This is interesting. Net is too slow so cant download the pics, but yes, this should be Habenaria cephalotes Lindl. and endemic orchid from Western Ghats. Thanks so much for sharing beautiful pics. I am looking at it for the first time. Best regards Pankaj
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 6:27 PM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > Could this be *Habenaria cephalotes* Lindl. ??- Manudev ji. > > Yes its *Habenaria* but I have no idea is it cephalotes... > Regards > Khyanjeet Gogoi > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> > Date: 3 November 2012 14:04 > Subject: [efloraofindia:137199] Nilgiris: Orchid for identification > 031112MK02 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Dear all, > > Please help me to identify this orchid found on grasslands of high > altitude. > > Leaf: up to 10cm long > Plant height: up to 20cm long > Flower: 1cm across > > Date: 22 Oct 2012 > Place: Western Catchement, Mukruti NP, Nilgiris > Alt.: c 2350 m asl > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Care Earth Trust > #15, second main road, > Thillai ganga nagar, > Chennai - 600 061 > Mob: 0091 96268 33911 > www.careearthtrust.org > > -- > > > > > > > -- > 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 2000 members & > 1,37,000 messages on 31/10/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7500 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: 151, 1st Floor, Tai Om Tsuen 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* * * * * --
