wild orchids from the himalayas 1/2

[s.kallima]

Originally Posted by kavanaru

gorgeous... for the NOIDs: pic 8 & p are Pleione... I would go for Pleinoe garndiflora or a white form of Pleinoe formosana (Pic 8), and possibly Pleione formosana (Pic 9)... note that Pleione formosana has a huge variation between plants... it would help to really identifying it, if you could give a more or less exact info of when and where the picture was taken (many Pleiones are very similar to each other...)

The Pleione have an ID : P. humilis and P. praecox. The NOID are in the second message of the post, sorry for the confusion

[smweaver]

Agree with Ramon. Your photos are gorgeous. And now I really want that dendrobium (which means that it's probably going to be impossible to find). The Vanda cristata looks like a tough little plant. I might go out to the sunroom later today to tell my vandas that, in spite of my care, they really live lives of luxury in comparison to their cousins in the wild. Thanks for sharing your great photos.

Steve

[orchideric]

Dear Mr. Kallima,

The first no ID is the true Chiloschista usneoides. It is a pure white species described from Nepal. Nothing that has come out of Thailand labelled usenoides is the true species.

The second no ID is Satyrium nepalense.

Hope that helps, Eric

[s.kallima]

Thank you a lot Eric ! Nice to have a name on these.

Camille, lets continue on french orchids by email...

[Tindomul]

OMG what an amazing array of orchids in that area. Just stunning! Sorry can't help with ID's.