So, finally got the protologue or the type description of this. I reads in latin as:
follis lanceolatis canaliculatis recurvis, racemo laxo paucifloro, bracteis membranaceis acuminatissimis ovario acuato, brevioribus, labelii tri-partiti lacinia intermedia liari layeralibus falcatus crenatis obtusis breviore, sepalis lateribus riangularibus supremo erecto a petalis horicontalibus incurvis libero, calcare clavato compresso ovario longiore. VIx 5 poll. altus. Folia radicalia 5, subito in squamis acuminatissimis mutata, Sepala patula, nulla reflexa. Calcar 1.5 p. longum. Bases soluti antherae elongati. Processus carnosi recurvi. This may be translated as: Leaf lanceolate, channeled, recurved, raceme lax, less flowered, bracts membraneous acuminate sheathing ovary but shorter, labellum trilobed, middle lobe linear and shorter, lateral falcate, crenate, obtuse, lateral sepal triangular, dorsal erect, petals horizontal, curved inwards and free, spur clavate laterally compressed, much longer than ovary. Barely (can reach upto) 5 feet high. Leaves radical, 5, abruptly acuminate. Sepals spreading, not reflexed. Spur 1.5 ---- long. Base od the anther free and elongated. Process fleshy and recurved. So, most probably this is Habenaria longicornu Lindl. :P Pankaj On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > I had been thinking. It has to be Habenaria longicornu but unable to find a > suitable description for this. > Not Habenaria plantaginea for sure as lip is totally different and spur it > too long. > I will recheck and confirm. > Pankaj > > > On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 6:40 PM, sachin dangat <[email protected]>wrote: > >> * >> *Seems to be >> *Habenaria longicornu* >> >> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:55 AM, Shrikant Ingalhalikar < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> :=) I thought I will take opportunity of 'fastest finger first' in >>> absence of Dr. Pankaj Kumar but can't take this further than H. plantaginea. >>> Dr. Pankaj please come in...Regards, Shrikant >>> >>> Shrikant Ingalhalikar >>> 12 Varshanand Society >>> Anandnagar Sinhagad Road >>> Pune 411 051. www.idsahyadri.com >>> Tel 91 20 2435 0765. >>> Fax 91 20 2438 9190. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:47:03 , Anantanarayan Rajaram wrote >>> >>> Dear all, >>> The pic looks like that of a Habenaria. Can the experts pl. help? Thanks >>> a lot >>> Rajaram >>> >>> --- On *Wed, 27/10/10, mahamkali suresh <[email protected]>*wrote: >>> >>> >>> From: mahamkali suresh <[email protected]> >>> Subject: {MNS:6119} (Ghost Like) Wild Flower from Lower Palani Hills >>> To: [email protected] >>> Date: Wednesday, 27 October, 2010, 8:39 PM >>> >>> Hi >>> >>> I find this interesting wildflower on a hill slope, while birding in the >>> lower Palani hills in the 2nd week of october. >>> >>> This wild flower looks like a ghost image. >>> >>> Thanks and Regards >>> >>> M.Suresh >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Madras Naturalists' Society" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/blackbuck?hl=en?hl=en >>> for other info contact [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> <http://sigads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/www.rediffmail.com/signatureline....@middle?> >>> >> >> > > > -- > *********************************************** > "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 > -- *********************************************** "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
