Very good photograph and equally good write up. Thanks for sharing Ushadi. -- 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 Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 6:22 AM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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) > > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 >
