Sorry, Rawat Sir, forgot to inform about CKBS, it is Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary, info can be found in -
- http://www.westbengaltourism.gov.in/web/guest/chintamani-kar - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chintamoni_Kar_Bird_Sanctuary Thank you Regards surajit koley a *non-botanist* member of efloraofIndia google group On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 10:17 PM, surajitkoley <[email protected] > wrote: > Rawat Sir, > > I attach herewith the flower picture I have received and the entry in > Bengal Plants. Swapnil Ji informs me that he recorded it in CKBS in April, > near a bamboo thicket. I had been once in CKBS, the place is a popular to > birders. FBI also records that the species is found in bamboo jungles. > > Thank you > > Regards > > surajit > > > On Thursday, 2 July 2015 10:37:43 UTC+5:30, D.S Rawat wrote: >> >> Interesting species Surajit Ji. >> The Book "Plants of Indian Botanic Garden" by H.J.Chowdhery & D.S.Pandey >> (2007) page-96 informs that *Didymoplexis pallens* Griff. is a >> saprophytic, leafless, ephemeral delicate, tuberous terrestrial herb, >> 5.5-60 cm tall. Fls white. Fls and Frt in May-July. >> More interesting fact is that the species was described from Royal (now >> Indian) Botanic Garden Sibpore Calcutta in 1844. Recollected from garden >> after a long interval in 1885, 1889. Disappeared again and was recollected >> in 1960, 1979 and lastly in 2005. Pics are also given in the book. >> Though it has to be confirmed whether the pics are of D.pallens or not >> which is difficult without seeing the pics. >> >> DSRawat Pantnagar >> > -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
