Serendipitously this month's 'Oikos' desktop caleder is also 'dendrobium' and the flowers in the picture they have utilized look very similar to yours in terms of color etc (definitely not the same picture though) although they have called it 'dendrobium microbulbon.'
I guess the 'oikos' people here in this list can throw more light on/about if theirs if a different variety from yours. :-) On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 10:49 PM, 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 > =========== > >
