An Orchid..?? Kalatope id al160711

[Alok Mahendroo]

Dear friends,
I almost missed sighting this one... but I am glad I did for it was a
beautiful flower...

Location Kalatope, Chamba
Altitude 2100 mts
Season July
Habit herb
Habitat wild
Plant height 24-30 inches

regards
Alok
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Himalayan Village Education Trust
Village Khudgot,
P.O. Dalhousie
District Chamba
H.P. 176304, India

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[Balkar Arya]

May be Herminium

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Regards

Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
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[Ushadi micromini]

Beauty...
may be there is A usefulness to its being green,
so that mammals who can see colors would miss it and not eat it?

may be there is a reason for such color?
does some one know the story?
Usha di
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[Alok Mahendroo]

Thank you Balkar ji.. I think you're probably right.. but could find not
much online reference for Herminium except for H. monorchis.. any keys
or references ....
regards
Alok
On Sat, 2011-07-16 at 22:36 +0530, Balkar Arya wrote:
> May be Herminium

[Alok Mahendroo]

Actually sir,

I just discovered that it has a better resemblance to Epipactis
helleborine .. is from the same family or a var...
regards
Alok

On Sat, 2011-07-16 at 22:36 +0530, Balkar Arya wrote:
> May be Herminium
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[Balkar Arya]

Yes Alok Ji

Epipactis  but sp yet to confirm. May be E royleana.  In Flowers of Himalya  by Polunin and Stainton E royleana has been described as having green flowers with red veined and with yellowish or reddisgh lip. But google search does not seems to agree. 

[Dr Pankaj Kumar]

This is Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz, a terrestrial orchid with a
very broad distribution from North Africa, Europe to China.
Regards
Pankaj

On Jul 19, 5:31 am, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes Alok Ji
> Epipactis  but sp yet to confirm. May be E royleana.  In Flowers of Himalya
>  by Polunin and Stainton E royleana has been described as having green
> flowers with red veined and with yellowish or reddisgh lip. But google
> search does not seems to agree.
>

> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Alok Mahendroo <alokisabe...@gmail.com>wrote:
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> > Actually sir,
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> > I just discovered that it has a better resemblance to Epipactis
> > helleborine .. is from the same family or a var...
> > regards
> > Alok
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> > On Sat, 2011-07-16 at 22:36 +0530, Balkar Arya wrote:
> > > May be Herminium
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> > Himalayan Village Education Trust
> > Village Khudgot,
> > P.O. Dalhousie
> > District Chamba
> > H.P. 176304, India
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> >www.hivetrust.wordpress.com
> >www.forwildlife.wordpress.com
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