Very interestingly it looks like an Orchid but for sure it is not!! This should be Calceolaria or something close from Calceolariaceae, but never knew that Calceolariaceae is found in India.
Interestingly, there were three different taxa which were given this name from time to time (Orchidaceae, Scrophulariaceae and Violaceae) but ultimately Scrophulariaceae wont the name and ultimately it was shifted to another family Calceolariaceae. Regards Pankaj On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Selvalakshmi Selvaraj <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This is Calceolaria Karthick ji > -- > Selvalakshmi S. > Doctoral Scholar, > Bharathiar University, > Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. > > -- *********************************************** "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
