Very nice picture of a beautiful orchid. I like the mild and pleasant color of flowers. And, as usual, well-narrated incident...Thanks Usha di for sharing.
The name Dendrobium pierardii is a synonym of Dendrobium cucullatum as per 'theplantlist'. Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 11:19 AM, ushadi Micromini < [email protected]> wrote: > We were on a Sunday afternoon drive when my friends decided to stop and > have some tea... we drove into a village.. and parked under a kadam > tree... while they unpacked the picnic baskets and poured tea etc I was > walking around and a local gentleman came out to see if what / who had > invaded his property... though there were no boundry indicators per se... > we apologized, but he turned out to be friendly... and said he just wanted > to talk, so over tea he told us what he grows etc and very proudly pointed > at this flower on his Kadam tree... and he even told us its name... he had > done some research it seems... Dendrobium pierardii.... I came home and > looked it up... books and the net images show more intense color... than > I got... and the binomial he told seems to hold ... UNLESS PANKAJ thinks > otherwise.... > > I am very happy to have made a friend across from the Ganges and he has > invited us back whenever the mood strikes us... > > Serendipity, you ask? why? > > because as we drove out of Calcutta we were hoping to find something > totally created by nature... not planted by forest dept, highway department > or a gardener, nor chopped down or debilitated by humanity... > and what is more spontaneous than a beautiful orchid flowering on a > beautiful tree with connection to Krishna... the playful one... > > > > > Usha di > =========== > >
