They are mealybugs. Pankaj On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Ushadi Micromini < microminipho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Pankaj you are right about this being a bird's nest fern > > and NOT a staghorn fern. > > > > I have seen those bifurcated ends variants of staghorn fern (they even > have similar variants for the boston fern, i even bought one) for the last > three or four years in the horticulture garden shows in the winter, brought > in by the growers who come from Siliguri, Darjeeling and Assam > > == > but my question was about the critters in picture 4 , last pic. > do you know what they might be? > looking forward to your thoughts > usha di > > On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 7:26 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I would say this is Asplenium nidus, some how deformed !! >> For sure not Platycerium!! >> Pankaj >> >> >> On Thursday, 7 May 2015 15:08:17 UTC+8, Ranjini Kamath wrote: >>> >>> Bangalore - 08/04/2015. Showing spores & fungus attack. >>> >> -- >> 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 email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > -- ****************************************************** **************************************************************** *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 http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.