The only orchid that was seen growing wild in fields in Delhi *Zeuxine strateumatica* , not seen for last 30 years.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 7:39 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks a lot for sharing this beautiful pic. > Yes this is Zeuxine longilabris, very widely distributed in India. > Recently happened to see this at Trivandrum but in garden in flowering > and then from Ms. Smita also. > Apart from India, it is also found in Nepal, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, > Myanmar and Thailand. This is also the right time to search in > Maharastra. Its there in wild. > I will request members who share orchid pics, PLEASE DONT FORGET TO > TAKE PICTURES OF LEAVES. > In the current pic also if you notice, in top bud has no labellum and > it gives an indication of another (more than one) species. > Pankaj > > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Since you know about the species. May I request you to further elaborate > > about where it is found? Where did you find? Is it a garden/cultivated > > variety and commonness of the species and any other details you have > about > > it. All this because this appears to be the first posting of this species > on > > the group. We have earlier seen Zeuxine strateumatica another species > from > > the same genus. > > Dr Phadke > > > > On 17 February 2011 10:02, manudev madhavan <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> attaching the image of Zeuxine longilabris (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hook.f. > >> please validate > >> regards > >> -- > >> Manudev K Madhavan > >> Junior Research Fellow > >> Systematic & Floristic Lab, > >> Department of Botany, > >> Centre for Postgraduate Studies & Research > >> St. Joseph's College, Devagiri > >> Kozhikode- 673 008 > >> Mob: 9496470738 > > > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "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 >
