Very common and localized sir, indeed I made a best herbarium specimen of this during my Master's. Will make herbarium and send you sooner.
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>wrote: > Dear Muthu, > Thanks a lot for sharing the plant. Frankly, I have never heard of > this plant before. Is it very common there? If it is common then you > may send me a harbarum specimen if possible. > Regards > Pankaj > > > > On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Muthu Karthick <nmk....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear all, > > with the interest growing with the posts of numerous beautiful Orchids; > am > > sending a set of pictures of Habenaria sp. > > Name: Habenaria viridiflora (Rottl. Ex Sw.) R. Br. > > Family: Orchidaceae > > Location: Nanmangalam RF (within Chennai peri-urban); a scrub forest > > Altitude: 10 -15 msl > > Date: 02 Jan 2009 > > Source for confirmation: Flora of Presidency of Madras by J S Gamble > > -- > > 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
