Respected Alok sir This is an example of mistake which can arise when you do not provide the date of taking pictures. If you have collected it in August then for sure this should be Calanthe tricarinata..... Calanthe plantaginea flowers during April....... I have no issues with your language at all so cheer up. Pankaj
On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Alok Mahendroo <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Pankaj ji and Gurcharan ji, > I am sorry if my language is not clear enough.. > 1. The Calanthe Plantigenia of Kalatope id'd earlier by Pankaj ji was > found at a lower altitude and at a different time of the year > 2. This one reminded me of Calanthe's BECAUSE of it's shape... BUT I do > not think it is the same as C. Plantigenia. > 3. I HAD found this plant at the same place last year but then it was > not flowering (just budding) and this year by the time I had gone to > it's location (in June).. the flowering had just finished... Where the > C. plantigenia had finished flowering two months before this. > > > Of course I am not an expert on this subject.. Hence I'd rather wait for > next year (if I am still here) to confirm these findings.. > regards > Alok > > On Sun, 2011-09-04 at 00:37 +0530, Pankaj Kumar 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 >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> > > -- > Himalayan Village Education Trust > Village Khudgot, > P.O. Dalhousie > District Chamba > H.P. 176304, India > > www.hivetrust.wordpress.com > www.forwildlife.wordpress.com > http://mushroomobserver.org/observer/observations_by_user?_js=on&_new=true&id=2186 > > -- *********************************************** "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
