Fair enough boss! :-) - Tabish
On Sep 7, 1:22 am, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
