ORCHIDACEAE: Lady Slipper Orchids - Cypripedium cordigerum D.Don
Pankaj Kumar
Family: ORCHIDACEAE
Distribution: North Pakistan to Himalaya and South Tibet
Current location: Tunganath, Kedarnath WLS, Uttarakhand at around 3600m asl.
Regards
Pankaj
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"Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!"
Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae)
Conservation Officer
Office:
Flora Conservation Department
Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation
Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Residence:
36B, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun
Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.
email: pku...@kbfg.org
sahani...@gmail.com
pankaj...@rediffmail.com
Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm)
+852 9436 6251; +852 5431 6094 (mobile)
Balkar Arya
anyway nice Catch
Regards
Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964
Madhuri Raut
Pankaj Kumar
very translucent and hence very bright inside. The insect gets trapped
inside and then they are forced to come out from the two holes and
while doing so they rub their body on the pollinia as well as stigma.
Its a kind of trapping for pollination.
Pankaj
Balkar Arya
Ushadi micromini
are our indian ones too?
Very pretty. and very useful plant in the ecosystem.. natural reducer
of insects...
Usha di
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On Sep 30, 1:38 pm, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Very Good So pretty mechanism by Nature. Thanks for information Pankaj Ji
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> > Actually they are structures that was to trap insects inside it. It is
> > very translucent and hence very bright inside. The insect gets trapped
> > inside and then they are forced to come out from the two holes and
> > while doing so they rub their body on the pollinia as well as stigma.
> > Its a kind of trapping for pollination.
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> > > @Balkarji to me all the orchids look like Humpty Dumpty sat on a plant .
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> > > well fed ha ha.... very nice pic
> > > regards
> > > Bhagyashri
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> > >> Pankaj Ji it seems that this orchid has taken food in excess so belly is
> > >> soooo fatty!!!!!
> > >> anyway nice Catch
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> > >>> Cypripedium cordigerum D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 37 (1825).
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> > >>> Family: ORCHIDACEAE
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> > >>> Distribution: North Pakistan to Himalaya and South Tibet
> > >>> Current location: Tunganath, Kedarnath WLS, Uttarakhand at around 3600m
> > >>> asl.
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> > >>> Regards
> > >>> Pankaj
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> > >>> --
> > >>> **********************************************************************
> > >>> "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!"
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> > >>> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae)
> > >>> Conservation Officer
>
> > >>> Office:
> > >>> Flora Conservation Department
> > >>> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation
> > >>> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.
>
> > >>> Residence:
> > >>> 36B, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun
> > >>> Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.
>
> > >>> email: pku...@kbfg.org
> > >>> pankajsah...@rediffmail.com
> > >>> +852 9436 6251; +852 5431 6094 (mobile)
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> > >> --
> > >> Regards
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> > >> Dr Balkar Singh
> > >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
> > >> Arya P G College, Panipat
> > >> Haryana-132103
> > >> 09416262964
>
> > --
> > **********************************************************************
> > "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!"
>
> > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae)
> > Conservation Officer
>
> > Office:
> > Flora Conservation Department
> > Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation
> > Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.
>
> > Residence:
> > 36B, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun
> > Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.
>
> > email: pku...@kbfg.org
> > pankajsah...@rediffmail.com
Pankaj Kumar
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar
<sahani...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>
> Date: Sep 30, 4:26 pm
> Subject: ORCHIDACEAE: Lady Slipper Orchids - Cypripedium cordigerum
> D.Don
> To: efloraindia
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> Actually they are structures that was to trap insects inside it. It is
> very translucent and hence very bright inside. The insect gets trapped
> inside and then they are forced to come out from the two holes and
> while doing so they rub their body on the pollinia as well as stigma.
> Its a kind of trapping for pollination.
> Pankaj
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> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Madhuri Raut <itii...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> @Balkarji to me all theorchidslook like Humpty Dumpty sat on a plant . All
>> well fed ha ha.... very nice pic
>> regards
>> Bhagyashri
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>> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Pankaj Ji it seems that this orchid has taken food in excess so belly is
>>> soooo fatty!!!!!
>>> anyway nice Catch
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>>> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
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>>>> Cypripedium cordigerum D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 37 (1825).
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>>>> Family: ORCHIDACEAE
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>>>> Distribution: North Pakistan to Himalaya and South Tibet
>>>> Current location: Tunganath, Kedarnath WLS, Uttarakhand at around 3600m
>>>> asl.
>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Pankaj
>
>>>> --
>>>> **********************************************************************
>>>> "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!"
>
>>>> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae)
>>>> Conservation Officer
>
>>>> Office:
>>>> Flora Conservation Department
>>>> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation
>>>> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.
>
>>>> Residence:
>>>> 36B, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun
>>>> Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.
>
>>>> email: pku...@kbfg.org
>>>> sahanipan...@gmail.com
>>>> pankajsah...@rediffmail.com
>>>> Phone:+852 2483 7128begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm)
>>>> +852 9436 6251begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +852 9436 6251 ;+852 5431 6094begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +852 5431 6094 (mobile)
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>>> --
>>> Regards
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>>> Dr Balkar Singh
>>> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
>>> Arya P G College, Panipat
>>> Haryana-132103
>>> 09416262964
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> --
> **********************************************************************
> "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!"
>
> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae)
> Conservation Officer
>
> Office:
> Flora Conservation Department
> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation
> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.
>
> Residence:
> 36B, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun
> Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.
>
> email: pku...@kbfg.org
> sahanipan...@gmail.com
> pankajsah...@rediffmail.com
> Phone:+852 2483 7128begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +852
> 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm)
> +852 9436 6251begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +852
> 9436 6251 ;+852 5431
> 6094begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +852 5431
> 6094 (mobile)
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"Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!"
Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae)
Conservation Officer
Office:
Flora Conservation Department
Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation
Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Residence:
36c, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun
Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.
email: pku...@kbfg.org
sahani...@gmail.com
pankaj...@rediffmail.com
Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm)
+852 9436 6251 (mobile)
