ok mam, my mistake :) Do you know, Bauhinia x blakeana is a national flower of Hong Kong. I am sure no one will save this plant in India as it is a hybrid. Just for example.....
On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 at 14:03, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> wrote: > not a national plant of florida > florida is not a nation > just a state in united states of america: USA > > its national flower of Belize, a nation > > i was guessing about the glass enclosure...that it was perhaps > being protected from airconditioned air in the show. > > -- > and i have not understood the craze that makes people risk everything > including > reputation to steal orchids... > well anyway, iti > > usha di > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 10:48 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Well, the national plant of Florida should be conserved by Americans and >> not the Chinese :)!! >> The point is it is not important as is it not native to Asia. Of course >> otherwise all plants are important. >> Indeed there are lot of people working on conservation of this species in >> Florida. >> Cypripedium calceolus is so rare in UK that it is protected by police but >> obviously it is distributed from Europe to Korea and Japan and Japanese >> police dont protect them. >> >> >> On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 at 13:09, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Pankaj: >>> Prosthechea cochleata (Encyclia cochleata). >>> "Not local plant and hence not so important... " >>> well its the national flower of Belize and found in southern swamps of >>> Florida. >>> <http://flnativeorchids.blogspot.com/search/label/Florida%20Clamshell%20Orchid%20%28Prosthechea%20cochleata%29.> >>> (this blog also says that its population has dwindled drastically >>> even though available freely from cultivators.) >>> >>> it comes from swamps of florida, so perhaps the glass box protected it >>> from the a/c air? >>> >>> there is a fantastic bw photograph on this page >>> <https://clydebutcher.com/pc/photographs/flowers-collection/>. about >>> halfway down... love his photographs. >>> >>> enjoy >>> usha di >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 4:40 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Not local plant and hence not so important... >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 at 00:12, Ushadi Micromini < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> may be it's pollen is precious >>>>> i have seen people swab pollen from orchid flowers in botanical >>>>> gardens >>>>> like vanilla flowers, nobody can see them plucking flowers, >>>>> yet the have just stolen most important genetic material. >>>>> >>>>> before that thieves would carry wire cutters to cut snips of vanilla >>>>> vines >>>>> or some tree dwelling ferns or orchids. now they cant, so they were >>>>> one step ahead..... >>>>> so on and so forth... >>>>> >>>>> or may be it needs different humidity and temp or can't tolerate air >>>>> conditioning or breeze >>>>> who knows? >>>>> >>>>> usha di >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 8:49 PM, Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thank you Amritpal Ji! >>>>>> >>>>>> Prosthechea cochleata (L.) W.E.Higgins >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you Pankaj you are right. >>>>>> However, looks like the park people need to >>>>>> correct the ID! By the way why did they >>>>>> keep in a glass encloser ? Precious? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you. >>>>>> >>>>>> Saroj Kasaju >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 6:42 PM Amritpal singh < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Nice photographs sir.. >>>>>>> On 24-Sep-2018 11:23 PM, "Saroj Kasaju" <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Dear Members, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Location: Hong Kong Park >>>>>>>> Date: 15 August 2018 >>>>>>>> Elevation: 200 ft. >>>>>>>> Habit : Cultivated >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Syn : Encyclia radiata (Lindl.) Dressler >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thank you. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Saroj Kasaju >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> 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 email to [email protected] >>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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 email to [email protected]. >>>>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Usha di >>>>> =========== >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ****************************************************** >>>> **************************************************************** >>>> *Pankaj Kumar*, Ph.D. >>>> *IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia* >>>> >>>> *Office*: >>>> >>>> Orchid Conservation Section >>>> >>>> Flora Conservation Department >>>> >>>> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation >>>> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong S.A.R., China >>>> >>>> *email*: [email protected]; [email protected] >>>> *Phone*: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 >>>> (mobile); *Fax*: +852 2483 7194 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Usha di >>> =========== >>> >> >> >> -- >> ****************************************************** >> **************************************************************** >> *Pankaj Kumar*, Ph.D. >> *IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia* >> >> *Office*: >> >> Orchid Conservation Section >> >> Flora Conservation Department >> >> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation >> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong S.A.R., China >> >> *email*: [email protected]; [email protected] >> *Phone*: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 >> (mobile); *Fax*: +852 2483 7194 >> >> > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > -- ****************************************************** **************************************************************** *Pankaj Kumar*, Ph.D. *IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia* *Office*: Orchid Conservation Section Flora Conservation Department Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong S.A.R., China *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. 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