Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> Date: 1 July 2011 14:36 Subject: [efloraofindia:72999] Rhynchostylis retusa :: State Flower of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> Dear friends, * Rhynchostylis retusa* is the State Flower of two states in India, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. কপৌ-ফুল *kopou phool* is its name in Assamese. Failed to find any mention of its local name in Arunachal Pradesh ... perhaps because there are too many languages prevalent there. Yet will be glad to know of any common name (other than foxtail orchid). For instance, *sita pushpa*, *draupadi pushpa* are mentioned in web pages related to orchids of the state, though not clearly. Regards. Dinesh -- With regards, J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1725 members & 85,000 messages on 30/9/11) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of around 5500 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'.
