Thanks Pankaj ji for another great upload, nice catch and informative write up..
Regards Prashant On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 7:11 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is another pic of a pollinator flying away carrying pollinia from > Cymbidium ensifolium on its back. This is not observed very often. > Both pollinator and plant are getting rare these days. Pollinator due > to lack of foraging food and plant because of extreme pressure due to > collection. Cymbidiums are supposed to be one of the prized > possessions for Chinese. They are often referred to as the plants of > rich people. Normally leaves are green but, by mistake if it has > yellow streaks on leaves then the price goes higher !!! > Pollinators visit the flower for nectar and wax. > Best 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. > -- 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.
