H.J. Chowdhery
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Lady's Slipper or Slipper Orchids are an extremely well known group of orchids. They are popularly called Lady's slippers because of the presence of a highly modified pouch-like lip or labellum, which looks similar to a lady's slipper. They are highly priced and much sought after in the floriculture industry as potted plants as well as cut flowers due to their enchantingly attractive, colourfull blooms and ability to remain fresh for several weeks.
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Contents: Vol. II: 1. Leguminosae. 2. Rosaceae. 3. Saxifragaceae. 4. Vahliaceae. 5. Parnassiaceae. 6. Hydrangeaceae. 7. Grossulariaceae. 8. Crassulaceae. 9. Droseraceae. 10. Hamamelidaceae. 11. Haloragaceae. 12. Callitrichaceae. 13. Rhizophoraceae. 14. Combretaceae. 15. Myrtaceae. 16. Lecythidaceae. 17. Melastomataceae. 18. Lythraceae. 19. Sonneratiaceae. 20. Punicaceae. 21. Onagraceae. 22. Trapaceae. 23. Turneraceae. 24. Passifloraceae. 25. Caricaceae. 26. ...
Orchids are one of the most wondrous creations of nature, which provide a never-ending source of unique plants with an extremely wide range of flower shapes, colors, fragrances, and sizes. orchids are most popularly used as ornamental plants for their flowers or for brilliantly decorative foliage incase of jewel orchid group but, in addition they have various other uses also like curing various diseases and in health care.
The family Orchidaceae is one of the ...
Biodiversity means the variety and variability of plant and animal species. It provides the material basis for the survival of all the living beings on this planet. India due to its immense biodiversity ranks amongst the 12 richest megabiodiversity centres of the world. This book “Plant Diversity and Conservation in India—An overviewâ€, deals with the various aspects of biodiversity in general and India in particular. The floral and crop plant diversity in ...
In India orchids are known to occur from Andaman and Nicobar Islands to Himalayas, the maximum number of species are however concentrated in the North-Eastern region where excessive rainfall coupled with warm humid climate and tropical evergreen forests offer the most congenial conditions for orchid growth. Sathish Kumar and Manilal (1994) have reported a total of 166 genera and 1141 species from India of which North-Eastern region alone accounts for more than ...
The book Orchid Flora of Arunachal Pradesh is an attempt to enumerate the known orchid species from Arunachal and it is hoped that it will serve as a comprehensive identification guide not only for the botanists but also for foresters, nature lovers, nursery men and amateur orchid growers. It furnishes a general introduction; distribution and different orchid habitats within Arunachal Pradesh; morphology of orchids; economic uses and tips for orchid growing, ...
This publication on "Plants of the Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah" is indeed an inclusive and colourful work on floral inventory of this renowned garden. Indian Botanic Garden (Erstwhile East India Company Garden or Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta), established by Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kyd and spread in ca 273 acres, celebrated its bicentenary in 1987 under the auspices of the Botanical Survey of India. The garden has been playing very important role ...
