Hi,
Was at my farm at Shahapur yesterday. Corymborkis versicolor [syn. Malaxis versicolor ; syn. Malaxis rheedii] was flowering profusely. Sending a few photographs.
With regards,
Neil Soares. |
i guess you planted it?
reagards,
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Hi H.S.,
Affirmative for this but not the Luisia sp.
Regards,
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Thank you Dr. Balkar Arya.
If I could make a request to you [and a few others too]..... when replying to a mail / when posting an opinion, please do not delete the relevant parts of the mail as it helps in maintaining a continuity of thought & context.
With regards,
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I just wanted to inform that Corymborkis versicolor is a DRASTICALLY
INCORRECT name for this plant!! I have nothing against the author of
such names but, such literature should not be followed for the better
health of orchid taxonomy in Maharastra. Even Kew doesnt accept that
name. The correct name of the plant should be:
Malaxis versicolor (Lindl.) Abeyw., Ceylon J. Sci., Biol. Sci. 2: 247 (1959).
Synonyms:
Microstylis versicolor Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 21 (1830).
Seidenfia versicolor (Lindl.) Marg. & Szlach., Polish Bot. J. 46: 56 (2001).
Corymborkis versicolor (Lindl.) M.R.Almeida, Fl. Maharashtra 5A: 30 (2009).
Liparis priochilus Lodd., Bot. Cab. 18: t. 1751 (1831).
Both genus are too far from each other in phylogeny, Malaxis belongs
to tribe Malaxideae whereas Corymborkis belongs to Tropideae. Even
these tribes are very far from each other on the phylogenetic tree.
Coming to morphological differences of the genus:
Corymborkis (Lower Epidendroid): Plants without pseudobulbs, Flowers
resupinate, Inflorescence not branched, Column long, Pollinia 2,
Pollinia with stipe,
Malaxis (Higher Epidendroid): Plants without pseudobulbs, Flowers
non-resupinate, Inflorescence branched, Column short, Pollinia 4,
Pollinia without caudicle or viscidium,
You may dissect the flower to check for these characters and make out
yourself. This is also a mail for others who are working on Orchids
especially in Maharastra, PLEASE DO NOT FOLLOW ANY LITERATURE BLINDLY.
ITS NOT GOOD FOR YOU NEITHER ITS GOOD FOR ORCHID TAXONOMY IN INDIA.
Please find some plates of Malaxis and Corymborkis from internet to
check the differences between two genera.
As for the author, I always respect him for his hard work and patience
he had been working and he still goes to field in search for plants. I
am a big fan of him myself, but out views dont match on Orchid
taxonomy, may be because he is almost double of my age and
experience!!
Regards
Pankaj
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From: Dr Pankaj Kumar <sahani...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 11:01 PM
Subject: Fwd: Corymborkis versicolor flowering
To: Pankaj Kumar <sahani...@gmail.com>
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From: Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 27, 9:39 pm
Subject: Corymborkis versicolor flowering
To: efloraofindia
Neil Ji Thanks for pointing out this I'll keep this in mind while
replying
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Neil Soares
<drneilsoa...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> Thank you Dr. Balkar Arya.
> If I could make a request to you [and a few others too]..... when
> replying to a mail / when posting an opinion, please do not delete the
> relevant parts of the mail as it helps in maintaining a continuity of
> thought & context.
> With regards,
> Neil Soares.
> --- On *Mon, 6/27/11, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com>* wrote:
> From: Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:72701] Corymborkis versicolor flowering
> To: "H S" <hemsan...@gmail.com>
> Cc: "Neil Soares" <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com>, indian...@googlegroups.com,
> wildflowerin...@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, June 27, 2011, 6:19 PM
> Great Catch Neil Ji !!
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> Regards
> Dr Balkar Singh
> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
> Arya P G College, Panipat
> Haryana-132103
> 09416262964
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Regards
Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964
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On Jun 27, 10:38 pm, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote:
Malaxis 01 is Malaxis carinatifolium and now known as Crepidium
carinatifolium (J.J.Sm.) Szlach,
Its a line drawing by P. O'Byrne
Malaxis 02 is Malaxis muscifera (Lindl.) Kuntze
G. King & R. Pantling. 1898. The Orchids of the Sikkim-Himalaya. Royal
Botanic Garden, Calcutta, Book Publisher: Bengal Secretariat Press,
Calcutta. t 25.
All these references could be found online on
http://orchid.unibas.ch/iconography.search-herbarium.php
Regards
Pankaj
Thank you Dr. Pankaj for you detailed explanation. Haven't got the wherewithal to carry out dissections but will follow you recommendation.
Regards,
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Thank you Dr. Pankaj for you detailed explanation. Haven't got the wherewithal to carry out dissections but will follow you recommendation.Regards,
From: Pankaj Kumar <sahani...@gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: Corymborkis versicolor flowering
To: "indiantreepix" <indian...@googlegroups.com>, "Neil Soares" <drneil...@yahoo.com>, "H S" <hemsan.bh@gmail.com>, "Balkar Arya" <balka...@gmail.com>
To me it look like This plant should go under some other Genus
[earlier some other valid genus describe for the plant, other than
Malaxis],
Malaxis spicata is type of Genus Malaxis is native to North America,
and it shows some differences in the flowers.
regards,