Dear Sir 1. As I see all pink flowers in this thread belong to Dactylorhiza hatagirea. The tubers if collected from this plant then its ok they too are Dactylorhiza.
2.The greenish white flower pic at the end is not clear but does look like Dactylorhiza viridis (=Coeloglossum viride). If you have more pics I can check, because in this particular pic, I cant get any glimpse of the labellum. Just for your information Mr. Kishan Lal passed away recently. He was an engineer by profession and a keen collector. Most of his orchids were either identified by Jeewan and myself till 2008 (following which I had cut off my connections with him).or by BSI. D. viridis colour varies from pale green to green to even red. This is one species extremely widespread and hence such variations are obvious. Thanks and regards Pankaj On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 12:34 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks a lot, Chadwell ji. > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "C CHADWELL" <[email protected]> > Date: 16 Jan 2017 5:59 a.m. > Subject: Datylorhiza hatagirea sensu lato in HP & Uttarakhand > To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> > Cc: > > Aswal & Mehrotra in 'Flora of Lahaul-Spiti' (1999) found D.hatagirea to be > common in grassy meadows on slopes > at Khoksar. > > They observed that the tubers are an important ingredient of many > Ayurvedic and Unani preparations and therefore > collected by the local people for sale. > > Bor's specimen at Dehra Dun which had been identified as A.maculata is in > fact D.hatagirea. A.maculata being a > European species which does not occur in India. The plant reported by > Aitchison in 1868 as A.maculata is probably > A.hatagirea. > > Koelz (1979) found an attractive rose-coloured orchid common in the > meadows of Lahaul, known in Tibetan as 'Wanglak' ( > hand-shaped root) used by local doctors of Tibetan Medicine. This was > only partially identified as Habernaria sp. Was this > Gymnadenia orchidis or perhaps Dactylorhiza (and if so, D.hatagirea or > D.kafiriana)? > > Collet in 'Flora Simlensis' (1921) also got it wrong (presumably following > FBI) finding what he thought was Orchis latifolia > which he said was the 'Marsh Orchis' of Britain in wet ground at Huttoo. > Flower colour dull purple, the lip darker spotted. > > 'The Valley of Flowers' book lists Orchis latifolia (now Dactylorhiza > hatagirea) and Orchis chusua (now Ponerorchis chusua). > > I am attaching 6 images: > > 1. A string of Dactylorhiza tubers having been illegally collected in > H.P.; photographed on my behalf - I don't expect the > Indian collectors (they were not local men) gathered them in a responsible > way (which I believe amchis - local doctors of > traditional medicine do). > > 2-4. Images taken by Krishan Lal at Koksar, Lahoul, H.P. of what he > thought was D.hatagirea > > 5. Image of what he thought was Dactylorhiza viride - which Stewart listed > as Coleloglossum viride (in the UK this > plant is known as the 'Frog Orchid' - the flowers MOSTLY being green. > Just taking a quick look, Krishan's image does > not fit but we have members with much greater familiarity with > Orchidaceae, who can comment more authoritatively. > > 6. Another image of what he thought was Dactylorhiza viride - which > Stewart listed as Coeloglossum viride (in the UK this > plant is known as the 'Frog Orchid' - the flowers MOSTLY being green. > This seems more promising. Perhaps Krishan made > a labelling error (which he did from time-to-time). > > Just supposing Krishan photos from Gulaba were taken where both > Dactylorhiza hatagirea and Coeloglossum viride grew together, > the POSSIBILITY of hybrids exists. *In the UK, C.viride is known to > hybridise with a number of Dactylorhiza species.....* > > > > > Best Wishes, > > > Chris Chadwell > > > 81 Parlaunt Road > SLOUGH > SL3 8BE > UK > > www.shpa.org.uk > > > > > -- ****************************************************** **************************************************************** *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.
