VOF Week: Habenaria sp.?? (Orchid) en-route Joshimath

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Prashant Awale

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Aug 21, 2012, 2:11:28 PM8/21/12
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Dear Friends,

Seen this erect herb en-route Joshimath.
Looks like some Habenaria sp.??

Family: Orchidaceae.

Date/Time: 06-08-2012 / 11:50AM

Habitat: Wild

Plant habit: Herb

Regards
Prashant
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Dinesh Valke

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Aug 21, 2012, 3:40:49 PM8/21/12
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... another good find !
Regards.
Dinesh



Prashant

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Dr Pankaj Kumar

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Aug 21, 2012, 7:20:58 PM8/21/12
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Wow
Indeed a good find. This is a new record for western Himalaya !!!!!
Kew treats this as synonym of Habenaria foliosa but I truly believe that its Habenaria gibsoni a distinct species.
Great work.
Pankaj

Dr Pankaj Kumar

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Aug 21, 2012, 7:23:04 PM8/21/12
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How was the smell??
Pankaj


On Wednesday, 22 August 2012 02:11:28 UTC+8, Prashant wrote:

Balkar Singh

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Aug 21, 2012, 9:40:00 PM8/21/12
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Nice Catch Dinesh Ji

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Dr Balkar Singh
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mani nair

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Aug 21, 2012, 10:11:09 PM8/21/12
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Prashant ji, beautiful orchids
Regards,
Mani

Khyanjeet Gogoi

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Aug 21, 2012, 10:41:58 PM8/21/12
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Nice Catch Dinesh Ji; This sp is Habenaria foliosa A.Rich. found only in India.

Syn name
Habenaria gibsonii Hook.f; Habenaria digitata var. gibsonii (Hook.f.)
C.E.C.Fisch; Habenaria gibsonii var. foetida Blatt. & McCann;
Habenaria foliosa var. foetida (Blatt. & McCann) Bennet; Habenaria
foliosa var. gibsonii (Hook.f.) Bennet.

Regards
Khyanjeet Gogoi
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Pankaj Kumar

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Aug 21, 2012, 10:51:04 PM8/21/12
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Dear Mr. Khyanjeet
This synonymy is perfectly wrong.
Habenaria foliosa is a different plant
Habenaria gibsonii var gibsonii and Habenaria gibsonii var. foetida
are distinct.
Habenaria digitata is obviously a separate thing.

The plant here is one of the varieties of Habenaria gibsonii. If it
smells good then its Habenaria gibsonii var. gibsonii and if it smells
bad then it should be Habenaria gibsonii var. foetida.
If i had to guess this plant should be Habenaria gibsonii var foetida
owing to the slightly longer upper segment of the petal. Second thing
is the smell which I can find out from here.

Here is the link to a perfect flower of Habenaria foliosa
http://www.google.com.hk/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&sa=N&biw=1745&bih=986&tbm=isch&tbnid=wl_CBO7kJT3KgM:&imgrefurl=http://aniruddhahd.blogspot.com/2011_08_01_archive.html&docid=q39Q3cn-zen-tM&imgurl=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bgSReZcrC3g/TkQHv5XwsuI/AAAAAAAADlM/TMKEsp2FJCA/s640/habenaria%2525252520sp%2525252520twin%2525252520flowers.jpg&w=640&h=443&ei=REc0UPrRMeSziQfUlID4Dg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=480&vpy=158&dur=140&hovh=188&hovw=270&tx=167&ty=92&sig=105429901822891566012&page=1&tbnh=145&tbnw=193&start=0&ndsp=46&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0,i:79


Regards
Pankaj
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Khyanjeet Gogoi

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Aug 21, 2012, 11:30:57 PM8/21/12
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Dear sir,
Thanks for these information sir.
All the names according to KEW. I have no much more idea about the
species because I don’t see the live specimen till now. I know this
species only from literature.

Regards
Khyanjeet

Pankaj Kumar

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Aug 22, 2012, 12:06:09 AM8/22/12
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There are mistakes on Kew list, so dont worry.
Pankaj


On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Khyanjeet Gogoi

J.M. Garg

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Apr 1, 2021, 5:53:17 AM4/1/21
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Habenaria gibsonii var. foetida Blatt. & McCann as per discussions at Identification???????     

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Pankaj Kumar

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Apr 2, 2021, 7:32:27 AM4/2/21
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Habenaria gibsonii var. foetida.
Pankaj
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