Thanks a lot Rajdeo Singhji and Gibyji for possible ID. Ha Ha............ Thanks Pankaj for detailed analysis and the ID. I know ur aptitude towards orchids. Its my limitation again i have to wait another year to cross check these with the live specimen. U r right, there are 3 spcies which the field assistant reported which are of same name as per the local baidya. I wl check it once i go to field.
Regards Prasad On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > You will be surprised Gibs, that cant be Peristylus. Ovary is not > parallel to the stalk. > The first one to me is Habenaria plantaginea and the other two are > Habenaria furcifera. > > BUT IT CANT BE CONFIRMED LIKE THIS. > > Prasad, if you can see, the leaves in first pic is appressed on the > ground, but in other two, its slightly raised with wavy margin. These > form important characters at times. Secondly, assuming that all pics > were taken on the same day, pic one is in buds where as other two are > in new fruits. Plant identification in such case becomes tricky and > our identification and our credibility is at risk if we incorrectly > identify the plants. If it goes wrong, people point fingers on us. I > was once checkign some orchids in Delhi University and I told some > names to them. By mistake they might have heard wrongly so they wrote > incorrectly on the sheet. A second person came and saw those sheets > and then he abused and insulted me in front of every one. Though it > was not my fault. Similar were the reason why one of our friend HS got > annoyed and angry on and reacted rudely few days back. > > Be happy I wrote all these in good sense... :) > Enjoy > Pankaj > > > > > > On Nov 1, 3:37 pm, rajdeo singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > it looks like *Habenaria ovalifolia *Wight > > > > Rajdeo Singh > > Project fellow > > St. Xavier's College, > > Mumbai > -- Prasad Kumar Dash Ecologist, Orissa, India email: [email protected] ph. 09437444241
