[image: ... Kas skyline]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8035015844%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcDVdj__6tKTqSABRfvEGMun25Rew> Kas plateau ... about 4000 ft asl ... one of the 39 World Heritage sites in the Western Ghats of India ------------------------------ 28 SEP 08 * Oberonia falconeri * Hook.f. ... (family: Orchidaceae) *oh-ber-ROH-nee-uh* -- named for Oberon, the fairy king, referring to insignificant flowers ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DOberonia&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfJbLjPICllCaVXq_L7kIgAmArJug> *fal-KON-er-ee* -- named for Hugh Falconer, Scottish doctor, geologist and botanist in India ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dfalconeri&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdyoAi3cvIG0JBBuokZcuXnXBqWmg>
*commonly known as*: Falconer's oberonia • *Marathi*: हिरवी चपटी अमरी hirvi chapti amri *Distribution*: tropical Himalayas, Western Ghats (India) *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FFalconer%2527s%2520Oberonia.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfbkZmHkfTFg3b1GzsZWRdGLGKt8Q>• orchids co in<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.orchids.co.in%2Forchid-species%2Foberonia-falconeri.shtm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzc3wXHSDRspw48VJVCGQ8hC7JoDfQ>• *Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar [image: Oberonia falconeri Hook.f.]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2901754345%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeapBdymSDUrphfWNc7OjxJlDTtWg> [image: Falconer's Oberonia]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2902596928%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdh6bR1_xgMR55ilutCeUUOJjywbQ> Regards. Dinesh --
