[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 ------------------------------ 25 JUN 11 * Habenaria grandifloriformis * Blatt. & McCann ... (family: Orchidaceae) *hab-en-AR-ee-uh* -- from the Latin *habena*, (rein or strap) ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DHabenaria&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzc40_r_ressX9Ljc8ykXOGJRH3dNg> ¿ *gran-dih-FLOR-ih-for-miss* -- free-flowering, with large flowers ?
*commonly known as*: large flowered habenaria, single-leaved habenaria • * Marathi*: आषाढ हबेअमरी ashadh habe-amri, चिकरकांदा chikarkanda • *Sanskrit*: पद्म padma ¿ *Endemic to*: Western Ghats (of India) ? *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.in%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FSingle%2520Leaved%2520Habenaria.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeYYAvBUY46lkzbPHjec5vXPSoDog>• culturesheet<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fculturesheet.org%2Forchidaceae%3Ahabenaria%3Agrandifloriformis&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfMoFA4CFdMRVCNzwIfW4aS62363A>• *Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar [image: Large-flowered Habenaria]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5872040807%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdK8LxwSLQN4Qn2n9qFn3pmYgY-vQ> [image: Habenaria grandifloriformis]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5872601070%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcVMkWTX8D5TJnTXyo2Q4_4kPXDVg> [image: Habenaria grandifloriformis]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5872596328%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfMhzZXtfTmGog1lbQTSCDgzPkmqQ> [image: ... Kas plateau]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5872594294%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfxmbZCWFsUSScEAeYYvWEHMPw2zg> Regards. Dinesh --
