birchea teretifolia A.Rich.; Cymbidium tenuifolium Lindl. [Illegitimate]; Luisia birchea Blume; Luisia evangelinae Blatt. & McCann; Luisia pseudotenuifolia Blatt. & McCann; Luisia tenuifolia var. evangelinae (Blatt. & McCann) Santapau & Kapadia);   Images by tspkumar     Orchidaceae fortnight :: Luisia evangelinae :: Kalambuli :: DV28 : 4 images. […]

Luisia zeylanica Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 4: 3 1853. (syn: Luisia burmanica Lindl.; Luisia indica Khuraijam & R.K.Roy; Luisia platyglossa Rchb.f.; Luisia truncata Blatt. & McCann); . Indian Subcontinent to Myanmar, Andaman Islands to Nicobar Islands: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya as POWO; . Erect, tufted, epiphytic herbs; stem to 20 […]

Luisia zeylanica ? . ORCHIDACEAE Fortnight: Luisia sp for Identification from Uttarakhand DSR_5 : Attachments (2). 6 posts by 4 authors. Uttarakhand has three Luisia species- L.brachystachys, L.trichorhiza and L.zeylanica but I am not able to place it in any of them since lacking specimens. Hope … will be able to determine. Photographed in Pindar […]

Luisia abrahamii Vatsala, Introd. Orchids 489 1981.;       ORCHIDACEAE: ID – Prejith008 Luisia abrahamii: This is a Luisia found at elevations of sea level to 500 metres asl and endemic to the Western Ghats. Blooms from late September to November. Pankaj, I did finally manage to contact … and he helped me with […]

Luisia macrantha Blatt. & McCann , J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 492 1932.; Images by tspkumar          Kathakali flowering: Was at my farm at Shahapur today. Luisia macrantha [Kathakali] was flowering. Sending a few photographs.  Luisia macrantha Blatt. & McCann Orchidaceae Endemic to India. Thanks for sharing. The lateral petals are […]