This can be either Eria pauciflora or Eria pseudoclavicaulis. Cant confirm without flowers. Usha mam, swollen things can be many things by definition. It can be stem or root or leaf or part of leaf.. In this case the swollen part is stem. They store reserve food material for the plant as Orchids are generally xerophytic in nature. Regards Pankaj
On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 1:20 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > Leaf size does not exceed 8 cm. Sorry, I have not seen any flowers or > fruits.- Muthu ji. > > I think its *Eria pseudoclavicaulis* Blatt., J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. > 32: 519 (1928). > Regards > Khyanjeet Gogoi > > can someone please tell me what are the parts of an orchid , that these > bulbs like enlargement at the base of the leaves are? what do they store? > wat is their purpose in the scheme of things for the life history of this > orchid > > Pankaj may be you can tell me? or others? > thanks > usha di > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> > Date: 28 January 2013 15:40 > Subject: [efloraofindia:144853] Epiphytic Orchid for identification > 280113MK02 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Dear all, > > Please help me to identify this epiphytic Orchid found in a moist forest > patch in Kolli hills of TN. I would like to know the Genus. > > Date: 27 Dec 2012 > Place: Kolli Hills, TN > Alt.: 1460 m asl > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Care Earth Trust > #15, second main road, > Thillai ganga nagar, > Chennai - 600 061 > Mob: 0091 96268 33911 > www.careearthtrust.org > > -- > > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2045 members & > 1,45,000 messages on 31/1/13) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 8000 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- ********************************************************************** "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D. Conservation Officer Office: Orchid Conservation Section Flora Conservation Department Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. Residence: 151, 1st Floor, Tai Om Tsuen Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 (mobile). Fax: +852 2483 7194 -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
