very nice picture
But why would these be poached? any medicinal value? usha di On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 6:47 PM, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all > Please find my entry for the Flora Picture of the Year 2014 attached. > This is Paphiopedilum purpuratum (Lindl.) Stein. This is supposed to be > rare and known to be originally described from collections from Hong Kong. > Recently it has been discovered in Vietnam and mainland China. > In Hong Kong this plant is highly threatened due to poaching and > development works. > Hope you all will like it. > Best regards > Pankaj > > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DuovQynolBk/VKP3HLpPkRI/AAAAAAAACbg/2mHGTc2DkAM/s1600/DSC_8540_1.jpg> > > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- Usha di =========== -- 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/d/optout.

