Some say this is Rasna, some say there is another plant. I am not so sure yet. Pankaj
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Muthu Karthick <nmk....@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you very much for the identification sir. Is this the one called > Rasna? > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Vanda tessellata (Roxb.) Hook. ex G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 372 >> (1830). >> >> Pankaj >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Muthu Karthick <nmk....@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Dear all, >> > Please help in id this Orchid. Could this be a species of Vanda? >> > >> > Date/Time- >> > >> > 27-08-2010 / 02:00 PM >> > >> > Location- Place, Altitude, GP >> > >> > Moyar valley; ca. 250msl; TN >> > >> > Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- >> > >> > closer to river >> > >> > Plant Habit- >> > >> > Epiphyte on Tamarind tree >> > >> > Height/Length- >> > >> > Up to 1.5 metre >> > >> > Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- >> > >> > ca.2.5 X 20cm; acute apex; canaliculate >> > >> > Inflorescence Type/ Size- >> > >> > ca. 15cm across >> > >> > Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- >> > >> > 4cm across; brownish pattern inside tepals; violet on the lower lobe. >> > Spur: not more than 1cm >> > >> > Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- >> > >> > Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- >> > >> > -- >> > Muthu Karthick, N >> > Junior Research Fellow >> > Care Earth Trust >> > Chennai - 61 >> > www.careearthtrust.org >> >> >> >> -- >> *********************************************** >> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" >> >> >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >> Research Associate >> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >> Department of Habitat Ecology >> Wildlife Institute of India >> Post Box # 18 >> Dehradun - 248001, India > > > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Junior Research Fellow > Care Earth Trust > Chennai - 61 > www.careearthtrust.org > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
