These three plants are not well studied, hence it may not be a good way of distinguishing the three species. Right now I have less evidence to support this comment by the original author!! Pankaj
On Thursday, April 19, 2012 4:50:16 PM UTC+8, Dr Pankaj Kumar wrote: > > Just wanted to share. > This, Spiranthes issue was raised by Sid and his PhD supervisor here at HK > and very interestingly, just few days before meeting Prof. Sun and > discussing with Sid, the plant flowered here in our green house. I asked > Dr. Stephan Gale (my colleague and author of Wild Orchids of Hong Kong) > whats the difference and he said sinensis is glabrous and hongkongensis is > hairy. So all these created some big doubts in my head as I knew very well > that Indian ones are not glabrous at all. Lets hope to come to some > conclusion soon. My preliminary doubts say that S. australis should be > accepted name with hongkongensis as one of the synonyms, but Prof. Sun says > they all are different. > Pankaj > > -- > ********************************************************************** > "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D. > Conservation Officer > > Office: > Orchid Conservation Section > Flora Conservation Department > Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation > Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > Residence: > 36C, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun > Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > email: pku...@kbfg.org; sahanipan...@gmail.com; > pankajsah...@rediffmail.com > Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 > (mobile). Fax: +852 2483 7194 >
