Many thanks for validating this common name, Ritesh ji and Pankaj. Just came in after being out in the wild for two days.
Regards. Dinesh. On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > I think Ritesh is right. I have not heard of any other name for this > other than Kopou > phool... > Pankaj > > > On Oct 16, 9:22 am, Ritesh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Sir, > > > > Arunachal Pradesh is blessed with a cultural diversity of more than 30 > > major tribes and most of them are also good at speaking Assamese > > language. Most of the times, its a connecting language between people > > belonging from two different communities. > > > > The most popular name for Rhynchostylis retusa in Arunachal is Kopou > > phool only. However, there are many other local names used by > > different indigenous communities. > > > > Regards, > > Ritesh. >
