Replies: "Dear Garg The Plant belongs to Zingiberaceae for sure. No Orchid at all. Since resolution of picture is very low, i am not able to see details of flower by zooming it. I am suggesting two genera to which it may belong Alpinia or Cautleya as appear by habit and flowering pattern." from Durgesh Verma ji. "It is Cautleya sp.of Zingiberaceae. Any photos of flowers available?
Thanks for reading this mail. With best regards Dr.M.Sabu Professor Taxonomy and Floristics Division Department of Botany Calicut University Kerala 673635, India." On 10 January 2014 17:54, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > Not Orchid but Zingiberaceae. May be Alpinia sp. or some ornamental... > Pankaj > > It is not an orchid, ginger family member. I don't have idea about the > genus.- from Santhan ji. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> > Date: 26 December 2013 15:11 > Subject: Eria spicata (Orchidaceae)? > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, "J.M. Garg" < > [email protected]> > > > Uploading for identification please. > Locality: Sikkim, Fambonglho Wildlife Sanctary. > Habit: Epiphytic herb > Habitat: Scarce in tropical to subtropical forests at about 1500 m > altitude. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the world): > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2200 members & > 1,78,400 messages on 31/12/13) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 9000 species & 1,80, 000 images). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the world): http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2200 members & 1,78,400 messages on 31/12/13) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 9000 species & 1,80, 000 images). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- 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.

