An article on Gastrochilus

[Pankaj Kumar]

Respected sir and dear friends:

Here is a link to one of my new articles which covers two aspects.

Amerasinghe, K., N. Weerasinghe, M. Abeysinghe, C. Bandara, K.P. Wojtas & P. Kumar. 2023. Gastrochilus flabelliformis (Blatt. & McCann) C.J.Saldanha (Epidendroideae: Vandeae: Aeridinae), an addition to the orchid flora of Sri Lanka, with taxonomic notes on Gastrochilus dasypogon (Sm.) Kuntze. Feddes Repertorium 134 (2): online first; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371936357_Gastrochilus_flabelliformis_Blatt_McCann_CJSaldanha_Epidendroideae_Vandeae_Aeridinae_an_addition_to_the_orchid_flora_of_Sri_Lanka_with_taxonomic_notes_on_Gastrochilus_dasypogon_Sm_Kuntze

As the file is big, it wont go to the group on email.

Firstly, a species that was first seen 20 years back and remained unidentified. In 2017 some images of the fresh plant were sent to me from Sri Lanka by Dr. Kumudu Amerasinghe, and I requested my dear friend Dr. Champika Bandara to have a look at the plant, dissect and photograph if possible. With the help of another dear friend, Dr. Philip Wojtas, we confirmed the identity of this plant as Gastrochilus flabelliformis, a new and authentic record of this entity from Sri Lanka, that was earlier considered endemic to South India. Sri Lankan friends were also able to propagate this plant through in-vitro seed culture for conservation purposes.

Second part is like a game called “Chinese Whispers” or “Telephone”, where a word or sentence is communicated from one person to another, and the meaning of original word or sentence is lost. In our case a very detailed painting existed based on which a species was named, Saccolabium dasypogon 190 years ago in 1833 (later transferred to genus Gastrochilus in 1891 as Gastrochilus dasypogon). Copies were made of this painting, however, each copy differed from the original. This caused problems in the identification of this species later on, depending on who accessed which copy of this painting. In this manuscript we rectify this issue by invalidating the copies of the original painting and also show to the world how variable this entity is.

Hope you will find it interesting.

Best regards

Pankaj

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Pankaj Kumar MSc, PhD, FLS

IUCN-SSC Red List Authority for Orchids of Asia

IUCN-SSC: China Species Specialist Group, Orchid Specialist Group of Asia, 

Global Orchid Trade Group, Western Ghats Plant Specialist Group

Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409 USA

email: sahani...@gmail.com; Pankaj...@ttu.edu | Phone: +1 806 317 7623 (USA); +852 9436 6251 (Hong Kong)

[J.M. Garg]

Great work, Pankaj ji

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With regards,
J. M. Garg

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[Dinesh Valke]

Hearty congratulations, dear Pankaj, and all team.

Regards.

Dinesh

[Smita Raskar]

Heartiest Congratulations Pankaj !! one more feather in your crown 

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[Saroj Kasaju]

Congratulations Dr. Kumar !

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

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[Nidhan Singh]

Congratulations Pankaj Ji and entire team for this interesting work..

[Promila Chaturvedi]

Congratulation Dr. Pakaj Kumar.  

On Fri, 30 Jun 2023, 06:32 Nidhan Singh, <nidhans...@gmail.com> wrote:

Congratulations Pankaj Ji and entire team for this interesting work..

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[Mahadeswara]

Hearty congratulations Dr Pnkaj Kumar ji.

Thanks & Regards,