For me also closest match is C. tricarinata (I hope Pankaj ji does not read my comment---from a novice on orchids; My match is based on three species described in Flora simlensis)
-- 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, Sep 3, 2011 at 7:11 PM, Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >
