Good shot On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote:
> This is not P. bellatulum. But this lookd like one of the lady slipper > orchids from the schedules of Indian wildlife protection act of india. > I need front view of this. This might be Paphiopedilum fairrieanum or > its hybrid. > Regards > Pankaj > > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 2:04 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Forwarding pl. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Col Bimal Sarkar <[email protected]> > > Date: 24 January 2011 19:07 > > Subject: LADY'S SLIPPER > > > > Dear Friend, > > Those of you who love orchids,must be familiar with Lady's > > Slipper (Common name of an orchid ).There are different variety of this > > orchid.One such variety grows in the wild in Arunachal Pradesh.In > 2002,one > > research scholar of Defence Research Laboratory ,presented me with a > sapling > > of a Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium bellatulum).I put the same in a pot at > > Tezpur.The plant survived.One Dr Chakraborty from Guahahi University who > is > > supposed to be an expert on the orchids of Arunachal Pradesh told me that > > the plant will not bloom in the plains,even though it may survive.I > carried > > the plat to Binnaguri with me and we saw the flowers there in 2004.I > carried > > the plant with me at Cooch Behar in 2005.We got flowers for two > years,after > > that the plant parished.Attaching the image of this beautiful flower.I am > > sure you will like it. > > Regards > > Col (Retd) Bimal Sarkar > > Mobile: 9434194942 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > With regards, > > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & > > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > > alphabetically & place-wise): > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them > > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > > please visit/ join our Google e-group- > > Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix or > > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (more than 1500 members & > > 60,000 messages on 15/1/11 & with a database of around 4450 species on > > 15/12/10) > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "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 > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
