Dear Dr. Kumar, Thank you .
And what about the other link I sent ? Saroj Kasaju On 16 Sep 2016 18:32, "Pankaj Kumar" <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
