This is Pecteilis radiata and most likely copied from INTERNET and very often with a fake story attached. Its found in upper Asia. Pankaj
On Sat, 13 Mar 2021 at 12:27, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding for ID > Distributed as Pecteilis species- Jalgaon > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/o/orchidaceae/pecteilis/pecteilis-species/jalgaon> > Group discussion at > Which species of Aristolochia ? (google.com) > <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/eshtYeQtWac> > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Shobha Halwe-Chavda <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, May 3, 2015 at 2:35:30 PM UTC+5:30 > Subject: Which species of Aristolochia ? > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > > > Dear Friends, > Since last two days I have been receiving a post on WhatsApp along with > photos of a flower बदकवेल ( in Marathi) i.e.Aristolochia.The post gives a > reference of Marathi paper ( Divya Marathi Bhaskar) and says that this > flower has bloomed in the garden of Ms. Meenakshi Vani- Ex.President,Garden > Club Jalgaon ( Maharashtra). I have searched for the species of this flower > on web but none of the species from Aristolochia seemed to be of this shape > and complete white in colour.The flower really looks unbelievable. > Can anyone help in identifying this ? Posting the photos of this flower. > By any chance can this be a fake post ? > Regards, > Shobha > > -- ****************************************************** **************************************************************** *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. 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/CABpo8%3D0iBFf7ipuu3bMzHvU8H-PGuaQEMMtKzub6M1SHPca3zA%40mail.gmail.com.

