Dear Pankaj ji ! Thank you very much . Only confusion is stem base is purplish in Purpurea whereas my sample is pure green ! By the way you are the expert and I am not .
Thsnk you Saroj Kasaju On 12 Jul 2016 08:05, "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks a lot Pankaj ji > On 12 Jul 2016 06:57, "Pankaj Kumar" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I just realised that my friend Bhakta did make some mistakes in his book >> on orchids of Nepal. >> Infact his images Malaxis biaurita, Malaxis josephiana, Malaxis khasiana, >> Malaxis acuminata and Malaxis purpurea are all same and all are Malaxis >> purpurea. >> There has been a lot of confusion in this group which was started by >> Seidenfaden himself and it was carried forward by his followers. Sad but >> true. >> Here attached are images of three species. I am still trying to make out >> what is first one as I believe its a new species. Second one is Crepidium >> purpureum and third one is Crepidium acuminatum. >> Hope this helps. >> Pankaj >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 9:20 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Sir >>> May I know which expert said it is josephianum??? Crepidium josephianum >>> illustration is available in King and Pantling and it is so different that >>> I want to make a new genus out of it, but It still stays within the limits >>> of Crepidium so I didnt bother. >>> Please find a plate of josephianum attached I am sure you will agree >>> that your plant is atleast not josephianum. >>> I am sure it is purpureum because I have been working on purpureum and >>> acuminatum for one year now and I have images and illustrations from all >>> over its distribution including the type locality in Sri Lanka. >>> Hope this helps. >>> Pankaj >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 8:23 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks, Saroj ji >>>> On 11 Jul 2016 20:54, "Saroj Kasaju" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear Mr.Pankaj, >>>>> >>>>> Thank you for your efforts to ID the plant but some experts here say >>>>> it us M. josephiana ! The leaves and stems do not look like it matches >>>>> with >>>>> M. purpurea because it has colored shades in the base ! I am still >>>>> confused >>>>> ! >>>>> >>>>> Thank you . >>>>> >>>>> Saroj Kasaju >>>>> On 11 Jul 2016 14:43, "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>>> From: Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> >>>>>> Date: 11 July 2016 at 14:23 >>>>>> Subject: Re: SK31JUL8-2016:ID >>>>>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>>>>> Cc: [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Crepidium purpureum (Malaxis purpurea). >>>>>> Thanks for sharing. >>>>>> Pankaj >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Saturday, 9 July 2016 00:36:43 UTC+8, Saroj Kumar Kasaju wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Dear Mr. Garg, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Malaxis josephiana ?? >>>>>>> or acuminata ??? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Enclosing some pictures for identification verification. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Location : Nagarkot Nepal >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Altitude: 6500ft. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Date: 8 July 2016 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Saroj Kasaju >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> With regards, >>>>>> J.M.Garg >>>>>> >>>>>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>>>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>>>>> >>>>>> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia> >>>>>> . >>>>>> >>>>>> 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- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or >>>>>> Efloraofindia >>>>>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a >>>>>> species database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). >>>>>> >>>>>> 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). 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