Yeah I forgot to add, trust me 300/- is nearly 30% of the price in which they are actually sold.... so its really cheap.... If you have good green house and water supply then you can grow them nicely in Mumbai...but not all... Pankaj
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:45 PM, Katarina <[email protected]> wrote: > Definitively not P.bellatulum which is white with small purple spots. > P.faireanum looks a bit like this but I think it is a hybrid. Hard to > tell which one as orchid people are producing new all the time. > > About growing in Mumbai. Must be possible if given the right > conditions. There are many species of Paphiopedilums so their specific > requirements vary. Some prefer cold winter (+10) while other want a > tropical climate year around. Generally hybrids are said to be easier > to grow. > > 300 is quite cheap for a Pahpiopedilum but remember, often plants are > sold quite small so that "only one year to flowering" easily becomes 5 > years and then it died..... > > Regards > Katarina > > On 25 Jan, 11:05, 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/indiantreepixor >> >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- Dölj citerad text - >> >> - Visa citerad text - -- *********************************************** "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
