This cute little plant is an Orchid called Oberonia. I will check the species and let you know. This is not parasitic by the way. Oberonia the name stands for Prince Oberon, the prince of the fairies.
Regards Pankaj On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > Kindly help to id this small plant. For me this looks like a parasite or > might be an epiphyte on a host tree(Tamilnadia ulginosa). Have no idea on > this. > This tiny plant is on the whole 5cm length and having reproductive parts as > much as 3mm longer. > Location: Moist deciduous forests of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve > Date: 29 April 2010 > -- > 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
