This is circulating on Whatsapp Doesn't look like Aristolochia though. The pictures belong to "White egret orchid" a small terrestrial orchid found in Japan Pecteilis radiata/ Habenaria radiata Pankaj ji will throw more light on it
Dr Satish Phadke On 3 May 2015 at 14:35, Shobha Halwe-Chavda <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friends, > Since last two days I have been receiving a post on WhatsApp along with > photos of a flower बदकवेल ( in Marathi) i.e.Aristolochia.The post gives a > reference of Marathi paper ( Divya Marathi Bhaskar) and says that this > flower has bloomed in the garden of Ms. Meenakshi Vani- Ex.President,Garden > Club Jalgaon ( Maharashtra). I have searched for the species of this flower > on web but none of the species from Aristolochia seemed to be of this shape > and complete white in colour.The flower really looks unbelievable. > Can anyone help in identifying this ? Posting the photos of this flower. > By any chance can this be a fake post ? > Regards, > Shobha > > -- > 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. > -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
