Here is picture of Rasna sample available in local herb market. http://ecoport.org/ep?SearchType=pdb&PdbID=98860
It is hard to guess whether it is Pluchea or Vanda or anything else but when it is used as medicine, experts identify it as the effects of Pluchea and Vanda are different. regards Pankaj Oudhia On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 6:13 PM, mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> wrote: > Also known by the name checkered Vanda. > > Regards, > > Mani. > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Some say this is Rasna, some say there is another plant. I am not so sure >> yet. >> Pankaj >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Muthu Karthick <nmk....@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Thank you very much for the identification sir. Is this the one called >> > Rasna? >> > >> > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Vanda tessellata (Roxb.) Hook. ex G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 372 >> >> (1830). >> >> >> >> Pankaj >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Muthu Karthick <nmk....@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > Dear all, >> >> > Please help in id this Orchid. Could this be a species of Vanda? >> >> > >> >> > Date/Time- >> >> > >> >> > 27-08-2010 / 02:00 PM >> >> > >> >> > Location- Place, Altitude, GP >> >> > >> >> > Moyar valley; ca. 250msl; TN >> >> > >> >> > Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- >> >> > >> >> > closer to river >> >> > >> >> > Plant Habit- >> >> > >> >> > Epiphyte on Tamarind tree >> >> > >> >> > Height/Length- >> >> > >> >> > Up to 1.5 metre >> >> > >> >> > Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- >> >> > >> >> > ca.2.5 X 20cm; acute apex; canaliculate >> >> > >> >> > Inflorescence Type/ Size- >> >> > >> >> > ca. 15cm across >> >> > >> >> > Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- >> >> > >> >> > 4cm across; brownish pattern inside tepals; violet on the lower lobe. >> >> > Spur: not more than 1cm >> >> > >> >> > Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- >> >> > >> >> > Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > Muthu Karthick, N >> >> > Junior Research Fellow >> >> > Care Earth Trust >> >> > Chennai - 61 >> >> > www.careearthtrust.org >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> *********************************************** >> >> "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 >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Muthu Karthick, N >> > Junior Research Fellow >> > Care Earth Trust >> > Chennai - 61 >> > www.careearthtrust.org >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> *********************************************** >> "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 >> > >
