On my desktop I see two different taxa posted separately. Upper green flowers are
Peristylus elisabethae (Duthie) R.K.Gupta, Fl. Nainital.: 351 (1968). Syn: Habenaria elisabethae Duthie, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 71: 44 (1902). Herminium elisabethae (Duthie) Tang & F.T.Wang, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. 7: 129 (1936). Distributed in China, Tibet, India, Nepal and Eastern Himalaya. Regards Pankaj On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 8:19 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Ritesh ji for showing the typical specimen of S. sinensis > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Ritesh Kumar Choudhary > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Oh no sir!! >> >> I am attaching a photograph of Spiranthes sinensis taken during the same >> trip for your kind perusal. >> >> This plant is something different. Waiting for our Orchidopedia's (Dr. >> Pankaj) >> response. >> >> Best regards, >> Ritesh. >> >> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Spiranthes sinensis would be my wild guess >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>> Retired Associate Professor >>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Ritesh Kumar Choudhary >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Here are some more Orchids for ID plz. >>>> >>>> Place of Coll.: On way to Churdhar, Himachal Pradesh (ca 2000m) >>>> >>>> Date of Coll.: August 2010 >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Ritesh. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- *********************************************** "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
