Very nice crisp pics Gurcharan ji. Shows how wonderful the world of orchids is. Regards. Dinesh
On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 10:02 PM, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Very nice pics. > You can see a true Oberonia pachyrachis which is very much different from > your plant at this link: > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Thick%20Spine%20Oberonia.jpg > Thanks for sharing. > Pankaj > > > On Friday, 1 January 2016 21:45:23 UTC+8, Gurcharan Singh wrote: >> >> This Oberonia species was photographed below Mullayanagiri, growing on >> branch of a tree, alt 1700 m in Karnataka. Our talented member Tsp Kumar >> was with us on two day trip to two highest peaks of Karnataka Bababudangiri >> and Mullayanagiri showing us interesting and rare plants of Chikkamagaluru >> district of Karnataka. Knowing my weakness for orchids (in both senses: >> hardly knowing any orchids, only a few which I can count on my fingers, and >> my desire to know more about them) he led us on difficult slopes, where he >> not only showed us beautiful plant (many new for me) but especially hunted >> down orchids. This was one such orchid perched on upper branches of a tree. >> It was difficult to reach the branches but luckily I could capture with my >> newly bought 18 mm to 220 mm Tamron lens mounted on my Cannon 550 D camera. >> This is what he commented later on Facebook Indian Flora "I was >> spellbound as the 'Guruji' took this picture....feeling like a midget >> before the mountain...!", a great appreciation from a talented Forest >> Officer, Plant lover and a accomplished photographer. >> Photographed on September 26, 2015, the only thing which I know with >> certainty is that it is a species of Oberonia (first identified by Tsp >> Kumar ji). My friend Gajendra Singh from Facebook Indian Flora identified >> it as Oberonia pachyrhachis, a species obviously not reported from >> Karnataka. I sent these photographs to Pankaj ji also, who suggested either >> Oberonia brunoniana or O. balakrishnanii. I hope to know the exact ID >> soon. >> >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >> The whole world uses my Image Resource >> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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 >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >> world- more than 2500 members & 2,25,000 messages on 18.6.15) or >> Efloraofindia >> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >> database of more than 11,000 species & 2,00,000 images). Winner of >> Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >> >> 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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
