Dear All, It is an epiphytic plant. It grows on the bark of some tree species. If u watch carefully, u can see the tree bark. Actually the photograph was taken by a field assistant, so he didn't make any note on the plant.
Regards L.Rasingam On 13 August 2010 12:51, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Check out for the photographers of the link, one mistake may lead to > another. Secondly those link may contain pics from garden, so may be > some ornamental varieties. Leaves may not have reticulations in the > beginning, but later they do have. 7 species of Porpax are found in > India. > > A very strange thing happened just now. Out of my too busy schedule, I > thought of checking this plant again from the references I currently > have. From my self I took out a book THE ORCHIDS OF SIKKIM AND NORTH > EAST HIMALAYA by C J Lucksom. It has 984 pages and the biggest > coincidence was, when I kept the book on my laps it straightaway > opened to page no 546 which has a sketch of Porpax > fibuliformis.....this is strange but yet so interesting...But that > doesnt mean that the pic above is fibuliformis.... :)) > > Aparna, Giby and Navendu, can you please check this pic and give your > views. > > Regards > Pankaj > > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Strangely the photographs of Porpax gigantea on the web look much > different > > from above one, some on the website of Orchid Board: > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/14470...@n07/3496986485/ > > > > > http://www.orchidboard.com/community/miniatures-show-tell/23549-porpax-gigantea.html > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lika_sweden/2728461277/ > > http://www.orchidspecies.com/porgigantea.htm > > > > Gurcharan Singh > > New Delhi > > > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Pankaj Oudhia <pankajoud...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> Interesting!!! Let me confirm whether I have seen it in forest or not? > >> > >> Google search is showing this image repeatedly for Porpax gigantrea. > >> > >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/14470...@n07/3496986485/ > >> > >> If it is right then it looks different. > >> > >> regards > >> > >> Pankaj Oudhia > >> > >> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> That must be a new record of India Vijay sir, do share the pics if > >>> possible. I would love to see. > >>> Pankaj > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Vijayadas D <dvijaya...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > I have seen macodes sps in upper sanitorium of Ponmudi - Trivandrum > >>> > ,Kerala. > >>> > > >>> > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Pankaj Kumar < > sahanipan...@gmail.com> > >>> > wrote: > >>> >> > >>> >> Where did you see Macodes in India :), Oudhia sir. That is a > >>> >> terrestrial orchid by the way, but you were too close. Leaves does > >>> >> look like Macodes but they are not found in India. This is an > >>> >> epiphytic Orchid, ma sometimes foudn on rocks and not weird but very > >>> >> beautiful. > >>> >> > >>> >> One of the few epiphytic orchids which qualifies to be called Jewel > >>> >> orchid, but usually not called so. > >>> >> > >>> >> This is > >>> >> > >>> >> Porpax gigantea Deori, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 17: 174 (1975 publ. > >>> >> 1978). > >>> >> > >>> >> Regards > >>> >> Pankaj > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > -- > >>> > Vijayadas D > >>> > Horticulturist EstateSupervisorDeputy > >>> > Salwa Garden Village, PB -7210 > >>> > Riyadh -11462 , KSA > >>> > vijayadas.wetpaint.com > >>> > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- Keystone Foundation, Kotagiri, The Nilgiris.
