Pholidota pallida and Pholidota imbricata are very much different from each other. The lateral sepals are connate at the base in Pholidota pallida. To me this is P. imbricata as in many of the closeups you can actually see them separate. Gibs, please, look at the flower on the lower right hand side of the stalk. Both lateral sepals are very much separate!! Even the bulbs are much elongated and glabrous in P. pallida. Pankaj
On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > I hope the two are distinct species > Is it P. imbricata (Pankaj ji, Raghu ji?) or P. pallida (Giby ji).? > > > -- > 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 Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Smilax004 <giby.kuriak...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Yes, Pholidota pallida of Orchidaceae family. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> Giby >> >> >> >> >> On Aug 20, 6:59 pm, Dr Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Thanks for sharing. >> > This is Pholidota imbricata. >> > Pankaj >> > >> > On Aug 20, 6:12 pm, raghu ananth <raghu_...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > Monsoon Magic - Cascading whorls of unprecedental joy... >> > > (Orchidaceae >> > > related to Pholidota imbricata ? >> > >> > > Date/Time-27 Jul 2011 12:10 >> > >> > > Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Bhagamandala, Coorg, Karnataka, 1535 >> > > meter >> > >> > > Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-Wild, Western ghats, Quite common >> > > herb on the forested tree barks. >> > > Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-Herb, Epiphytic-Non Parasitic >> > > Height/Length-approx - flower cluster + leaf length=70-80cms >> > > Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Shape -Elliptic,elongated, Single Leaf on >> > > top of the bulb, 40-50 cms >> > > Inflorescence Type/ Size-Pendulous flowers >> > >> > > Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-Small-cluster of flowers, 1.5cms, >> > > Dirty Brown/White/Pink >> > > Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- Pseudo bulbs-5 >> > > Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- Feeding Ants >> > > inside the flower >> > >> > > Regards >> > > Raghu >> > >> > > DSC_6028 Bulb.jpg >> > > 277KViewDownload >> > >> > > DSC_6026 Flower Cluster.jpg >> > > 166KViewDownload >> > >> > > DSC_6027 FlowerCloseup.jpg >> > > 209KViewDownload >> > >> > > DSC_6029 Herb.jpg >> > > 306KViewDownload > > > -- *********************************************** "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
