Also known by the name checkered Vanda. Regards,
Mani. On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >
