I knew Lady's slipper as Cyperipedium, and it was once growing in Gulmarg forest in Kashmir. I was surprised when Balkar ji told me it is Paphiopedilum. Today I know the reason. Thanks Balkar ji.
-- 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 Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 7:19 AM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > Again Just amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![?] Soooooooooo Beautiful > > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 7:05 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum (Lindl. ex Hook.) Stein, Orchid.-Buch: 470 >> (1892). >> >> Synonyms: >> Cypripedium hirsutissimum Lindl. ex Hook., Bot. Mag. 83: t. 4990 (1857). >> Cordula hirsutissima (Lindl. ex Hook.) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 20: 2 (1912). >> Paphiopedilum esquirolei Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. >> 4: 39 (1919). >> Cordula esquirolei (Schltr.) Hu, Rhodora 27: 105 (1925). >> Paphiopedilum chiwuanum Tang & F.T.Wang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 1: 56 (1951). >> Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum var. esquirolei (Schltr.) K.Karas. & >> K.Saito, Bull. Hiroshima Bot. Gard. 5: 40 (1982). >> Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum var. chiwuanum (Tang & F.T.Wang) >> P.J.Cribb, Genus Paphiopedilum: 140 (1987). >> Paphiopedilum saccopetalum H.S.Hua, Orchidee (Hamburg) 49: 38 (1998). >> Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum f. viride O.Gruss & Roeth, Caesiana 12: 57 >> (1999). >> Paphiopedilum esquirolei var. chiwuanum (Tang & F.T.Wang) Braem & >> Chiron, Paphiopedilum: 181 (2003). >> Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum f. alboviride O.Gruss & Koop., Orchid >> Digest 72: 129 (2008), contrary Art. 37.4 ICBN (2006). >> >> Distribution: Assam to S. China >> Pic taken at BSI, Dehradun. >> >> Note: This plant is protected according to Wildlife Protection Act of >> India and hence it should not be plucked from wild or sold int he >> market. >> >> Regards >> Pankaj >> >> -- >> ********************************************************************** >> "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" >> >> >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >> Conservation Officer >> >> Office: >> Flora Conservation Department >> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation >> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >> >> Residence: >> 36B, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun >> Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >> >> email: [email protected] >> [email protected] >> [email protected] >> Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm) >> +852 9436 6251; +852 5431 6094 (mobile) >> > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 >
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