Thank you very much for the identification sir. Is this the one called Rasna?
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Vanda tessellata (Roxb.) Hook. ex G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 372 > (1830). > > Pankaj > > > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Dear all, > > Please help in id this Orchid. Could this be a species of Vanda? > > > > Date/Time- > > > > 27-08-2010 / 02:00 PM > > > > Location- Place, Altitude, GP > > > > Moyar valley; ca. 250msl; TN > > > > Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- > > > > closer to river > > > > Plant Habit- > > > > Epiphyte on Tamarind tree > > > > Height/Length- > > > > Up to 1.5 metre > > > > Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- > > > > ca.2.5 X 20cm; acute apex; canaliculate > > > > Inflorescence Type/ Size- > > > > ca. 15cm across > > > > Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- > > > > 4cm across; brownish pattern inside tepals; violet on the lower lobe. > Spur: not more than 1cm > > > > Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- > > > > Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- > > > > -- > > Muthu Karthick, N > > Junior Research Fellow > > Care Earth Trust > > Chennai - 61 > > www.careearthtrust.org > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India > -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust Chennai - 61 www.careearthtrust.org
