This plant had been very much problematic. Named and changed and renamed. Now according to current status, this is Dendrobium aphyllum agaian (syn: Dendrobium cucullatum). What is the location and when was it taken? Was it wild? Thanks for sharing. Pankaj
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 2:22 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> =========== >> > -- ********************************************************************** "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Conservation Officer Office: Orchid Conservation Section 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)
