Dear Dr. Pankaj, It is indeed difficult to differentiate the two H.grandifloriformis & H. rariflora from flowers. I had posted a key from Orchids of Bombay - Santapau & Kapadia few years ago. Following is the link to the key from my earlier post. https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!searchin/indiantreepix/adittya$20dharap$20habenaria/indiantreepix/hSjPHs8FT90/Ghg0vx3yySQJ Fr. Santapau has differentiated the flowers on anthers : H. rariflora : anthers rounded on top H. grandifloriformis : anthers distinctly tricuspidate but merely identifying only from images of flowers is near to impossible. The leaves indeed confirms the id. best regards Adittya
--- On Tue, 7/17/12, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: From: Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> Subject: [efloraofindia:122132] Re: Habenaria grandifloriformis flowering To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 7:57 PM Beautiful orchid. Thanks for sharing sir. It is endemic to India. Just out of curiosity, if you just have flowers, then how do you differentiate it from H. rariflora. Pankaj On Tuesday, 17 July 2012 21:32:57 UTC+8, Neil wrote: Hi, Photographed at Khandala over the weekend - the Single-leaved Habenaria With regards, Neil Soares.
