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Common name: Cypress Vine, Star Glory, Hummingbird Vine • Hindi: कामलता

Botanical name: Ipomoea quamoclit Family: Convolvulaceae (morning glory family)

Location-HP,@hp.chamba

DOC:-26/09/2016

Cypress Vine, with its tiny red flowers and delicate fern-like leaves, is a marvelous thing to have on a fence. Belonging to the same genus as the morning glory, the dainty red flowers bloom in the morning. The leaves are 3-4 in long and feather-like, finely divided pinnately into threadlike segments. The scarlet red (rarely white) flowers are tubular, about 1.5 in long, and flare out at the mouth into a five-pointed star. It is a hummingbird favorite. This annual plant produces hundreds of flowers--and thousands of seeds--usually insuring its presence from year to year. Particularly in warm locations, Cypress Vine can become invasive. However, as an annual it can be controlled if unwanted plants are removed before they set seed.

🌳PLANT INFORMATION🌳

🍃Botanical Name- Eulophia herbacea Lindl.🍃

🍃Common Name- Creasted Orchid.🍃

🍃मराठी नाव- कुकुडकंद/अंजिरी चारुशिखी 🍃

🍃 Family- Orchidaceae.🍃

🍃 Habit- Terrestrial herb.🍃

🍃Habitat- Moist Deciduous forests.🍃

🍃Ecology- Terrestrial, Santapau has reported co-existence of this spcies with Eulophia ochreata.🍃

🍃Distribution- Western ghats🍃

🍃Status- Rare🍃

🌼Flower colour- Pale Green to Greenish Yellow and petals and lip white flushed yellowish green at base. 🌼

🌻Flowering period- June to July🍂

🍂 Location- Mumbai🍂

🍂Date- 1 July 2022🍂

🌳PLANT INFORMATION🌳

🍂Botanical Name- Heterostemma urceolatum Dalzell🍂

🍂Family- Apocynaceae.🍂

🍂Habit- Climber.🍂

🍂Habitat- Climbing under a bush in dry forests. Stems sparsely branched.🍂

🍂Distribution- India (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa) Endemic. 🍂

🍂Status- Extremely Rare. 🍂

🍂Flower Colors- Dark Brown to Red.🍂

🍂Flowering period- September to October.🍂

🍂Location- Satara, Maharashtra, India.🍂

🍂Date- 9 October 2021.🍂

Note- This is a species of Ghost Orchid (Epipogium roseum).It is a ground orchid and not only that, it is mycotrophic. Mycotroph is a plant that gets all its nutrition from an association with a fungi.This orchid is leafless and doesn't have chlorophyll. It flowers once a year, sets seeds and dies. Underground it forms blubs and these bulbs survive throughout the year. 

🌳PLANT INFORMATION🌳

🍂Botanical Name- Epipogium roseum (D.Don) Lindl. 🍂

🍂Common name- Sunbird orchid🍂

🍂मराठी नाव- वृक्षोदर पुष्प 🍂

🍂Family- Orchidacaeae 🍂

🍂Habit- Terrestrial orchid 🍂

🍂Habitat- Moist deciduous forests to semi-evergreen forests 🍂

🍂Ecology- Saprophytic🍂

🍂Distribution- Western ghats🍂

🍂Conservation status- Rare🍂

🍂Threats- Forest cleaning🍂

🍂Flower Color- White and Pinkish dots on flower 🍂

🍂Flowering season- Jan- Feb and May🍂

🍂 Location- Amba, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India🍂

🍂Date- 28 January 2021 🍂