Thanks a lot for sharing this beautiful orchid. This should be Arundina graminifolia. Those rounded leaves in the second pic at the base dont belong to this plant. Regards Pankaj
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 9:27 PM, Anandi Sharan <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends. > This is not a fruit - but still. I am curious about this plant. I > photographed it on the path down to the hanging bridge over the Kunti > river in Silent Valley Kerala on 28 August 2009. The second picture > shows the watery rock where it was growing. > Green greetings. And happy new Year. > Anandi > > > > -- > ---- > > > > -- > ---- > -- *********************************************** "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
