In Hong Kong orchids rarely grow on trees. Most of them are on rocks. Greater number of orchids grow on rocks In limestone mountains of Asia. In Laos, we found around 140 secies of orchids in 3 days of field work 90% in limestone. Regards Pankaj
On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 7:13 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Rawat ji - orchid growing on rock. To me it is a rarity. > Regards. > Dinesh > > > On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> This could be Luisia trichorhiza. The leaf has equal thickness along >> the whole length. In Luisia zeylanice it is slightly tapering and >> leaves are not erect either. >> Pankaj >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 5:16 PM, D.S Rawat <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > 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 Pankaj Ji will be able to determine. >> > >> > Photographed in Pindar valley of Chamoli district at an altitude of >> > 750m, >> > growing over bare rock in July. >> > >> > DSRawat Pantnagar >> > >> > -- >> > 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]. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> -- >> *********************************************************** >> Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D. >> IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia >> >> Office: >> Conservation Officer >> 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 >> Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >> >> email: [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]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- *********************************************************** Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D. IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia Office: Conservation Officer 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 Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. email: [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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
