Both Dactylorhiza and Gymnadenia have digitate tubers.The flowers are dry so I cant make out clearly, but I think this is Gymnadenia orchidis. Labellum is short in length with three distinct lobes as in fifth pic I can see. Thanks and regards Pankaj
On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 12:40 PM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, Chadwell ji > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "C CHADWELL" <chrischadwell...@btinternet.com> > Date: 13 Jan 2017 1:57 a.m. > Subject: Orchid used for medicine in Kashmir. Identification sought. > To: "J.M. Garg" <jmga...@gmail.com> > Cc: > > I am sharing some images I took of an orchid which had been dug up by > a local Kashmiri > between Khelanmarg and Gulmarg in Kashmir for use as a medicine. > > Since this group is blessed with some Orchidaceae specialists, it makes > sense for me to > seek their thoughts as to its identity, rather than speculating > myself. As I have explained > before, I view Orchidaceae as merely another plant family. Unless one > makes a special > effort, it is not possible to reliably identify many genera and/or species. > > Furthermore, the specimen is at the fruiting stage which makes it much > harder than when in flower. > > I was reminded, when I came across the orchid being dug up during my last > visit to Kashmir > a few years ago about what is known in Tibetan Medicine as "Dhang lags" - > this transliteration > is translated as "hand-shaped-root". > > In Ladakh the local amchis collect what I understand to be Dactylorhiza > hatagirea under this Tibetan > name. > > The roots are often of considerable importance identification-wise for > doctors of Traditional Tibetan Medicine - far more > so than in Western plant identification/classification - as are taste and > smell. > > I shall submit an additional post about D.hatagirea and related species. > > Images 1-8 taken between Khelanmarg & Gulmarg, Kashmir. > > > Best Wishes, > > > Chris Chadwell > > > 81 Parlaunt Road > SLOUGH > SL3 8BE > UK > > www.shpa.org.uk > > > > > -- ****************************************************** **************************************************************** *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.
