A reply: "It can be anything but a hybrid.I lost this orchid.Sending a front view will not be possible.
Regards Col (Retd) Bimal Sarkar Mobile: 9434194942" On 14 May 2011 11:13, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > “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” > > > “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. > .............. > Regards > Katarina” > > > > “” > > > > > ---------- 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 Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1580 members & > 66,000 messages on 30/3/11) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of > around 4500 species) > > -- 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 Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1580 members & 66,000 messages on 30/3/11) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of around 4500 species)
