Is this not a Hydnophytum or Mymecodia? Antplants that grow epiphytically and can become quite large. It seems like the shoots growing out of the "ball" has the right shape on the leaves.
I have just returned from theAndamans but only saw Hydnophytum on Mount Harriet. Regards Katarina from Sweden, currently -23 below zero. On 31 Dec 2010, 12:12, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Great. I imagine, I have seen such bigger galls in mangrove only in > Bhitarkanika. > And I think, there are two different species of orchids too. > Pankaj > > On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Prashant awale <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Friends, > > I had spotted this almost Football size bulb on a Mangrove tree at > > Baratang (Andaman& Nicobar). > > > Date/Time: 22-12-2010 / 09:30AM > > Location: Mangrove forest cover at Baratang > > Habitat: Wild > > > regards > > Prashant > > -- > *********************************************** > "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
