Zeuxine longilabris (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hook.f.

manudev madhavan

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Feb 16, 2011, 11:32:43 PM2/16/11

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Hi,

attaching the image of Zeuxine longilabris (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hook.f.

please validate

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Zeuxine longilabris (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hook. f.jpg

Dr Santhosh Kumar

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Feb 17, 2011, 12:11:53 AM2/17/11

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Yes, it is Zeuxine longilabris

Santhosh

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tanay bose

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Feb 17, 2011, 12:12:14 AM2/17/11

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Thanks for the post!!

Very nice close up of the flowers

Tanay

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Satish Phadke

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Feb 17, 2011, 8:56:10 AM2/17/11

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Since you know about the species. May I request you to further elaborate about where it is found? Where did you find? Is it a garden/cultivated variety and commonness of the species and any other details you have about it. All this because this appears to be the first posting of this species on the group. We have earlier seen Zeuxine strateumatica another species from the same genus.
Dr Phadke

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Pankaj Kumar

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Feb 17, 2011, 9:09:20 AM2/17/11

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Thanks a lot for sharing this beautiful pic.
Yes this is Zeuxine longilabris, very widely distributed in India.
Recently happened to see this at Trivandrum but in garden in flowering
and then from Ms. Smita also.
Apart from India, it is also found in Nepal, Sri Lanka, Cambodia,
Myanmar and Thailand. This is also the right time to search in
Maharastra. Its there in wild.
I will request members who share orchid pics, PLEASE DONT FORGET TO
TAKE PICTURES OF LEAVES.
In the current pic also if you notice, in top bud has no labellum and
it gives an indication of another (more than one) species.
Pankaj

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Gurcharan Singh

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Feb 17, 2011, 9:57:16 AM2/17/11

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The only orchid that was seen growing wild in fields in Delhi Zeuxine strateumatica , not seen for last 30 years.

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Pankaj Kumar

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Feb 17, 2011, 10:09:00 AM2/17/11

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Lets find out??? :) I am sure it would be there, we just need to
search at the right place.
Pankaj

manudev madhavan

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Feb 18, 2011, 12:40:35 AM2/18/11

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This plant is collected from Wayanad district of Kerala,

Actually I forgot the date of Collection. I will let you know the details soon. Anyway, I had collected this plant and photogrphed from many parts of Wayanad and also from Kozhikode (Calicut) district. I think I had encountered another species from Wayanad.

That is Z. gracilis.

I will let you know the details soon..

regards

ranjini kamath

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Feb 18, 2011, 2:12:33 AM2/18/11

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Another pic of Zeuxine longilabris.I had got this id'd thro
efloraofinadia.Pic taken at Thattekkad,Kerala mid-Dec 2009
Regards
Ranjini Kamath

On 2/18/11, manudev madhavan <manudevk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This plant is collected from Wayanad district of Kerala,
> Actually I forgot the date of Collection. I will let you know the details
> soon. Anyway, I had collected this plant and photogrphed from many parts of
> Wayanad and also from Kozhikode (Calicut) district. I think I had
> encountered another species from Wayanad.

> That is* Z*. *gracilis. *
> *I will let you know the details soon..*
> *regards
> *