Very beautiful, Pankaj! I think the name is very apt as there is a cap (turban!) on the column head. And the flowers look like tiny birds...do they mimic any pollinators?!
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 10:54 PM, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Seidenfadenia mitrata (Rchb.f.) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 204 (1972). > > Synonym: Aerides mitrata Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 22: 415 (1864). > > Family: Orchidaceae > Distribution: Myanmar to Thailand > Current pic taken in the live collections from Thailand. > Very strangely, the species name "mitrata" sounds very HINDI but actually > it means 'turbaned'. I imagine why!!! > > Best regards > Pankaj > > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-lUNXkqA4ABQ/UCSFjsce8kI/AAAAAAAABQQ/EdzgdTYLlyE/s1600/DSC_9076.JPG> > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-MIUiLAXI18k/UCSFpYzz5_I/AAAAAAAABQY/HTioTrm6HFQ/s1600/DSC_9075.JPG> > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-M1kYjvdKQgY/UCSFu_vrZPI/AAAAAAAABQg/4R5Icrzp6Yw/s1600/DSC_9071.JPG> > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-HrtBPAprDfA/UCSF0PGgDMI/AAAAAAAABQo/m4MThnPH7zQ/s1600/DSC_9073.JPG> > > > <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Rl8HfbNJ26I/UCSF5ZASPQI/AAAAAAAABQw/XMwkOJycxtA/s1600/DSC_9074.JPG> > > -- > > > > --
