Thanks Dr. Pankaj for the id. Regards, Neil Soares.
--- On Mon, 11/1/10, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: From: Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:52905] Please identify this Bulbophyllum Orchid - NS 5 To: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Date: Monday, November 1, 2010, 10:39 PM Dear Sir, This is not Bulbophyllum. They never have nodes on their bulb which is basically modification of petiole. Here what you see is a pseudostem with nodes. This is called. Dendrobium peguanum Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 19 (1859). Thanks a lot for sharing. Regards Pankaj On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > Photographed at my farm at Shahapur yesterday. > Thanks, > With regards, > Neil Soares. -- *********************************************** "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
