Dr. Dr. Pankaj and Dr. Gibi, Nice account of the orchids. Its difficult to part ways when you have shared such a bond with the Orchids. Really appreciate the way you take care & clearly shows the passion you have with the Orchids.
Commendable effort! Thank you Prejith for the orchid location specifics. Regards Raghu ________________________________ From: Prejith Sampath <[email protected]> To: Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> Cc: Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]>; J.M. Garg <[email protected]>; efloraofindia <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Shrikant Ingalhalikar <[email protected]>; raju das <[email protected]>; raghu ananth <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 28 October 2011 1:49 PM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:90284] Silent Valley's flamboyant resident | White Orchid - 13Jul11AR02 Nice anecdotes, Pankaj and Giby. Yes the white flower is definitely Den. aqueum. I did see it in the Pantheerayiram forests in the Calicut-Malappuram border so there is a very good possibility it is there in Silent Valley too. The ones from Maharashtra seem to have the best shape. Regards, Prejith On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: Mr V R Singh told me he did plant some orchids in the garden at >Kudremukh. But now that he has been transfered to Nagarhole, now idea >how those plants are doing !! He couldnt even manage to send me >Habenaria perrottetiana !! >When I was in 7th standard, I collected one orchid from a family >picnic trip. Planted it on a Ficus elastica growing in pot. It >survived. Then in graduation, both orchid and F. elastica was much >bigger and I wanted the orchid so I took out Ficus elastica from >ground to shift to new house. Then during my phd work we again shifted >to another house and I brought Ficus elastica along. :)) >That Orchid is still alive and it is Acampe praemorsa. Ficus elastica >is also alive, and I have requested my elder brother who is an eye >surgeon to shift the whole tree to our new house when they shift >:P..... He said, " you must be kidding". I said, "do you really think >so" !! > >Pankaj > >. > >. > >On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Giby Kuriakose > ><[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I used to grow 39 species (epiphytes) of orchids (+4 species of terrestrial >> species below the canopy of the same tree), from Kudremukh National park, on >> a single Manilkara zapota tree in front of the then CES, IISc field station >> near Karkala, Karntaka. Most of them were seen fallen down on dry fallen >> branches and hence collected. >> My friend Dr. K A Subramanian (now in ZSI, Kolkotta) once counted them, then >> only I myself realized that I have reached the optimum (or may be beyond) >> number for a single host plant. >> Mr Vijay Ranjan Singh (then DFO of Karkala division) use to come and visit >> my orchids (he was more interested on the orchids and then the orchid >> collector) with his camera and use to ask me "oooops so many species on a >> single tree". I use to reply " no other option as there are no other >> potential host tree around" later when I left I asked him to come and >> collect all of them and transfer them to the Orchidarium at Kerekatte in >> Kudremukh National park because I knew if left the place they will die >> because taking care of them, especially in the summer, was a huge task for >> me. >> >> >> Regards, >> Giby >> >> >> >> On 28 October 2011 13:15, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> wow so many sorrys. >>> I remember once I was in Pokhara Nepal for an international conference on >>> orchids. There was one dry Ficus tree outside our hotel and it >>> had around 14 species of orchids. I used to stand there and count if I >>> missed anything :)). >>> I wish i could have brought home, the TREE :))!! >>> Pankaj >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Sorry, There are 2 orchids in the back grounds in DSC_3862a I ment the one >>>> just behind the Dendrobium. >>>> Please see DSC_3862b instead of DSC_3862a for Xenikophyton smeeanum in >>>> the back ground. >>>> Regards >>>> Giby >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 28 October 2011 13:10, Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Yes this is Dendrobium aquem. >>>>> This species had been reported by Abraham and Vatsala from >>>>> Muthukuzhivayal (further south in the higher altitudes of Kalakkad >>>>> Mudenthurai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu) in 1981. >>>>> Further, D. aquem has been repoirted from Silent Valley National Park by >>>>> K. S Manilal (1988) in his Flora of Silent Valley >>>>> The orchid in the Back ground of DSC_3862a could be Xenikophyton smeeanum >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> Giby >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 28 October 2011 12:56, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >>>>>> >>>>>> Some earlier relevant feedback: >>>>>> >>>>>> “My guess is Dendrobium formosum Roxb. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Raju” >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> “Resembles very much Dendrobium aqueum of north w ghats, but I am not >>>>>> sure if that also occurs in Silent valley. Regards, Shrikant” >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> “Here is a web link which mentions Dendrobium aqueum location specifics >>>>>> in Tamil nadu and Karnataka. >>>>>> Plant Summary: >>>>>> Dendrobium aqueum is an exquisite epiphytic orchid found in Kolli Hills >>>>>> Tamil Nadu, Himvad Gopalswamy betta in Karnataka and Coorg. >>>>>> >>>>>> Read more: >>>>>> http://www.itslife.in/2010/05/orchid-dendrobium-aqueum#ixzz1S6dEvEKG >>>>>> Thanks & Regards >>>>>> Raghu” >>>>>> >>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>>> From: raghu ananth <[email protected]> >>>>>> Date: 13 July 2011 16:49 >>>>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:73973] Silent Valley's flamboyant resident | >>>>>> White Orchid - 13Jul11AR02 >>>>>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Silent Valley's flamboyant resident | White Orchid - 13Jul11AR02 >>>>>> >>>>>> Date/Time-08 Nov 2008 >>>>>> Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Silent Valley, Kerala >>>>>> Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-, Hill Garden >>>>>> P >>>>>> lant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- >>>>>> Height/Length-approx - 3 feet, >>>>>> Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Shape -Alternate, 10cms approx, Brown and dry >>>>>> Inflorescence Type/ Size- >>>>>> Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-3-5cms approx, White >>>>>> Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- >>>>>> Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> >>>>>> Raghu >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> With regards, >>>>>> J.M.Garg ([email protected]) >>>>>> 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'. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ********************************************************************** >>> "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: >>> 36c, 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 (mobile) >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 > > > >-- >********************************************************************** >"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: >36c, 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 (mobile) >
