Dear Pankaj ji, Thank you indeed ! By the way I shall forward some old pictures of Malaxis for further verification!
Thank you once again ! Saroj Kasaju On 12 Jul 2016 8:53 am, "Pankaj Kumar" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear sir > Stem base colour has no taxonomic value sir. Infact Crepidium purpureum > can have yellow, orange or green coloured flower too. Originally from Sri > Lanka the flowers were red hence named purpurea. > Here is a flower pic from Sri Lanka (red) and Uttarakhand (yellow). > These pics are large so may not go on to our group. > Thanks and regards > Pankaj > > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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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