Showing posts with label Sikkim Orchid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sikkim Orchid. Show all posts

Thursday, 9 October 2014

Slender Anthogonium (Anthogonium gracile) - Sikkim Orchid

  Slender Anthogonium (Anthogonium gracile)
Place : Zaluk, East Sikkim
Date: September 15,  2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan


Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Plantae
Phylum:          Angiosperms
Class:             
Order:            Asparagales
Family:           Orchidaceae
Subfamily:     Epidendroideae
Tribe:             Arethuseae
Subtribe:       Bletiinae
Genus:           Anthogonium
Species:          A. gracile

Binomial name: Anthogonium gracile Wall. ex Lindl. (1836).

Other Names:  Slender Anthogonium

Special feature: “Anthogonium is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae). At the present time (May 2014), only one species is recognized, i.e., Anthogonium gracile found in India, Assam, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Guangxi, Guizhou, Tibet, and Yunnan”.  (Source: Wikipedia)

Tuesday, 6 May 2014

Dendrobium Love Memory 'Fizz' - Sikkim Orchid

Dendrobium Love Memory 'Fizz'
Place : Gangtok, East Sikkim
Date: March 10,  2010
Pic: Shital Pradhan

Dendrobium Love Memory 'Fizz'
Place : Gangtok, East Sikkim
Date: March 10,  2010
Pic: Shital Pradhan



Kingdom:       Plantae
Division:         Magnoliophyta
(unranked):    Monocots
Order:            Asparagales
Family:           Orchidaceae
Subfamily:     Epidendroideae
Tribe:             Podochileae
Subtribe:        Dendrobiinae
Genus:            Dendrobium
Species:           Dendrobium Love Memory 'Fizz'








                               Seed parent    Pollen parent
Genus                    Cymbidium    Cymbidium
Epithet                  White Rabbit    Sachi



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Tuesday, 15 April 2014

Cymbidium Kurralta Park 'Tennyson' - Sikkim Flora

Cymbidium Kurralta Park 'Tennyson'
Place : Gangtok, East Sikkim
Date: March 10,  2010
Pic: Shital Pradhan
Cymbidium Kurralta Park 'Tennyson'
Place : Gangtok, East Sikkim
Date: March 10,  2010
Pic: Shital Pradhan






























Kingdom:Plantae
(unranked):Angiosperms
(unranked):Monocots
Order:Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily:Epidendroideae
Tribe:Cymbidieae
Subtribe:Cyrtopodiinae
Alliance:Cyrtopodiinae
Genus:Cymbidium
Species:C. tracyanum




Seed parent Pollen parent
Genus Cymbidium Cymbidium
Epithet Yowie Flame Chocolada