Orchidaceae : Diphylax urceolata (C.B.Cl.) Hook.f.

[Saroj Kasaju]

Dear Mr. Garg,

Date: 25 JULY, 2014

Location: Kalinchok, Dolakha District, East Nepal  

Altitude : 11500 ft.

Thank you and best wishes!

Saroj

[D.S Rawat]

Please also check for Peristylus duthiei (Orchidaceae).

DSRawat Pantnagar

[Dr Pankaj Kumar]

I am not sure this is Diphylax. I will recheck and confirm.

Pankaj

[Dr Pankaj Kumar]

Yes I think this is Peristylus duthiei. I can see that Deva and Naithani actually have seen this variation in P. duthiei for which they made an illustration on page 182 of Orchid Flora of Northwest Himalaya.

Thanks for sharing.

Best regards

Pankaj

On Tuesday, 23 September 2014 17:36:12 UTC+8, Saroj Kumar Kasaju wrote:

[Saroj Kasaju]

Dear Friends!

Thank you for the proper ID of the plant Peristylus duthiei (Hook.f.) Deva & H.B.Naithani 1986 .

Saroj

On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 8:38 AM, J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Saroj Kasaju]

Is Herinium duthiei Hook.f. synonym ?

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[Pankaj Kumar]

Dear Sir

Thats really an interesting question and I wasn't aware of it that they were merged.

Infact, I believe IT IS WRONG TO MERGE THEM. It has actually been merged by one Nepali guy B.B.Raskoti, if you know him. He is currently working in China with Prof. Jin Xiao Hua. Even Dr Andre Schuiteman from Kew was co-author, but both of them are currently out of station so I will wait for a while to write to them.

BB.Raskoti has created many new species from Nepal which is absolutely wrong like Gastrochilus nepalensis which is Gastrochilus affine to me. Then Bulbophyllum nepalense which is actually Bulbophyllum retusiusculum and I had this plant in my garden. When I told him about the mistake his answer was, PLEASE STUDY THE ORIGINAL SPECIMEN PROPERLY. Infact I think it was he who should have studied properly and not me. I already have lot of work (I am already on the verge of completing one article where I have merged 23 names into  other 17 names) so if you or any other member are interested they can write an article to merge the above two species. But one task would be to find these two. Once Dr. Andre and Prof Jin are back in office I will ask them about your plant.

I am copying this to some members who can help you write these articles and of course I will help you.

For the time being you can keep your Peristylus duthiei as it is (which to me is correct or it can be changed to Herminium duthiei but not to Herminium josephii).

I am adding Dr. Jeewan here too because I assume he has seen Peristylus duthiei, Herminium macrophyllum and Herminium jospehii live in the Himalayas. I am also adding Dr. Ishwari here because he found Gastrochilus affinis in western Himalaya recently.

I will publish my next round of new synonyms may be after 6-7 months, so you guys have time to work on this.

Thanks and regards

Pankaj

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[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Pankaj ji.