Hi Pankaj Ji. Were the pictures taken with your iPhone? If yes then I will say your skill of photography is more powerful than the machine you use. Thanks Tanay
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Paphiopedilum purpuratum (Lindl.) Stein, Orchid.-Buch: 481 (1892). > Synonyms: > Cypripedium purpuratum Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 23: t. 1991 (1837). > Cordula purpurata (Lindl.) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 20: 2 (1912). > Menephora bicolor Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 46 (1838). > Cypripedium sinicum Hance ex Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. > 3: 602 (1852). > Paphiopedilum sinicum (Hance ex Rchb.f.) Stein, Orchid.-Buch: 481 (1892). > Paphiopedilum aestivum Z.J.Liu & J.Yong Zhang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 39: > 568 (2001). > Paphiopedilum purpuratum var. hainanense F.Y.Liu & Perner, Orchidee > (Hamburg) 52: 64 (2001). > Paphiopedilum purpuratum f. album O.Gruss & Koop., Orchid Digest 72: > 130 (2008), contrary Art. 37.4 ICBN (2006). > > Family: Orchidaceae > > Distribution: China, Hong Kong, Vietnam > Current pic: Hong Kong. Locality not revealed for security reasons. > The plant is extracted very badly from wild and the population has > depleted drastically over the years. > > Note: This trip was undertaken with Dr. Phillip Cribb who is one of > the foremost Orchid experts of the world from Royal Botanic Gardens, > Kew and Dr. Gunter Fischer (my HoD) and Dr. Ruy Baretto, one of the > eminent bird watcher from Hong Kong. Care was taken not to trample any > plant scattered around and trust me it was really inconvenient sitting > there because they were all around us. > > Best wishes. > Pankaj > > > -- > ********************************************************************** > "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) > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) [email protected] *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
