Yes sir The one on flowersofindia.net is also Spiranthes spiralis. Have cc this mail to Tabish sir to change. Pankaj
On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 8:41 PM, Saroj Kasaju <kasajusa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Dr. Kumar/ Mr. Garg, > > Enclosing some other link and request for your opinion . > Also, could you please send me some link showing pink > flower of S.spiralis. > > Thank you. > > Saroj Kasaju > > http://orchidspecies.com/spirsinensis.htm > > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Chinese%20Lady's-Tresses.html > > [image: FoI] <http://www.flowersofindia.net/> > Chinese Lady's-Tresses > [image: Foto info] > [image: Chinese Lady's-Tresses] > > <http://www.flowersofindia.net/Scripts/rec_form.php> > ative > *Photo:* Dony Kokii*Common name:* Chinese Lady's-Tresses > *Botanical name:* *Spiranthes sinensis* *Family:* *Orchidaceae* (Orchid > family) > *Synonyms:* Spiranthes lancea, Spiranthes pudica, Spiranthes australis > ------------------------------ > The genus name *Spiranthes* comes from the Greek words "speira" meaning > spiral and "anthos" meaning flower, and refers to the spiral arrangement of > flowers. Chinese Lady's-Tresses is an orchid found in the Himalayas and in > many countries from Asia to Australia. It is a medium sized, cool to hot > growing terrestrial orchid found on roadsides, grassy areas, open forests, > at elevations of 100-2000 m. The plant has cylindrical, velvety roots, and > a basal rosette of a few oblong-elliptic to linear-lanceshaped, pointed > glossy dark green leaves. Flowers are borne on an erect, slender, up to 25 > cm long many flowered spike. The spreading flowers twist around in a spiral > with 2 to 3 distant, glandular-hairy sheaths and lanceshaped, long-pointed, > glandular-hairy floral bracts. Flowers are rose to rose-purple, rarely > whitish, fragrant. Sepals are lanceshaped, up to 5 mm long, the dorsal > forming a tube with the narrower petals and lip. Flowering: May-September. > ------------------------------ > *Identification credit:* Gurcharan Singh, Pankaj Kumar > Photographed in Shillong, Meghalaya. > > > > On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 5:44 PM, Dr Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Respected Sir >> Both of these are NOT sinensis. >> They can be Spiranthes spiralis. >> Thanks a lot for sharing. >> Pankaj >> >> On Saturday, 10 September 2016 17:30:43 UTC+8, Saroj Kumar Kasaju wrote: >>> >>> Dear Mr. Garg, >>> >>> Sharing some pictures of *Spiranthes sinensis* (Pers.) Ames shot at >>> Nagarkot Nepal on 9 September 2016 at 6700ft. >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> Saroj Kasaju >>> >> > -- ****************************************************** **************************************************************** *Pankaj Kumar*, Ph.D. *IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia* *Office*: Conservation Officer Orchid Conservation Section Flora Conservation Department Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. *Residence*: House no. 39, 2nd Floor, Shui Wo Tsuen Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. *email*: pku...@kfbg.org; sahanipan...@gmail.com *Phone*: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 (mobile); *Fax*: +852 2483 7194 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
