Thanks a lot for sharing this beautiful pic. Yes this is Zeuxine longilabris, very widely distributed in India. Recently happened to see this at Trivandrum but in garden in flowering and then from Ms. Smita also. Apart from India, it is also found in Nepal, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand. This is also the right time to search in Maharastra. Its there in wild. I will request members who share orchid pics, PLEASE DONT FORGET TO TAKE PICTURES OF LEAVES. In the current pic also if you notice, in top bud has no labellum and it gives an indication of another (more than one) species. Pankaj
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Since you know about the species. May I request you to further elaborate > about where it is found? Where did you find? Is it a garden/cultivated > variety and commonness of the species and any other details you have about > it. All this because this appears to be the first posting of this species on > the group. We have earlier seen Zeuxine strateumatica another species from > the same genus. > Dr Phadke > > On 17 February 2011 10:02, manudev madhavan <manudevkmadha...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Hi, >> attaching the image of Zeuxine longilabris (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hook.f. >> please validate >> regards >> -- >> Manudev K Madhavan >> Junior Research Fellow >> Systematic & Floristic Lab, >> Department of Botany, >> Centre for Postgraduate Studies & Research >> St. Joseph's College, Devagiri >> Kozhikode- 673 008 >> Mob: 9496470738 > > -- *********************************************** "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
