Tabish Sir, "longi" means "long"; "cornu" does mean "horn" but it also means "spur" which is often called as tail in Orchids; "culata" or "culatus" means "at the end". So the word, "longicorniculatus", means "long spur at the end"....
"calyculata" doesnt mean "short calyx", it means "provided with calyculus", and "calyculus" means "epicalyx". :). Pankaj -- *********************************************** "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
