Yes its because of the peduncle.... Pankaj
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 8:52 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Why cetipeda? Sps name? Is it because the penduncle of infloresence look like > the centipede? > Otherwise flower look more like crab. > Beautiful flowers and photo too. > Madhuri > Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 14:18:56 > To: indiantreepix<[email protected]> > Subject: [efloraofindia:86400] ORCHIDACEAE: Thrixspermum centipeda Lour. > > Thrixspermum centipeda Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 520 (1790). > > Synonyms: > Epidendrum thrixspermum Raeusch., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 3: 265 (1797). > Sarcochilus centipeda (Lour.) Náves in F.M.Blanco, Fl. Filip., ed. 3, > 4(13A): 238 (1880). > Aerides flos-aeris Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 2: 233 (1799). > Dendrocolla arachnites Blume, Bijdr.: 287 (1825). > Vanda pauciflora Breda, Gen. Sp. Orchid. Asclep. 3: t. 13 (1829). > Dendrobium auriferum Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 83 (1830). > Aerides arachnites (Blume) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 238 (1833), nom. > illeg. > Sarcochilus arachnites (Blume) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. > 6: 498 (1863). > Sarcochilus auriferus (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. > 6: 498 (1863). > Thrixspermum arachnites (Blume) Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 121 (1868). > Thrixspermum auriferum (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 121 (1868). > Sarcochilus hainanensis Rolfe, Bot. Mag. 122: t. 7489 (1896). > Thrixspermum hainanense (Rolfe) Schltr., Orchis 5: 55 (1911). > Thrixspermum papillosum Carr, Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 5: 33 (1929). > > Family: ORCHIDACEAE > Distribution: Assam to South China and Malesia > Current pic was taken at TBGRI, Trivandrum. > > 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) > > -- ********************************************************************** "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)
