Forwarding for ID Distributed as Cypripedium species <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/o/orchidaceae/cypripedium/cypripedium-species> Group discussion at THE LADY SLIPPER ORCHIDS (google.com) <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/SrTYfpqEArw>
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> Date: Friday, September 30, 2011 at 10:08:46 AM UTC+5:30 Subject: THE LADY SLIPPER ORCHIDS To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> There are more than one genus in the Lady Slipper Orchids. They are called so because of the structure of the lip or labellum which looks like slippers. They all belong exclusively to the subfamily Cypripidoideae of family Orchidaceae. Cypripedium Mexipedium Paphiopedilum Phragmipedium Selenipedium Of these only two genus is represented in India namely, Cypripedium represented by 5 species (C. cordigerum, C. elegans, C. guttatum and C. himalaicum) and Pahphiopedilum represented by 9 species (P. charlesworthii, D. druryi, P. farrieanum, P. hirsutissimum, P. insigne, P. spicerianum, P. venustum, P. wardii). Regards Pankaj -- ********************************************************************** "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Conservation Officer Office: Flora Conservation Department Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. Residence: 36B, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Phone: +852 2483 7128 <+852%202483%207128> (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm) +852 9436 6251 <+852%209436%206251>; +852 5431 6094 <+852%205431%206094> (mobile) -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/389956ec-36b8-4b32-bf35-19400fdd35cfn%40googlegroups.com.
