And yeah, I have no issues if Gurcharan sir leads in answering :)). It makes me happy to know that group is not fully dependent on me. Thats the way it should be and for sure I make lot of mistakes. But I have one good habit of rechecking my own ids. Its because somehow, if I see any orchid live or pic, it always remains in my head. So whenever I come across any reference book with similar characters, I always recheck, though I may not comment on the thread until I find my own id wrong. I am sure, if I had given this pic to some orchid people outside the group without actually telling the elevation, many of them would have thought of Eulophia !!! Few days back I realised I made mistakes and asked Smita to resend the picture she had sent months back and I was confirm that I was wrong though while identifying earlier I was sure of the ID. Orchids have always been tricky. I always say, I can go wrong, anyone can go wrong!!! and rechecking always help. Regards Pankaj
On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 12:37 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- *********************************************** "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
