Thats so nice to see this very rare plant for India. Thanks so much for posting. Youa re very few of the lucky ones who has seen it in wild. Best wishes. Pankaj
On Nov 3, 12:20 pm, PreSam <[email protected]> wrote: > Gurcharan ji, I think October-November will be best for viewing > terrestrials and March-April-May for epiphytes. I'm going to Chembra > hills tomorrow which is a shola grassland with the peak at 1850 metres > asl. Hope the rain doesn't play spoilsport. Will be back with plenty > of pictures. Hoping to see the elusive Ipsea malabarica in bloom. > > Regards, > Prejith. > > On Nov 3, 9:15 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Imagine what all we will see when our orchid experts plan to have an orchid > > week in any forthcoming month. We are desperately looking forward to that. > > > Another nice series of photographs Prejith ji > > > -- > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > Retired Associate Professor > > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Prejith Sampath <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Sharing pictures of the now almost extinct in the wild Vanda wightii. It > > > comes into bloom during late October through into November with 3-5 > > > flowers > > > on a raceme which are fragrant at dusk. The flowers are slightly smaller > > > than V. tessellata and the plant has arching leaves. They do not tolerate > > > too much of sunlight. > > > > Regards, > > > Prejith
