Beautiful!! Excellent photography. I liked this one very much Today you have shared so many beautiful,rare useful plants which I have never seen, each unique in its own. Thank you for sharing. Looks like there are not only mines of Bauxite in Orissa but TREASURE OF FLOWERS too
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 3:43 PM, prasad dash <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear member of the very rare Orchid for Orissa, which i had phtographed > from Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary, Orissa. > > Name of the species: *Pecteilis gigantea* > Place of collection: Karlapat Wildlife sanctuary, Kalahandi, South Orissa > Altitude: 3000 ft above msl > Habit: Herb > Habitat: On top plateau with deposits of Bauxite and also in grasslands of > mountain top. > Uses: The tubers are used by the tribal for medicine and also by the > herbivores as their favorite food (Wild bores) > > Regards > > Prasad > > -- > Prasad Kumar Dash > Ecologist, Orissa, India > email: [email protected] > ph. 09437444241 > -- Regards Dr.Bhagyashri Ranade

