Thanks, Pankaj ji. May I also request you pl. help in the id of Amit ji's plant.
On 26-Aug-2017 5:05 PM, "Pankaj Kumar" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Dr Amit > There are many other characters, some of which can't be explained in > words. If you give two plants in my hand then i might be able to tell > without flowers. Touch the leaf, one is leathery other is papery (now > different people will explain this differently and some may not be able to > differentiate, it comes with experience and comes with the ability to feel > the touch of leaves). The bulb is shiny in one, but not shiny in another. > But with flowers, they can be very easily distinguished because you can > see if the lateral sepals are fused underneath. Please remember for people > like me who can see only what u provide. Sometimes it's a guess, while > other times by mistake or so the prominent character is right in front of > me. > Identification from pics always has such limitations. > > On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 7:23 PM, Amit Setiya <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Respected all >> The two species Pholidota pallida and P. imbricata are really confusing >> but the explanation provided by Dr. Pankaj Kumar Sir is very good. But >> still, I feel there should be more prominent distinguishing characters to >> be highlighted which would help the scholars in finding the real difference >> between the two. I have also seen numbers of reputed publication stating >> those as synomones. >> >> Let me share one incident where my Paper got rejected with the reason - >> it's not properly identified! >> So, I request all the experts in Orchidaceae to please take part in the >> discussion and similarly help me in finding the correct id for the species. >> I am attaching the photographs. >> >> amit.. >> >> On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 10:57 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: M Swamy <[email protected]> >>> Date: 26 August 2017 at 08:53 >>> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:275709] Re: Pholidota imbricata Lindl. >>> To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]>, Pankaj Kumar < >>> [email protected]> >>> >>> >>> Thanks Garg ji & Pankaj ji, >>> >>> Very very useful information by Pankaj ji. >>> M.Swamy >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 2:37 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks, Pankaj ji. >>>> >>>> On 25-Aug-2017 1:50 PM, "Dr Pankaj Kumar" <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Finally, I see this plant after a long wait and with a photograph from >>>>> a perfect angle. This is interesting because this is not Pholidota >>>>> imbricata but Pholidota pallida. The lateral sepals as seen in the >>>>> pictures >>>>> are surely fused with each other on one margin under labellum. We don't >>>>> see >>>>> this species so often and even if we see, we misidentify it as Pholidota >>>>> imbricata because that's the most common one. >>>>> In Pholidota imbricata the lateral sepals are not fused on the lower >>>>> margin and distinctly separate and diverging. >>>>> Thanks a lot for sharing. >>>>> Pankaj >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, 24 August 2017 23:23:38 UTC+8, Saroj Kumar Kasaju wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Dear Members, >>>>>> >>>>>> Location: Pharping, Nepal >>>>>> Altitude: 4600 ft. >>>>>> Date: 05 July 2014 >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you. >>>>>> >>>>>> Saroj Kasaju >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>>> Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/to >>>> pic/indiantreepix/n4WimmXVhYM/unsubscribe. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 2800 members & 2,65,000 messages on 31.3.17) or Efloraofindia >>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>> database of more than 12,000 species & 2,50,000 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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