Dear all, Here are the known Marathi names for Nervilia species...
*'Nervilia infundibulifolia' *is called *'Nervi Amri' 'नरवी अमरी' *in Marathi. *'Nervilia aragoana'* is called *'Guchchha Nervi Amri' 'गुच्छ नरवी अमरी' *in Marathi. Regards, ~Swagat 9223217568 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009/10/9 Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > Nayan ji, Pankaj ji, > ... a photo of leaves which look quite similar to *Nervilia plicata* ... > are they of *N. plicata* ? > > Place: Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary > Date: 12 SEP 09 > > Regards. > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Nayan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear Pankaj >> Thanks for your id confirmation and detail information. >> really interesting to know its emerging pattern and water harvesting >> system >> I saw this plant many times in Pench but only in vegetative stage not in >> flowering & fruiting stage >> now i will try next year for the flowering stage just at onset of monsoon >> when Scilla appear & flowers in plenty >> for first time when i saw this plant it appeared me like a creeper on the >> forest floor, but no stolons or runners were visible >> generally i don't up root any plat, but to confirm my doubt, whether it >> has under ground runner, i uprooted one >> & found the single leaves was in fact a individual plant. >> There was an underground corm with a long foliar stalk and a leaf at the >> top at the surface on forest floor. >> two lateral branches were appearing from the collar region and moving >> downward >> I think at the tip of these two branches corms will develop and will help >> in vegetative propogation of the plant laterally, >> so a creeper like appearance develop on the forest floor, this is totally >> my cooked thought, not red anywhere. >> Thanks again >> Nayan. >> ........................................ >> N.S.Dungriyal IFS >> Chief Conservator of Forests >> and Field Director >> Satpura Tiger Reserve Hoshangabad >> M.P. >> 09424792100 >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Dr. Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> >> *To:* indiantreepix <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Fri, 9 October, 2009 12:15:46 AM >> *Subject:* [indiantreepix:20480] Re: Nervilia plicata ?? form Pench - NSD >> 40 >> >> >> Dear Sir, >> >> Yes this is: >> >> Nervilia plicata (Andrews) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 403 (1911). >> >> This is also an orchid which flowers during stress, but only when it >> knows that it is about to rain. The callus is formed on the top or >> side of the eye of the underground corm, which has two apex. Floral >> stalk emerges first. Foliar stalk is slow growing, full leaves are >> formed even after the fruit dehisces. The leaf, helps in storing food >> material in the corm and dies off by the beginning of winter. The >> floral stalk is said to bear only two flowers, there are other species >> like N. carinata, N. infundibulifolia, N. prainiana which bears single >> flower. N. aragoana, N. scottii and N. gammieana bears multiple >> flowers. >> >> This group Nervilia is also unique due to presence of solitary, >> plicate leaves that may or may not be tightly apressed on the ground. >> >> WHY WOULD A LEAF BE PLICATE AND INFUNDIBULIFORM AT THE SAME TIME? >> >> That is most probably to collect rain water on the leaves and divert >> it towards the main petiole and finally towards the underground corm >> which is facilitated with short length roots. Its a way of making >> maximum use of rain water available during initial phase. There is a >> channel on the petiole running longitudinally towards the base, which >> makes me assume this theory. And when the plant is satisfied then the >> leaves flatten or the margin bends so as to divert water away from the >> main axis. >> >> I have never seen this in wild. You are lucky sir!! Check this place >> again just during the pre monsoon showers. You will find them >> flowering in leafless condition. >> >> Interestingly this plant is distributed from India (South east Asia) >> to Australia!! >> >> Regards >> Pankaj >> >> ------------------------------ >> From cricket scores to your friends. Try the Yahoo! India >> Homepage!<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_metro_4/*http://in.yahoo.com/trynew> >> >> >> -- 'I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do.' - Helen Keller --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
