Hi Dr. Kumar,
Have quoted from Dr. Almeida's 'Flora of Maharashtra' Vol 5-A. My plant was
identified by Dr.Almeida [on a visit to my farm in August 2007] as Malaxis
versicolor, though he has now changed the name to Corymborkis versicolor in his
latest Vol 5 which was released in Jan 2009.
Unfortunately the plants at my farm have not flowered yet, and I do not have
a close-up of the Matheran flowers.
Acccording to Dr.Almeida's Vol 5 there are 5 species of Corymborkis:
1.C.acuminata.
2.C.densiflora
3.C.intermedia
4.C.latifolia
& 5.C.versicolor [syn. Malaxis versicolor, syn. Malaxis rheedi, syn.
Microstylis rheedi, syn. Microstylis versicolor].
Am not sure which species Shubhada's plant is.
With regards,
Neil Soares.
--- On Thu, 8/19/10, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:44785] Re: one more ground orchid for id from Amboli
To: "tanay bose" <tanaybos...@gmail.com>
Cc: "Neil Soares" <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com>, "efloraofindia"
<indiantreepix@googlegroups.com>, "shrikant ingalhalikar" <le...@rediffmail.com>
Date: Thursday, August 19, 2010, 11:37 AM
Dear Neil Sir,
Just wanted to ask...do you mean to say that the Shubhada's plant is
not Crepidium resupinatum? but Corymborkis versicolor?
Or you are talking about your plant. Please do post a closeup picture
of the flowers if possible.
Unfortunately, I dont know of any species which is called Corymborkis
versicolor. Corymborkis belongs to subfamily Tropidioideae whereas the
Malaxis group belongs to Epidendroideae. They are totally different.
Secondly, Malaxis versicolor and Malaxis rheedii are two different
plants according to my knowledge and IPNI and Kew.
I may be wrong though.
Regards
Pankaj
