Excellent capture Pankaj. Regards. Dinesh
On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 7:26 PM, Prashant Awale <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
