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On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Rashida Atthar <atthar.rash...@gmail.com> wrote: > Shrikant ji , here's the info. - E. mysorensis Lindl.- Flowers-July- > October, > Distribution: Mahabaleshwar, koina valley, Konkan, Satara. > E.pubescens (Hook) Lindl. Flowers- April-May. Distribution : Pune! That's > good news for you! but one info. on pg 44 I quote "Eria pubescens Wt.Icon. > 1634, 1852 (on plate. E. platyphylla) is this species and E. polystachya > Wt. are both found in NIlgiris. Wight has figured both and described, but > on plates he has interchanged the names. There is another E. pubescens > (Hook.)Lindl, which is from north, Himalayan region, which Laxminarsimhan > has recorded from Poona. I doubt if he was referring to Wight's Southern > Indian species or North Indian one". All the best. > regards, > Rashida. > > > > On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 12:34 PM, shrikant ingalhalikar > <le...@rediffmail.com> wrote: >> >> Thank you Rashida ji, the key brings in more food for thought. I am >> yet to see E. pubescens and E. mysorensis. Can you pls provide >> locations where they can be searched? 'Orchids of Bombay' gives E. >> pubescens Wight as syn of E. mysorensis Lindl. Regards, Shrikant. >> >> On Oct 4, 5:38 am, shrikant ingalhalikar <le...@rediffmail.com> wrote: >> > Thank you Rashida ji for a confirmation. I have been following 'The >> > Orchids of Bombay' by Santapau Kapadia for ID. Could you pls give a >> > similar dichotomous key for Eria genus to compare.(Sorry, I don't have >> > a copy of flora of Maha) Regards, Shrikant >> > >> > On Oct 2, 3:21 pm, Rashida Atthar <atthar.rash...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > > These tiny orchids -EriaconrardiiAlmeida were seen last week at >> > > Amboli, >> > > Maharashtra. As Dr. Almeida explained this was given an incorrrect >> > > description as Eris dalzellii Lindl, type of Dalzellii was different, >> > > hence >> > > the new name after the director for a brief period of Blatter >> > > herbarium. A >> > > very interesting explanation is available in Dr. Almeida's flora of >> > > Mah.Vvol >> > > V -A pg 42/43. >> > >> > > regards, >> > > Rashida. >> > >> > > EriaconrardiiAlmeida at Amboli.JPG >> > > 664KViewDownload >> > >> > > EriaconrardiiAlmeida.JPG >> > > 409KViewDownload >> > >> > > Eriaconrardiion the bark of Anjan tree.JPG >> > > 578KViewDownload >> > >> > > Erias at Amboli.JPG >> > > 524KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - >> > >> > - Show quoted text - > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
