someone deleted the first post :(, so the picture is gone..... Pankaj
On Oct 29, 12:15 am, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.co...> > > > -- > > *********************************************** > > "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
