Dear Raju Thanks a lot for sharing this picture. I am looking at it for the first time in my life. This should be Robiquetia
Two species of this are found in Eastern Himalaya in India. SEPALS SHORTER THAN THE SPUR, SPUR FUNNEL SHAPED, DILATED, COMPRESSED AND 3-NOTCHED AT THE APEX .......................Robiquetia spathulata (Blume) J.J.Sm., Natuurw. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 72: 114 (1912) SEPALS LONGER THAN THE SPUR, SPUR BOTTLE SHAPED WITH CONSTRICTED NECK, GLOBOSE AND DIDYMOUS APEX .........................Robiquetia succisa (Lindl.) Seidenf. & Garay, Bot. Tidsskr. 67: 119 (1972). I cannot see the spur properly in any of the flowers!! HUGE THANKS I dont know when I will get a chance to go to North East India....:( 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
