I rechecked the links provided by Oudhia sir and Dr. Gurcharan and found that the picture there most probably belongs to
Porpax ustulata (E.C.Parish & Rchb.f.) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 16: 8 (1908). Regards Pankaj On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Check out for the photographers of the link, one mistake may lead to > another. Secondly those link may contain pics from garden, so may be > some ornamental varieties. Leaves may not have reticulations in the > beginning, but later they do have. 7 species of Porpax are found in > India. > > A very strange thing happened just now. Out of my too busy schedule, I > thought of checking this plant again from the references I currently > have. From my self I took out a book THE ORCHIDS OF SIKKIM AND NORTH > EAST HIMALAYA by C J Lucksom. It has 984 pages and the biggest > coincidence was, when I kept the book on my laps it straightaway > opened to page no 546 which has a sketch of Porpax > fibuliformis.....this is strange but yet so interesting...But that > doesnt mean that the pic above is fibuliformis.... :)) > > Aparna, Giby and Navendu, can you please check this pic and give your views. > > Regards > Pankaj > > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Strangely the photographs of Porpax gigantea on the web look much different >> from above one, some on the website of Orchid Board: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/14470...@n07/3496986485/ >> >> http://www.orchidboard.com/community/miniatures-show-tell/23549-porpax-gigantea.html >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/lika_sweden/2728461277/ >> http://www.orchidspecies.com/porgigantea.htm >> >> Gurcharan Singh >> New Delhi >> >> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Pankaj Oudhia <pankajoud...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Interesting!!! Let me confirm whether I have seen it in forest or not? >>> >>> Google search is showing this image repeatedly for Porpax gigantrea. >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/14470...@n07/3496986485/ >>> >>> If it is right then it looks different. >>> >>> regards >>> >>> Pankaj Oudhia >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> That must be a new record of India Vijay sir, do share the pics if >>>> possible. I would love to see. >>>> Pankaj >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Vijayadas D <dvijaya...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> > I have seen macodes sps in upper sanitorium of Ponmudi - Trivandrum >>>> > ,Kerala. >>>> > >>>> > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> >>>> > wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> Where did you see Macodes in India :), Oudhia sir. That is a >>>> >> terrestrial orchid by the way, but you were too close. Leaves does >>>> >> look like Macodes but they are not found in India. This is an >>>> >> epiphytic Orchid, ma sometimes foudn on rocks and not weird but very >>>> >> beautiful. >>>> >> >>>> >> One of the few epiphytic orchids which qualifies to be called Jewel >>>> >> orchid, but usually not called so. >>>> >> >>>> >> This is >>>> >> >>>> >> Porpax gigantea Deori, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 17: 174 (1975 publ. >>>> >> 1978). >>>> >> >>>> >> Regards >>>> >> Pankaj >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > Vijayadas D >>>> > Horticulturist EstateSupervisorDeputy >>>> > Salwa Garden Village, PB -7210 >>>> > Riyadh -11462 , KSA >>>> > vijayadas.wetpaint.com >>>> > >>> >> >> >> >> >
