Good Research Satish Ji On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 7:20 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Satish Ji > You had sent a query few days back for similar looking flower. > [efloraofindia:78188] This flower also looks same. * > Habenaria grandifloriformis* > Since you come from Western ghats I would like to tell you a general > observation. > *Habenaria grandifloriformis* and *Habenaria rariflora* flowers look very > similar and even a hard core taxonomist also woudn't dare to ID between the > two without looking at the leaves. > I just typed the word 'grandifloriformis' in my search mail window. I > received some 11 odd mails as follows. > 11July Prashant [efloraofindia:40891] > 14 July Ajinkya [efloraofindia:43129] > 18Jul Prashant [efloraofindia:43131] > 10Aug Anantnarayan [efloraofindia:43972] > 22Sep Bhatt Swetta [efloraofindia:47965] > 20Jul Neil Soares [efloraofindia:74579] > 8Aug Chaitanya Rajarshi [efloraofindia:76360] > 24 Jul Rohit Chakravarty [efloraofindia:80214] > Most of these *Habenaria grandifloriformis *were observed in Jun Jul > i.e.Ashadh that's why it is called as *Ashadh amari* आषाढ अमरी which is > much much more common than *Habenaria rariflora* which must be uncommon as > I have yet to see this. Out of the above only the plant posted by Rohit > Chakravarty is *H.rariflora*. If you have leaves it can be easily > distinguished. > Regards > Dr Phadke > > > On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Satish Nikam <satish_ni...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > > Dear All, > > Please tell me which Habenaria sp. is this.? > > date/time:aug11 > > location:mulshi,pune > > habitat:wild > > plant habit:herb > > height:tiny,about 9" from the ground > > leaves:-- > > thanks > > regards > > satish nikam > > > > -- > Dr Satish Phadke > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
