Aromatic perch for the Serpent Eagle

[raghu ananth]

Seems like an aromatic perch for the Crested Serpent Eagle.  Aromatic?? Yes, perhaps the great predator is attracted to the aroma of the Vandas (showy orchid)....

Nagarahole Forest

25 June 2005

"Words by friends with one 

and the same heart

 are just as sweet as the aroma 

of  lan "

The Chinese word for orchid is Lan and in the Confucius wrote the above lines

The orchid is referred to as the "King of the Fragrant Plants.

Regards

Raghu

[tanay bose]

Nice catch of the bird of prey

Tanay

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[Pankaj Kumar]

Thanks for sharing. But that is not Vanda. It is Rhynchostylis retusa.
Regards
Pankaj

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[raghu ananth]

All,

Thanks a lot for the ID help.

From wikipedia

Rhynchostylis retusa (also called Foxtail Orchid) is an exotic blooming orchid, belonging to Vanda alliance. The orchid has a bunch consisting of 100 more than pink-spotted white flowers.

More ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhynchostylis_retusa

Rhychostylis Retusa is the state flower of Arunachal Pradesh.

Regards

Raghu

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From: Pankaj Kumar <sahani...@gmail.com>
To: raghu ananth <ragh...@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Tue, 21 December, 2010 7:59:44 AM
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:57520] Aromatic perch for the Serpent Eagle

[Pankaj Kumar]

Just wanted to point, here exotic doesnt stand for nativity but just
for being beautiful.
Regards
Pankaj