Thanks a lot Pankaj ji for validation.
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/ On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 5:48 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Respected Sir > Its not very easy to differentiate bigibbum and phalaenopsis. Bigibbum as > the name suggests has two spurs, one distinct at the end of column > stretching out and second is a kind of ventral protrusion, there is also > thickening on the labellum. Phalaenopsis petals and sepals are longer and > there is no white patch on the labellum. > I can see a kind of thickening on the labellum with white colour, so I > would say your plant is Dendrobium bigibbum. Of course it can be hybrid or > just the normal form as the colour is very same as normal form. Both are > easily available in the market in India. But anyways I have less idea about > the hybrids. This is not native to India. > Some orchid experts keep them together (The Plant List) with bigibbum as > accepted name whereas other keep them separate (Kew Checklist; Dr. H.P > Wood-author of the book, The Dendrobiums). I personally feel that they are > different. > Thanks a lot for sharing. > Pankaj > > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 11:18 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dear friends >> >> Got it identified as Dendrobium phalaenopsis (two suggestions, one as >> hybrid cultivar 'Pastel Pink') from group Indian Flora on Facebook. Please >> validate as it is not recorded in our database, nor its new names D. >> bigibbum Lindl. (The Plant List). >> Photographed from Hoysala Village, Belur, Karnataka. >> >> 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/ >> > > > > -- > ************************************************************ > ********************************************************** > *Pankaj Kumar*, Ph.D. > *IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia* > > *Office*: > > Conservation Officer > > Orchid Conservation Section > > Flora Conservation Department > > Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation > Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > *Residence*: > House no. 39, 2nd Floor, Shui Wo Tsuen > Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > *email*: [email protected]; [email protected] > *Phone*: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 > (mobile); *Fax*: +852 2483 7194 > > -- 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.
