Thanks Pankaj ji for sharing the plant and the precious moments
-- 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: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 7:00 AM, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ > > >
