ID of this plant

[sachin dangat]

[ajinkya gadave]

i think this is habenaria 

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 5:51 PM, sachin dangat <schnd...@gmail.com> wrote:

[mani nair]

It is  Habenaria diphylla  

Regards,

Mani.

[Pankaj Kumar]

Thanks for sharing Orchid pic. This should be Habenaria gibsoni var.
gibsoni most probably. Smell it, if it makes you happy then its
correct and if it doesnt then the plant should be Habenaria gibsoni
var. foetida.
Regards
Pankaj

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 5:51 PM, sachin dangat <schnd...@gmail.com> wrote:
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[ajinkya gadave]

very nice pankaj jee 

[mani nair]

Thanks Pankaj ji for the correct ID.

Regards,

Mani.

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahani...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Pankaj Kumar]

There is a funny story behind this plant which I collected from
Jharkhand. I got this from forests in bud and planted it in my garden
just outside my bedroom window. This was new to me and new record for
the state too. I have a very bad habit of keeping my room clean :P.
But when I entered my room two days later it was stinking like shit. I
thought I got something on under my shoes. I checked, it was clean,
but I kept all the shoes outside. Still the smell was getting
stronger....I scolded all other members of my family to check their
shoes and got frustrated and went out in my garden, if it was there
outside..... I was expecting some stray dog's popo below my windows
but found this plant in flowering....for the time being, I was like
too happy that it was blooming, and I then went near to smell it (I
have this another bad habit of smelling anything which comes
across).....IT WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DISGUSTING........... but some
how I didnt vomit. For fun, I called all my family members to show the
beautiful flower and smell it :)))..... All of them had the same
feeling :p...and then they scolded me back !!

That plant was Habenaria gibsoni var. foetida

Regards
Pankaj

[mani nair]

Thanks Pankaj ji for the information on the plant.  There is one more plant named Amorphophallus titanum the flower of which smells like rotten meat and grows in the Sumatran jungles.  

Regards,

Mani.

[tanay bose]

Thanks Pankaj ji for sharing the personal experience with us which gives a vivid character of the plant

Tanay

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[JM Garg]

Habenaria gibsonii var. foetida Blatt. & McCann as per discussions at Identification???????     

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From: sachin dangat <schnd...@gmail.com>
Date: Monday, August 30, 2010 at 5:51:07 PM UTC+5:30
Subject: ID of this plant
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[Pankaj Kumar]

Habenaria gibsonii var. foetida.

Thanks for sharing.

Pankaj

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