Gorgeous Orchid!!!!!! On 1/16/12, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > 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) >
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