Very Very Beautiful Dinesh Ji On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote:
> Many thanks Giby ji for the Malayalam name. > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > > > > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Giby Kuriakose > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> In malayalam a group of orchids ie Acampe spp., Vanda spp. and Aerides >> spp. are called as *Maravazha *by local people*. *People use the leaf >> extract of any of these species to cure infections in the ear. >> >> >> Regards, >> Giby >> >> >> >> >> On 25 May 2012 16:48, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> via Species<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species> >>> > V <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/v> >>> > >>> *Vanda testacea* (Lindl.) Rchb.f. ... (family: Orchidaceae) >>> [image: Vanda testacea (Lindl.) >>> Rchb.f.]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/7260544418/> >>> >>> [image: Flowers of >>> India]<http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Small%20Flowered%20Vanda.html> >>> [image: Discussions at >>> efloraofindia]<https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#%21searchin/indiantreepix/Vanda%20testacea> >>> [image: more views in >>> flickr]<http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Vandatestacea&m=tags&z=m> >>> [image: more views on Google >>> Earth]<http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/india/&tags=Vandatestacea&format=kml_nl> >>> >>> >>> *VAN-duh* -- from Sanskrit, referring to the *Vanda* orchids and some >>> other epiphytic plants ... Dave's >>> Botanary<http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/> >>> *test-uh-SEE-uh* -- shell covered, referring to fruit covering ... >>> Dictionary >>> of Botanical Epithets<http://www.winternet.com/%7Echuckg/dictionary.html> >>> >>> >>> >>> *commonly known as*: the small flowered >>> vanda<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/the-small-flowered-vanda>• >>> *Kannada*: ¿ ಕಿರಿ >>> ರಾಸ್ನಾ<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/kiri-rasna-kiri-raasna>? >>> kiri >>> raasna<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/kiri-rasna-kiri-raasna>• >>> *Marathi*: पिवळी वंदा pivali >>> vanda<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/pivali-vanda-pivali-vanda> >>> >>> >>> *botanical names*: *Vanda testacea* (Lindl.) Rchb.f. ... *synonyms*: >>> *Aerides >>> testacea* Lindl. • *Aerides wightiana* Lindl. • *Aerides wrightiana*Lindl. >>> ex Wall. [Invalid] • >>> *Vanda parviflora* Lindl. • *Vanda vitellina* Kraenzl. ... The Plants >>> List <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-211557> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ >>> ~ ~ >>> Photographed at Yeoor Hills (part of Sanjay Gandhi National Park) ... 20 >>> MAY 12 >>> >>> >>> Need help on resolving the Kannada name *kiri raasna* ... referred ENVIS >>> - FRLHT<http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4064&parname=0> >>> Please validate the name put in native script: ಕಿರಿ ರಾಸ್ನಾ >>> >>> >>> Regards. >>> Dinesh >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD >> Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), >> Royal Enclave, >> Jakkur Post, Srirampura >> Bangalore- 560064 >> India >> Phone - +91 9448714856 +919947109987 (Mobile) >> visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby >> > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
