Silent Valley's flamboyant resident | White Orchid - 13Jul11AR02

[raghu ananth]

Silent Valley's flamboyant resident | White Orchid - 13Jul11AR02

Date/Time-08 Nov 2008 Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Silent Valley, Kerala Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-, Hill Garden P lant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Height/Length-approx - 3 feet,  Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Shape -Alternate, 10cms approx, Brown and dry Inflorescence Type/ Size- Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-3-5cms approx, White Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds-   Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.-

Regards

Raghu

[raju]

Dear Raghuji,

My guess is Dendrobium formosum Roxb.

Regards,

Raju

On Jul 13, 4:19 pm, raghu ananth <raghu_...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Silent Valley's flamboyant resident | White Orchid - 13Jul11AR02
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> Date/Time-08 Nov 2008

> Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Silent Valley, KeralaHabitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-, Hill Garden
> Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-

> Height/Length-approx - 3 feet, 
> Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Shape -Alternate, 10cms approx, Brown and dry
> Inflorescence Type/ Size-
> Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-3-5cms approx, White
> Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds-  
> Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- 
>
> Regards
>
> Raghu
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[shrikant ingalhalikar]

Resembles very much Dendrobium aqueum of north w ghats, but I am not
sure if that also occurs in Silent valley. Regards, Shrikant

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[raghu ananth]

Sir,

Here is a web link which mentions Dendrobium aqueum location specifics in Tamil nadu and Karnataka.

Plant Summary:
Dendrobium aqueum is an exquisite epiphytic orchid found in Kolli Hills Tamil Nadu, Himvad Gopalswamy betta in Karnataka and Coorg.

Read more: http://www.itslife.in/2010/05/orchid-dendrobium-aqueum#ixzz1S6dEvEKG

Thanks & Regards

Raghu

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[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

“My guess is Dendrobium formosum Roxb.

Regards,

Raju”

 

“Resembles very much Dendrobium aqueum of north w ghats, but I am not sure if that also occurs in Silent valley. Regards, Shrikant”

 

“Here is a web link which mentions Dendrobium aqueum location specifics in Tamil nadu and Karnataka.

Plant Summary:
Dendrobium aqueum is an exquisite epiphytic orchid found in Kolli Hills Tamil Nadu, Himvad Gopalswamy betta in Karnataka and Coorg.

Read more: http://www.itslife.in/2010/05/orchid-dendrobium-aqueum#ixzz1S6dEvEKG
Thanks & Regards

Raghu”

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[Pankaj Kumar]

There are three orchids in those pics.

No idea about the rest, but the white flowers are of Dendrobium aqueum. I have no idea, when and where I missed these :(.

Pankaj

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[Pankaj Kumar]

sorry there are actually four orchids on the pic. There is Oberonia sp. below, and something on right, and then on back looks like a Vanda.

Pankaj

[Pankaj Kumar]

Sorry once again :(

There is fifth orchid below in multiple small golden yellow bulbs with one plant on which solitary leaf is present. May be Bulbophyllum or 
Trias sp.

Regards

Pankaj

[Giby Kuriakose]

Yes this is Dendrobium aquem. 

This species had been reported by Abraham and Vatsala from Muthukuzhivayal (further south in the higher altitudes of Kalakkad Mudenthurai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu) in 1981.   

Further, D. aquem has been repoirted from Silent Valley National Park by K. S Manilal (1988) in his Flora of Silent Valley 

The orchid in the Back ground of DSC_3862a could be Xenikophyton smeeanum

Regards

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[Giby Kuriakose]

Sorry, There are 2 orchids in the back grounds in DSC_3862a I ment the one just behind the Dendrobium. 

Please see DSC_3862b instead of  DSC_3862a for Xenikophyton smeeanum in the back ground.

[Pankaj Kumar]

Wow good boy!!! I was actually looking at your pics from the book. It does look like Xenikophyton. Is that a branched floral stalk below it?

Pankaj

[Giby Kuriakose]

Wow good boy, you too. 

There are fruits of X. smeeanum.

Regards,

Giby

[Pankaj Kumar]

wow so many sorrys.

I remember once I was in Pokhara Nepal for an international conference on orchids. There was one dry Ficus tree outside our hotel and it had around 14 species of orchids. I used to stand there and count if I missed anything :)).

I wish i could have brought home, the TREE :))!!

Pankaj

[Giby Kuriakose]

I used to grow 39 species (epiphytes) of orchids (+4 species of terrestrial species below the canopy of the same tree), from Kudremukh National park, on a single Manilkara zapota tree in front of the then CES, IISc field station near Karkala, Karntaka. Most of them were seen fallen down on dry fallen branches and hence collected. 

My friend Dr. K A Subramanian (now in ZSI, Kolkotta) once counted them, then only I myself realized that I have reached the optimum (or may be beyond) number for a single host plant. 

Mr Vijay Ranjan Singh (then DFO of Karkala division) use to come and visit my orchids (he was more interested on the orchids and then the orchid collector) with his camera and use to ask me "oooops so many species on a single tree". I use to reply " no other option as there are no other potential host tree around" later when I left I asked him to come and collect all of them and transfer them to the Orchidarium at Kerekatte in Kudremukh National park because I knew if left the place they will die because taking care of them, especially in the summer, was a huge task for me.  

Regards,

Giby

[Pankaj Kumar]

Mr V R Singh told me he did plant some orchids in the garden at
Kudremukh. But now that he has been transfered to Nagarhole, now idea
how those plants are doing !! He couldnt even manage to send me
Habenaria perrottetiana !!
When I was in 7th standard, I collected one orchid from a family
picnic trip. Planted it on a Ficus elastica growing in pot. It
survived. Then in graduation, both orchid and F. elastica was much
bigger and I wanted the orchid so I took out Ficus elastica from
ground to shift to new house. Then during my phd work we again shifted
to another house and I brought Ficus elastica along. :))
That Orchid is still alive and it is Acampe praemorsa. Ficus elastica
is also alive, and I have requested my elder brother who is an eye
surgeon to shift the whole tree to our new house when they shift
:P..... He said, " you must be kidding". I said, "do you really think
so" !!

Pankaj

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On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Giby Kuriakose

[Prejith Sampath]

Nice anecdotes, Pankaj and Giby. Yes the white flower is definitely Den. aqueum. I did see it in the Pantheerayiram forests in the Calicut-Malappuram border so there is a very good possibility it is there in Silent Valley too. The ones from Maharashtra seem to have the best shape.

Regards,

Prejith

[raghu ananth]

Dr. Dr. Pankaj and Dr. Gibi,

Nice account of the orchids. Its difficult to part ways when you have shared such a bond  with the Orchids.
Really appreciate the way you take care & clearly shows the passion you have with the Orchids.

Commendable effort!

Thank you Prejith for the orchid location specifics.

Regards

Raghu

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