yes i re-discovered //remembered that fact when i discovered hong kong herbaria website , when Saroj ji first started showing his hong kong finds and you also sent a link in one of the later cases
when hurricane Aila felled trees in kolkata, in 2009, esp at the Agri-hort gardens, we the plant lovers looked up... the net , at mobot site <http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=280545&isprofile=0&;>we learned its history that its a sterile hybrid ....etc etc hence propagated by cuttings so which ever garden in the world received a cutting or two , has been trying to keep it going <https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/post-aila-efforts-to-grow/cid/1266135> wonderful flowers usha di On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 11:36 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > -- Usha di =========== -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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