Hi Pankaj ji, i too thought this orchid to be Cattleya at my first glance but I really have very less knowledge about orchid IDs. Thanks for your help Regards Tanay
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>wrote: > Those PLICATE bracts or leaves whatever they are, are very strange, > usually found in terrestrial ones. But for sure this is an > Epidendroideae very near to Cattleya, Guarianthe, Dendrobium. > Regards > Pankaj > > > On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 9:53 AM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Pankaj Ji, > > Thanks for initiative. Sorry i don't have a side view > > I will wait for a confirmation from your side or other members > > Tanay > > > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 8:15 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> Dear Mr. Tanay > >> In one glance, to me it looks like Dendrobium though leaves are > >> peculiarly different, but I will need a side view of the flower if > >> possible. I dont have much references here so I will recheck once I am > >> back at Doon. > >> Regards > >> Pankaj > >> > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 5:38 AM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > Dear All Members, > >> > > >> > I am posting some photos of an orchid that was recorded from Costa > Rica. > >> > The > >> > photos were taken by one of friend > >> > > >> > who was on a hiking trip out there. Though this plant has nothing to > do > >> > with > >> > Indian flora still I will kindly request for > >> > > >> > an identification of this orchid (if possible up to species level). I > >> > personally think this is some species of Cattleya. > >> > > >> > Location: Pitilla Research Station, Guanacaste National park, > >> > Guanancaste > >> > Costa Rica. > >> > > >> > Time: 3rd May 2007 > >> > > >> > Altitude: 600m > >> > > >> > Ecosystem: Second growth wet rainforest. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Thanks in advance > >> > > >> > Tanay > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Tanay Bose > >> > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > >> > Department of Botany. > >> > University of British Columbia . > >> > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > >> > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > >> > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > >> > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > >> > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > >> > ta...@interchange.ubc.ca > >> > Webpages: > >> > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html > >> > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html > >> > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> *********************************************** > >> "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 > > > > > > > > -- > > Tanay Bose > > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > > Department of Botany. > > University of British Columbia . > > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > > ta...@interchange.ubc.ca > > Webpages: > > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html > > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html > > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ > > > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "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 > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
