Very nice capture Gurcharan Ji. Aarti On Friday, January 1, 2016 at 5:45:23 PM UTC+4, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > > This Oberonia species was photographed below Mullayanagiri, growing on > branch of a tree, alt 1700 m in Karnataka. Our talented member Tsp Kumar > was with us on two day trip to two highest peaks of Karnataka Bababudangiri > and Mullayanagiri showing us interesting and rare plants of Chikkamagaluru > district of Karnataka. Knowing my weakness for orchids (in both senses: > hardly knowing any orchids, only a few which I can count on my fingers, and > my desire to know more about them) he led us on difficult slopes, where he > not only showed us beautiful plant (many new for me) but especially hunted > down orchids. This was one such orchid perched on upper branches of a tree. > It was difficult to reach the branches but luckily I could capture with my > newly bought 18 mm to 220 mm Tamron lens mounted on my Cannon 550 D camera. > This is what he commented later on Facebook Indian Flora "I was > spellbound as the 'Guruji' took this picture....feeling like a midget > before the mountain...!", a great appreciation from a talented Forest > Officer, Plant lover and a accomplished photographer. > Photographed on September 26, 2015, the only thing which I know with > certainty is that it is a species of Oberonia (first identified by Tsp > Kumar ji). My friend Gajendra Singh from Facebook Indian Flora identified > it as Oberonia pachyrhachis, a species obviously not reported from > Karnataka. I sent these photographs to Pankaj ji also, who suggested either > Oberonia brunoniana or O. balakrishnanii. I hope to know the exact ID > soon. > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to indiantreepi...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to indian...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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 Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 2500 members & 2,25,000 messages on 18.6.15) or > Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 11,000 species & 2,00,000 images). Winner of > Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > >
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