If it is tricarinata then there should be three carinate lamellae on the labellum. Which I cant see properly. By the look of the colors of the petals and sepals, it does look like Calanthe tricarinata, but I have seen fainted Calanthe plantaginea, it looks the same too. I remember last time what he showed was very much plantaginea and HE claims its the same plant. Regards Pankaj
On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > -- *********************************************** "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
