No buddy this is not rariflora. This is Habenaria plantaginea Lindl. (often called as Plantaginorchis plantaginea).
Regards Pankaj On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > I confirmed this plant by local flora as Habenaria rariflora A. Rich of > Orchidaceae. Kindly correct me if I am wrong. > Name: Habenaria rariflora A. Rich > Family: Orchidaceae > Location: Sathyamanglam forest division; floor of deciduous forest; > ca.900msl > Date: 10 Feb 2008 > Source for confirmation: Flora of Presidency of Madras by J S Gamble > > -- > 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
