@Ritesh..thanks.. for all... @Pankaj: so Mr. Vinci Sahani: tell me ... have you been painting, conjuring up images out of your head and heart?
now my points ... 1: that final diagnosis... you just gave is that for my case or for the pic Ritesh sent in? 2: My close up is really a cropped out field from a hand held zoomed in failing light...no excuse, but there you have it... 3: my third pic... you seem to have missed the point... its not the niceness of the picture that I shared with you... its on the other side of the ganges and geographically in land contiguous with South 24 paraganas .... 4: I dont doubt your botanical scientist lady (whoever whatever specialty she may be) ... but what has that lady got to do with my pictures... i fail to see connection, remember I am not an orchid expert... far from it... so go slow and connect the dots for someone just learning the abc s of orchid classification... or id... Usha di ====== On Jan 17, 6:46 am, Dr Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes this is Dendrobium aphyllum. > Here are the synonyms. > > Dendrobium aphyllum (Roxb.) C.E.C.Fisch. in J.S.Gamble, Fl. Madras: > 1416 (1928). > > Synonyms > Limodorum aphyllum Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 1: 34 (1795). > Cymbidium aphyllum (Roxb.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: > 73 (1799). > Epidendrum aphyllum (Roxb.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., > Suppl. 1: 371 (1810). > Callista aphylla (Roxb.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 653 (1891). > Dendrobium cucullatum R.Br., Bot. Reg. 7: t. 548 (1821). > Dendrobium pierardii Roxb. ex Hook., Exot. Fl. 1: t. 9 (1822). > Pierardia bicolor Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 41 (1838), nom. superfl. > Dendrobium pierardii var. cucullatum (R.Br.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India > 5(2): 738 (1890), nom. illeg. > Dendrobium oxyphyllum Gagnep., Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., II, 21: > 743 (1950). > Dendrobium madrasense A.D.Hawkes, Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 25: 102 > (1963), nom. illeg. > Dendrobium aphyllum var. cucullatum (R.Br.) P.K.Sarkar, J. Econ. > Taxon. Bot. 5: 1007 (1984). > Dendrobium aphyllum var. katakianum I.Barua, Orchid Fl. Kamrup Distr. > Assam: 170 (2001). > > Mam you pic is taken from ground so actually you cant see the labellum > properly. Second pic is out of focus. This pic is good enough and the > plant can very well be confirmed. I know the plant very well so for me > its not a big deal to check from your first pic. I usually dont > criticise pictures taken by anyone because there cant be two Vinci. > Photography is an art and every one views it in their own way. When > you see a good photograph, it also depends on your perception of what > good is!! a good photograph normally can be drastically bad photograph > botanically. > > BUT I like you third pic and Ritesh's pics too. > Pankaj > > On Jan 17, 8:56 am, Ritesh Kumar Choudhary <ritesh....@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Dear Usha Di, > > > Thanks for sharing the cropped image of your plant. I just wanted to see > > the lip character in a close-up shot. Nothing more. Pankaj can throw more > > light on the synonyms and variations. I've always found his photographs > > outstanding. So he can also tell about the orchid photography better than > > me. > > > Attached herewith one photograph of Dendrobium aphyllum from Arunachal > > Pradesh for your kind perusal and comparison. Hope you'll like it. > > > The photograph was taken in the month of May, 2008 at BSI experimental > > garden, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh (ca 550 msl). > > > Best regards, > > Ritesh. > > > P.S.: One link for more > > convenience:http://www.orchidspecies.com/dendaphyllum.htm > > > Dendrobium aphyllum.jpg > > 164KViewDownload
