This plant is collected from Wayanad district of Kerala, Actually I forgot the date of Collection. I will let you know the details soon. Anyway, I had collected this plant and photogrphed from many parts of Wayanad and also from Kozhikode (Calicut) district. I think I had encountered another species from Wayanad. That is* Z*. *gracilis. * *I will let you know the details soon..* *regards * On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote:
> Lets find out??? :) I am sure it would be there, we just need to > search at the right place. > Pankaj > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:27 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "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 > -- *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
