I feel experts should bring the error/s to the notice of concern person so that it can be rectified & beginners or students will get accurate info.
On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 12:53 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > I was checking Orchidaceae section of Flora of Maharastra and trying > to related pictures. Dr. Almeida describes the key as follows: > > Margins of sepal entire; lip ovate- > lanceolate ............................................. Eria > conrardii Margins of sepals cilliate with minute gland-tipped hairs, lip > pandurate ....... Eria microchilos > > Further going down to his own description of species, he writes E. > conrardii having 2 leaves where as E. microchilos with 2-4 leaves. I > am sure you can check the error..... > > At the same time, he also describes a variety E. conrardii var. > fimbriata which differs as, "petals and to some extent lateral sepals > are fringed with translucent gland tipped hairs". Interestingly, this > contradicts with his own key....... to differentiate conrardii and > microchilos. > > So even if I follow Dr. Ameida's flora then there are two different > plants in the picture, 2 pictures have plants with 2 leaves and other > two have it with 4 leaves and secondly, you can see the plant is in > fruit so you cant see the glands if they were present. > > So NO COMMENTS on the id of the species from my side, other than that > yes, these are some Eria spp.. > > Regards > Pankaj > -- Smita raskar 308 Disha Residency, Salaiwada,Sawantwadi Phone (02363) 274153 Mob.9422379568
