Thanks a lot sir. Hoverflies are not generalists in case of orchids, but they do lay eggs in flowers of other non-orchidaceous plants. Pankaj
On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 12:18 AM, D.S Rawat <[email protected]> wrote: > Very good study Pankaj Ji. Identifying a pollinator of a particular species > must be a tedious job with great patience. I do not know whether this > hoverfly is generalist or specific to this orchid (egg laying though > indicate specific relationship) this case is very similar to the > co-evolution of Yucca whiplei and Pronuba yuccasela case. > Pollination methods are very interesting in flowering plants and the plants > are more evolving taxa for such relationships. This case gives me another > example to be explained to PG students for co-evolution. > Thank you for this very valuable information. > DSRawat Pantnagar > > On Sunday, October 13, 2013 7:20:58 PM UTC+5:30, Dr Pankaj Kumar wrote: >> >> Epipactis veratrifolia Boiss. & Hohen. in P.E.Boissier, Diagn. Pl. >> Orient. 13: 11 (1854). >> >> Synonyms: >> Limodorum veratrifolium (Boiss. & Hohen.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: >> 671 (1891), nom. illeg. >> Arthrochilium veratrifolium (Boiss. & Hohen.) Szlach., Orchidee >> (Hamburg) 54: 588 (2003). >> Epipactis amoena Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Numer. List: n.ยบ 7403 (1832), nom. >> nud. >> Epipactis consimilis Wall. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 126 (1890), >> nom. illeg. >> Epipactis somaliensis Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. >> Afr. 7: 189 (1897). >> Epipactis abyssinica Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 612 (1907). >> Serapias somaliensis (Rolfe) A.A.Eaton, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 21: 67 >> (1908). >> Helleborine consimilis Druce, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 547 (1909). >> Helleborine somaliensis (Rolfe) Druce, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 547 >> (1909). >> Amesia somaliensis (Rolfe) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr., Bot. Gaz. 56: 473 >> (1913). >> Epipactis handelii Schltr., Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. >> Kl. 57: 274 (1920). >> Epipactis wallichii Schltr., Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. >> Kl. 57: 275 (1920). >> Arthrochilium handelii (Schltr.) Szlach., Orchidee (Hamburg) 54: 588 >> (2003). >> >> Distribution: Caucasus to Somalia and SC. China >> >> Regards >> Pankaj >> >> >> -- >> *********************************************************** >> 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.
