Thanks Mr. Garg for re-posting this mail. The orchid as pointed out by Dr. Pankaj, is Dendrobium peguanum. The flower [if it is a flower at all] is an enigma. With regards, Neil Soares.
--- On Thu, 6/7/12, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: From: Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:88840] Please identify this orchid -NS 211110 To: "jmgarg1" <[email protected]> Cc: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], "Neil Soares" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, June 7, 2012, 2:24 PM The plant looks like a Dendrobium, may be Dendrobium peguanum, but cant confirm the species without flowers. That small flower is cute, I imagine if it is growing from the trunk. Of course not orchid flower. Pankaj On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 4:50 PM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: Forwarding again for Id assistance please. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Neil Soares <[email protected]> Date: 21 October 2011 13:22 Subject: [efloraofindia:88840] Please identify this orchid -NS 211110 To: [email protected] Hi, Photographed at my farm at Shahapur earlier this month. The last photograph was taken by my friend and photographer Jayesh Timbadia. Thanks, With regards, Neil Soares. -- With regards, J.M.Garg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1870 members & 1,18,000 messages on 31/5/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 6500 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- ********************************************************************** "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D. 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 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 (mobile). Fax: +852 2483 7194
