Andocorys pugionformis has been reported from Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand (Garhwal), Nepal, India (Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh), Bhutan, Tibet and China.from elevation above 3000m (to be precise from 2700 - 5000 m). There had been recent records from Nepal and Uttarakhand (around 2004) Just for information, there is a group in China who are revising the genus and hence be ready for some major changes again. I assume they will put everything back into Herminium along with some Platanthera too. Habitat (copied from J.S.Jalal D.Sc thesis (2011): Occurs in alpine meadows between 3600 and 4000m and prefers to grow in exposed meadows with 2-3 individuals together with association of Danthonia cachemyriana Jaub. & Spach, Bistorata affinis (D.Don) Greene, grasses, ferns and other alpine herbs. This is a very rare species in the west Himalaya and due to grazing pressures and other biotic activities in its natural habitat; this species seems to be on the verge of extinction.
On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 10:13 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: 20 Dec 2016 6:44 a.m. > Subject: [efloraofindia:259591] Re: Is this Herminium monorchis 'Musk > Orchid' photographed on Khelanmarg? > To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > > Thanks Dr Kumar. > > Can you tell us of any recent records of *Androcorys pugionformis (Lindl. > ex Hook.f.) K.Y.Lang *in Kashmir or indeed along the Himalaya as a whole? > > On Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 5:08:59 AM UTC, JM Garg wrote: > >> Thanks, Chadwell ji. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: C CHADWELL <[email protected]> >> Date: 18 December 2016 at 03:40 >> Subject: Is this Herminium monorchis 'Musk Orchid' photographed on >> Khelanmarg? >> To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> >> >> >> I began by thinking that it would be worthwhile to have images of >> Herminium monorchis >> taken in the NW Himalaya to add to those posted from Uttarakhand *and >> that this post would* >> *be quick and straightforward, however, it has not worked out that way >> but always useful* >> *to check things - even though rather time-consuming. It is all-too-easy >> to casually assume* >> *a plant belongs to a well-known species without ever examining it >> closely, so you can be* >> *aware of similar ones or spot differences/misidentifications of that >> species.* >> >> *I have e.g. never looked at Herminium monorchis with a hand-lens @ x10 >> or x20 magnification.* >> >> *I must admit that after ALWAYS wearing and regularly using a hand lens >> in the UK and on my* >> *early expeditions to the Himalaya, I used one less and less - in part >> because seldom is such detail* >> *available/used in local floras.* >> >> I photographed on my most recent visit to Kashmir an orchid at the edge >> of Khelanmarg, which I >> took to be Herminium monorchis. >> >> See images 1-5 below. >> >> Not being an orchid specialist, I have never taken much notice of them, >> unlike some who make a >> special effort to track down every member of Orchidaceae they can. >> >> Having complex flowers, those with smaller-sized flowers require >> close-inspection. >> >> I first came across this orchid beside the Sind River at Sonamarg during >> the Kashmir Botanical Expedition >> of 1983. It was also found along irrigation channels of cultivated >> fields in Miyah Nullah whilst leading >> botanical tours in Lahoul in the mid-1980s. >> >> Flowers of the Himalaya record it in forests and marshy ground in drier >> areas @ 3000-4300m from Pakistan >> to Central Nepal, Tibet, China, N.Asia, Europe. >> >> Stewart recorded it from N.Pakistan incl. Baltistan and Ladakh @ >> 2400-4200m. >> >> However, 'Plants of Gulmarg' by Naqshi, Singh & Koul (1984) do not record >> Herminium monorchis *but do* >> *list Herminium pugioniforme* on the basis of a 19th Century record by >> Aitchison - as does Stewart, who found >> it near Mt. Kolahoi in the Upper Lidder Valley. None of the other >> orchids they list seem likely. >> >> *So, had I mistaken what I though was H.monorchis for H.pugionforme, >> which I had never heard of, or* >> *the Musk Orchid had been missed on Khelanmarg?* >> >> *It seems that H.pugioniforme is now Androcorys pugionformis (Lindl. ex >> Hook.f.) K.Y.Lang, see:* >> >> >> http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000387532 - *it >> is impossible to say much on the* >> *low resolution image of this pressed specimen at Kew (at least to my >> eye, unfamiliar with orchids).* >> >> *However, there are a number of close-up images:* >> >> https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22Androcorys+pugioniformi >> s%22&tbm=isch&gws_rd=ssl#gws_rd=ssl&imgrc=JkmWSuh6HdVErM%3A. >> >> *My initial impressions are that Herminium monorchis seems more likely >> but I would welcome the thoughts of others?* >> >> >> Best Wishes, >> >> >> Chris Chadwell >> >> >> 81 Parlaunt Road >> SLOUGH >> SL3 8BEs >> UK >> >> www.shpa.org.uk >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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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