Could this be Calanthe tricarniata? The lip is not clear hence too difficult to confirm I guess. May be Pankaj can validate the same.
Regards, Giby On 3 September 2011 11:44, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Resurfacing again for ID > > > > -- > 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/ > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Alok Mahendroo <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 9:48 PM > Subject: [efloraofindia:72044] Kalatope Calanthe id al180611a > To: [email protected] > > > Dear friends, > Another Calanthe from our area, I had noticed the buds last year but was > not able to watch the flowering.. and did not know the flower.. this > year I remembered and went looking in the forest and was just able to > witness the last flowering .. hence the flowers are not in their prime.. > just enough for me to see that they are the same type as the last > Calanthe orchid I had found.. > > Location Kalatope Sanctuary > Altitude 2400mts > Habit herb > Habitat wild > Height 20 inches > > Regards > Alok > > P.S. the photo of the buds is from last year... > Alok > -- > Himalayan Village Education Trust > Village Khudgot, > P.O. Dalhousie > District Chamba > H.P. 176304, India > www.hive.interconnection.org > www.hivetrust.wordpress.com > www.forwildlife.wordpress.com > > > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Jakkur Post, Srirampura Bangalore- 560064 India Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby
