Thank you Dr. Kumar. Saroj Kasaju
On Sat, Sep 14, 2024 at 3:34 AM Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes this is deformed form of Habenaria dentata, which is infact the case > with Habenaria malintana too. Habenaria dentata is a self compatible > species which seems also to lose pollen from its own pollinia on its > stigma. This causes a lot of inbreeding, resulting in showing up of a lot > of deformities. And hence so many names and fake new species both from > India and abroad. Very interesting to see it still has a spur attached to > it. Habenaria malintana has a very tiny spur or almost none. My idea was > not to merge all under H. dentata but to keep the spurred plant with H. > dentata and non-spurred plant with H. malintana. > I would call this a deformed Habenaria dentata. > > On Fri, 13 Sept 2024 at 06:04, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, Saroj ji >> >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> >> Date: Fri, 6 Sept 2024 at 11:13 >> Subject: Habenaria malintana (Blanco) Merr. >> To: efloraindia <[email protected]>, J.M. Garg < >> [email protected]> >> >> >> Dear Members, >> >> Location: Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal >> Date: 03 September 2024 >> Elevation: 1400m. >> Habitat : Wild >> >> Thank you. >> >> Saroj Kasaju >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> > > > -- > > -- > > *Pankaj Kumar* MSc, PhD, FLS > > IUCN-SSC Red List Authority for Orchids of Asia > > IUCN-SSC: Chinese Species Specialist Group, Orchid Specialist Group of > Asia, Global Trade Subgroup, Western Ghats Plant Specialist Group. Hong > Kong Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan > > *Institute of Environment, Florida International University **& **Fairchild > Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, Florida, USA* > > *email*: [email protected]; [email protected] | *Phone*: +1 806 > 317 7623 > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAEf%3DytQzNUYmQA2W_uaWVDcR8sg%2BOM1_iijqXukPr0A_QSBObw%40mail.gmail.com.
