You please tell me the name of botanist and I will rethink :p....he must have seen the plant in flowering. There are around 5 species of Vanda in South and there are many other genera which looks like Vanda. Its not the matter of clarification. Its my view. Without flower!!! There are 35000 species of orchids in the world which makes it the biggest family of flowering plants. I always keep my doubts open with non flowering specimens. Vanda tessellata has peculiar leaf apex with pointed protrusion on two lobes and the center, i.e., three points. Your plant seem to have rounded lobes of the apex what I can see in the pic with a point in the centre. If thats true then for sure this is not even Vanda from my side.....!! You may please share some more picture for me to recheck. I would love to be proved wrong!!!! Pankaj
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Pankaj Ji > these were captured by myself in botanical garden of Shri Venteshwara > University Tirupati and id was confirmed by one of the botanist there. You > pls rectify/clarify the situation > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 > -- *********************************************** "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
