A reply: "From the photos,the plant appears to be Agapetes variegata. The plant is an epiphyte and not parasitic on the host trees and develops a bulbous base with ageing. This species is found in NE India in subtropical forests at 2000 to 2500 m alt. and is very attractive in flowering. A volume on the family Ericaceae (eds. M.Sanjappa & ARK Sastry under Fl.of India series by the BSI) is under final stages of printing and will be come out soon. Pl contact Dr M Sanjappa, ex Director,BSI at ...
ARK Sastry ex Joint Director,BSI" Thanks a lot, Dr. Sastry. On 11 March 2014 20:05, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for validation please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > I think Agapetes variegata (Roxb.) G.Don > Family: Ericaceae. > Regards, > Ritesh > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: arun sharma <[email protected]> > Date: 3 March 2014 15:57 > Subject: [efloraofindia:183017] requesting id of this parasitic plant > found on trees of arunachal pradesh > To: [email protected] > > > Dear Sir/ mame > > i am again posting this plant for any kind of identification. > > -- > *Arunkumar Phurailatpam > Assistant Professor > Medicinal and Aromatic Plants > College of Horticulture and Forestry > Central Agricultural University > Mob.No. 9612975356* > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & > Fauna'<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image > Resource<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of > more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, > Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google > e-group<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest > in the world- around 2265 members & 1,82,700 messages on 28/2/14) or > Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 9000 species & 1,80,000 images). > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna'<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> The whole world uses my Image Resource<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the world- around 2265 members & 1,82,700 messages on 28/2/14) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 9000 species & 1,80,000 images). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
