Thank you Dr. Pankaj for your detailed explanation. Am taking it tonight to plant it at my farm but will try for some more photographs. At any rate will keep you informed once the leaf appears. Regards, Neil Soares.
--- On Sat, 5/28/11, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: From: Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> Subject: [efloraofindia:70572] Re: Nervillia sp. To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Cc: "sweedle cerejo" <[email protected]>, "Sweedle Cerejo" <[email protected]>, "Neil Soares" <[email protected]>, "ushadi Micromini" <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, May 28, 2011, 2:42 PM Dear All Some how I missed your orchid. Neil Sir, your orchid is not Nervilia aragoana for sure but what Sweedle has provided is 100% N. aragoana. Sweedle is also an Orchidologist on the group so she cant go wrong so easily. Nervilia genus can be divided into three sections: Section Linervia: Inflorescence with 1 flower Section Vinerfia: Inflorescence with 2 flower Section Nervilia: Inflorescence with multiple flower Dr. Neil's pic is for sure in normal condition and bearing single flower. Sweedle's pic is multiflowered: with green petals and sepals and lip all points to a typical Nervilia aragoana. So the question is what is Dr. Neil's plant. Nervilia infundibulifolia is supposed to have papillose ridges on the lip which I cant see in the pic. There is another orchid very similar to this, Nervilia falcata, it has single glandular pubescent line running from the base of the lip till the tip. That is also not visible. It can be a slightly deformed flower lacking these characters, not a big deal. Some more closeup shots should be helpful. The image of Nervilia infundibulifolia in Sathish Pande et al. book on Orchids of Northern western Ghats shows dry flower and hence identity cant be confirmed from atleast that particular pic. Thanks a lot for sharing. Regards Pankaj
