This is not P. bellatulum. But this lookd like one of the lady slipper orchids from the schedules of Indian wildlife protection act of india. I need front view of this. This might be Paphiopedilum fairrieanum or its hybrid. Regards Pankaj
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 2:04 PM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Forwarding pl. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Col Bimal Sarkar <colbimalsar...@yahoo.com> > Date: 24 January 2011 19:07 > Subject: LADY'S SLIPPER > > Dear Friend, > Those of you who love orchids,must be familiar with Lady's > Slipper (Common name of an orchid ).There are different variety of this > orchid.One such variety grows in the wild in Arunachal Pradesh.In 2002,one > research scholar of Defence Research Laboratory ,presented me with a sapling > of a Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium bellatulum).I put the same in a pot at > Tezpur.The plant survived.One Dr Chakraborty from Guahahi University who is > supposed to be an expert on the orchids of Arunachal Pradesh told me that > the plant will not bloom in the plains,even though it may survive.I carried > the plat to Binnaguri with me and we saw the flowers there in 2004.I carried > the plant with me at Cooch Behar in 2005.We got flowers for two years,after > that the plant parished.Attaching the image of this beautiful flower.I am > sure you will like it. > Regards > Col (Retd) Bimal Sarkar > Mobile: 9434194942 > > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Google e-group- > Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix or > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (more than 1500 members & > 60,000 messages on 15/1/11 & with a database of around 4450 species on > 15/12/10) > -- *********************************************** "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
