Reply from Pankaj ji: "yes this is Smithsonia straminea and there is Oberonia sp in between...." 2008/8/5 J.M. Garg <[email protected]>
> In the meantime more inf. has come up from Mihir ji (as give below) & as > per doubt expressed by Shrikant ji, Neil ji feel now that it looks like > *Smithsonia > straminea*. > From Mihir ji: " I think these orchids may be from the same genus, but > Acampe praemorsa is a large orchid. This whole plant fit in my palm. The > flowers were 5 mm across, the whole cluster hardly 2-3 cm across. " > From Shrikant Ingalhalikar ji: "About the tiny orchids may I request you to > have a fresh look at the picture? The leaves are only 2, emerging from the > base and they are not longer than 5 cms. They are also not folded. The > flowers are smaller than 5 mms. Your (Neil ji's) inquisitive look will boost > my confidence in the identification of this orchid I have done in my book." > From Neil ji: "Thanks Mr. Ingalhalikar. They look like *Smithsonia > straminea*." > > On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Mihir and Mr. Garg, >> Actually there are 2 types of orchids seen in the photograph- the type on >> the left are an Oberonia spp. while the one on the right is the Banded >> Button Orchid [Acampe praemorsa]. >> Regards, >> Neil. >> >> >> --- On Mon, 8/4/08, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> >> > Subject: [Indiantreepix] Re: tiny orchids.. >> > To: "Mihir Sule" <[email protected]> >> > Cc: "india treepix" <[email protected]> >> > Date: Monday, August 4, 2008, 9:38 PM >> > It appears like *Acampe praemorsa*. Pl. see the link & >> > details from >> > Indiantreepix Database: *Acampe praemorsa* >> > *Orchidaceae* *Banded >> > Button Orchid * at Shahapur [near Bombay] on 28/6/08. >> > Acampe >> > Orchid< >> http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Acampe%20Orchid.html> >> > More >> > Orchids - indiantreepix | Google >> > Groups< >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/3c2e3eb87479ec13 >> > >> > On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 9:25 PM, Mihir Sule >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > Hi, >> > > Can u pls id these tiny orchids snapped in Anshi. >> > The flowers must be >> > > about 5mm across. this pic shows a bunch of them. >> > > Regards, >> > > Mihir Sule. >> > > >> > > ------------------------------ >> > > Get an email ID as [email protected] or >> > [email protected]. Click >> > > >> > here.< >> http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_dbid_4/*http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address >> > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > With regards, >> > J.M.Garg >> > "We often ignore the beauty around us" >> > For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ >> > join Google e-group >> > (Indiantreepix) >> > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en >> > For my Birds, Butterflies, Trees, Landscape pictures etc., >> > visit >> > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/J.M.Garg >> > >> > >> >> >> >> > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > "We often ignore the beauty around us" > For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group > (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en > For my Birds, Butterflies, Trees, Landscape pictures etc., visit > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/J.M.Garg > -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' Image Resource of thousands of my images of Birds, Butterflies, Flora etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Indiantreepix: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
