Habenaria viridiflora (Rottler ex Sw.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 319 (1835).
Family: Orchidaceae Contributor: Mr. Muthu Karthick Location: Chennai Distribution: India to Indo-China, Sri Lanka, China (N. Guangxi) On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > with the interest growing with the posts of numerous beautiful Orchids; am > sending a set of pictures of Habenaria sp. > Name: Habenaria viridiflora (Rottl. Ex Sw.) R. Br. > Family: Orchidaceae > Location: Nanmangalam RF (within Chennai peri-urban); a scrub forest > Altitude: 10 -15 msl > Date: 02 Jan 2009 > 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

