Thanks Pankaj ji for your trust in my opinion. Hence, to keep up with the spirit of scientific correctness (often =ambiguity), I say this:
The leaves in the second set of photographs are like Habenaria grandifloriformis, so if I have to decide between H. rariflora and H. grandifloriformis based on simple viewing of these pictures, I say it is for H. grandifloriformis. From what I have seen in Western Ghats, the two species can be distinguished based on leaves alone- H. rariflora does not have the kind of leaves seen in this picture. However, the proper procedure would be to take out a suitable flora and key it out step by step. I also see that some of the key points (such as Location, date etc. as required in ITP mails) are missing with the original pictures. Ajinkya, can you put all your pictures together and add the required text details, to make a single male saying Habenaria grandifloriformis in subject - so that it gets stored correctly in the database. Thanks for your efforts of making the complete. Regards Aparna On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 9:57 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Lovely plant a new species to me, my knowledge in orchid taxonomy is nil > hence this nomenclatures are generating by own knowledge database. > Tanay > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> I think I will stick with my id, but grandifloriformis and rariflora >> are confusing sometimes..... >> Whole orchid group is confusing sometimes....Aparna through some light >> plz..... >> Pankaj > > > > -- > Tanay Bose > +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) > 9830439691(Mobile) > > > -- Dr. Aparna Watve Dr. Aparna Watve Asha Appt, Shanti Nagar, Ekata Colony Nr. BSNL tower, Akbar Ward, Seoni.480661 tel: 07692-228115 mobile: (0)9755667710 and 9822597288 still works
