That is not possible. I would really like to have a look at that. SOME ONE PLEASE SEND ME ORCHIDACEAE FROM FLORA OF MAHARASTRA...... Pankaj
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Dr. Kumar, > Have quoted from Dr. Almeida's 'Flora of Maharashtra' Vol 5-A. My plant > was identified by Dr.Almeida [on a visit to my farm in August 2007] as > Malaxis versicolor, though he has now changed the name to Corymborkis > versicolor in his latest Vol 5 which was released in Jan 2009. > Unfortunately the plants at my farm have not flowered yet, and I do not > have a close-up of the Matheran flowers. > > Acccording to Dr.Almeida's Vol 5 there are 5 species of Corymborkis: > 1.C.acuminata. > 2.C.densiflora > 3.C.intermedia > 4.C.latifolia > & 5.C.versicolor [syn. Malaxis versicolor, syn. Malaxis rheedi, syn. > Microstylis rheedi, syn. Microstylis versicolor]. > Am not sure which species Shubhada's plant is. > > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Thu, 8/19/10, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:44785] Re: one more ground orchid for id from > Amboli > To: "tanay bose" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]>, "efloraofindia" < > [email protected]>, "shrikant ingalhalikar" < > [email protected]> > Date: Thursday, August 19, 2010, 11:37 AM > > > Dear Neil Sir, > > Just wanted to ask...do you mean to say that the Shubhada's plant is > not Crepidium resupinatum? but Corymborkis versicolor? > Or you are talking about your plant. Please do post a closeup picture > of the flowers if possible. > > Unfortunately, I dont know of any species which is called Corymborkis > versicolor. Corymborkis belongs to subfamily Tropidioideae whereas the > Malaxis group belongs to Epidendroideae. They are totally different. > > Secondly, Malaxis versicolor and Malaxis rheedii are two different > plants according to my knowledge and IPNI and Kew. > > I may be wrong though. > > Regards > Pankaj > > >
