*Tropidia angulosa* (Lindley) Blume, Coll. Orchid. 122. 1859. *Cnemidia angulosa* Lindley, Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 19: ad t. 1618. 1833; *C. semilibera* Lindley; *Decaisnea angulosa* (Lindley) Wallich; *Govindooia nervosa* Wight; *Tropidia barbeyana* Schlechter; *T. bellii* Blatter & McCann; *T. calcarata* Ames; *T. govindovii* Blume; *T. semilibera*(Lindley) Blume.
Plants 16-45 cm tall. Rhizome short, rigid; roots 1.5-2.5 mm in diam., fleshy. Stem solitary or 2 arising from same rhizome, erect, unbranched or 1-branched, internodes 3-6.5 cm; proximal nodes naked or with tubular sheaths, distal nodes enclosed in sheaths 1.5-3(-6.5) cm. Leaves 2, apical, subopposite, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, (6-)10-17 × (3-)4.5-9.5 cm, papery, base contracted into amplexicaul sheaths, apex long acuminate. Inflorescence a terminal raceme with more than 10 flowers, 5-8 cm; floral bracts narrowly lanceolate, 6-8 mm, midvein conspicuous. Flowers not resupinate, greenish white; pedicel and ovary 6-9 mm. Dorsal sepal linear-lanceolate, 8-9 × ca. 1.5 mm, apex acuminate or acute; lateral sepals almost completely connate and forming a synsepal; synsepal suboblong, 8-10 × 2-2.5 mm, apex shallowly 2-lobed, embracing lip and connected to spur at its base. Petals linear-lanceolate, 8-9 × ca. 1.5 mm; lip suboblong, 6-7 × ca. 2 mm, with 2 slightly thickened longitudinal ridges from middle to base, base spurred; spur cylindric, ca. 4 × 1-1.5 mm, apex obtuse. Column ca. 6 mm; anther erect, ovoid-lanceolate, ca. 3.5 mm; rostellum erect, lanceolate, ca. 5 mm. Capsule oblong-ellipsoid, 1-1.5 cm × 6-7 mm. Fl. Sep, fr. Dec-Jan. 2*n* = 57. Regards Tanay On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 7:12 PM, L. Rasingam <[email protected]> wrote: > Is it Tropidia angulosa (Orchidaceae) > > > On 28 June 2010 17:51, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Friends, >> Could someone come out with the botanical name of this plant please? >> Date & Time 28 June 2010, time 5.00 PM >> Location: Place, Altitude, GPS Chethalayam, Wayanad, Kerala. >> Habitat: Garden, Urban, Wild Type: Wild >> Plant Habit: Tree, Shrub, Climber, Herb >> Height, Length. >> Leaves Type, Shape, Size long >> Inflorescence Type Size >> Flowers Size Colour Calyx Bracts- >> Fruits Type, Shape, Size Seeds >> Other Information like Frangrance, Pollinator, Uses. >> Regards >> Yazdy Palia. >> >> You have been sent 2 pictures. >> >> >> DSCN2998.TIF >> DSCN2999.JPG >> >> These pictures were sent with Picasa, from Google. >> Try it out here: http://picasa.google.com/ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
