No this is not true. Pteroceras leopardinum is reported and from Maharastra I think, Pteroceras indicum was published. Pteroceras teres from as south as Nicobar :)
On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 6:44 PM, Deepak <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes , > > He merged it in 1981 with out seeing the proper specimen I guess. > > Till now no Pteroceros reported in South India. > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 3:32 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes this is Smithsonia viridiflora. There was an issue caused by >> Jayweera, merged them together by mistake. >> Thanks for pointing out. >> Best regards >> Pankaj >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> >> Date: 17 April 2018 at 10:06 >> Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:156666] Pteroceros viridiflorus >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> Cc: Neil Soares <[email protected]> >> >> >> A reply: >> "Recently when i browsed in efloraofindia website, i found that below >> orchid has been wrongly idenfied. >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/o/orchidaceae/ >> pteroceras/pteroceras-viridiflorum >> Smithsonia viridiflora is the correct identification of the orchid. >> Pteroceras >> viridiflorum is different species. >> -- >> Regards, >> Deepak" >> >> Thanks a lot, Deepak ji. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Neil Soares <[email protected]> >> Date: 4 June 2013 at 23:08 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:156666] Pteroceros viridiflorus >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> Hi, >> Dr. Almeida in his 'Flora of Maharashtra', Vol. 5 A writes " this rare >> species is found in South Konkan. I have collected it from Sawantwadi. It >> is very often confused with Gastrochilus dalzellianus [Santapau] Santapau & >> Kapadia, which is very common in the Ghat area. This species is >> restrictively epiphytic on Citrus species ". >> >> Sending a few photographs. 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