Yes this is Habenaria diphylla. It may come with different leaves too (not appressed to ground, lanceolate, ovate). It may even not have the side filiform lobes of the lip which are pointing backwards in the pic). All those are deformities. H. diphylla what we get in Jharkhand and Orissa is more white than green. It says diphylla, but it may have more than two leaves.
Regards Pankaj On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 11:18 PM, Smita Raskar <smita.ras...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Habenaria diphylla?/ is it correct? > i want to know > it was found growing on sloping ground among grasses at Sherla, dist: > sindhudurg > it is having two leaves at the base of plant flat on ground (Sorry picture > is not that good) > > -- > Smita raskar > 308 Disha Residency, > Salaiwada,Sawantwadi > Phone (02363) 274153 > Mob.9422379568 > -- *********************************************** "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
