Observações de aakashraut

🌳 Plant Information🌳
🍃 Botanical Name- Ceropegia hirsuta Wight & Arn. 🍃
🍃 Common name- Hairy Ceropegia *🍃
🍃 *Family- Apocynaceae (Oleander family)🍃
🍃 मराठी नाव- हमाना🍃
🍃 Habit-Climber🍃
🍃 Distribution- Endemic to Western ghats🍃
🍃 Flowering- July to September 🍃

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🍃Botanical Name- Ceropegia juncea Roxb.🍃
🍃Common Name- Leafless Goglet Flower🍃
🍃 मराठी नाव- कानवेल 🍃
🍃Family- Apocynaceae (Milkweed family)🍃
🍃Habit- Climber🍃
🍃Habitat- Occurs in dry deciduous forests🍃
🍃 Distribution - India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu) and Sri Lanka.🍃
🍃 Conservation status- It is a widely distributed species and represented by sufficient number of individuals in all populations. It is assessed here as Vulnerable🍃
🍃Flower colour- Greenish-yellow at lower half, dull brown-brown at upper-half,
hairy along margins LM🍃
🍃Flowering period- July November🍃
🍃Notes- The leaves being scaly and caducous often appears leafeless. It is restricted to drier parts of
Peninsular India. It closely resembles C. distincta🍃

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🍂Botanical Name- Ceropegia media (Huber) M.Y.Ansari🍂
🍂Common Name- Medium ceropegia🍂
🍂Family- Apocynaceae (Milkweed family)🍂
🍂मराठी नाव- मेडी खरचुडी🍂
🍂Habit- Slender twinning Climber🍂
🍂Habitat- Grows in open forests and on slopes at altitudes from 500-1500 m.🍂
🍂Ecology - Grows on higher elevation in the western ghats🍂
🍂Endemism- Endemic to Western ghats🍂
🌸Flower colour- Purple🌼
🌺Flowering period- July to September🌹

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🌱 Botanical Name- *Pecteills gigantea(Sm.) Ref.🌱
🌱Common name- Queen Of Khandala🌱
🌱Family- Orchidaceae🌱
🌱Habit- Terrestrial herb🌱
🌱Habitat- Along margins Of Forests🌱
🌱Ecology-Moist deciduous forestes to Semi-Evergreen Forestes🌱
🌱Flower colour- Green-White, Largest Orchid Of the region🌱
🌱Flowering period- Sep. to Oct.🌱
🌱Status-Rare🌱
🌱Threats- User to be Sold in market for ornamental value and was over exploited Wild Bore are🌱

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🍂Botanical Name- Ceropegia candelabrum L.var.biflora(L.)Ansari🍂
🍂Common Name- Beaked candelstick Ceropegia🍂
🍂Family- Apocynaceae (Milkweed family)🍂
🍂मराठी नाव- कानवेल, खापर कडू किंवा पाताळ तुंबडी🍂
🍂Habit- Slender twinning Climber🍂
🍂Habitat- Grows along slopes, Road sides in dry scrub forests🍂
🍂Ecology - Grows on higher elevation in the western ghats🍂
🍂Endemism- Endemic to Western ghats🍂
🍂 Status- Rare🍂
🍂 Distribution- Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Orrisa, Tamilnuda.🍂
🌸Flower colour- Greenish yellow colored with red-brown stripes.🌼
🌺Flowering period- August to January
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🍂Botanical Name- Ceropegia panchganiensis Blatter & McCann🍂
🍂Common Name- Panchagani ceropegia🍂
🍂Family- Apocynaceae (Milkweed family)🍂
🍂Habit- Herb🍂
🍂Habitat- The plant grows in open areas of semi-evergreen forest on the edges of cliffs at an altitude of 1000 to 1400 m.🍂
  🍂Ecology - Grows on steep hill slopes between the crevices of exposed boulders.🍂
🍂Endemism- Endemic to Maharashtra State🍂
🍂IUCN Status- Critically Endangered.🍂
🌸Flower colour- Yellow to Light brown 🌼
🌺Flowering period- July to August🌹

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🍂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

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🍂Botanical Name- Zeuxine longilabris (Lindl). Trimen🍂
🍂Common name- Snake Tounge 🍂
🍂मराठी नाव-  सर्पजिव्हा🍂
🍂Family- Orchidaceae 🍂
🍂Habit- Terrestrial herb🍂
🍂Habitat- Outskirts and forest clearing of semi- evergreen forests🍂
🍂 Ecology- This orchid grows in shady and moist places 🍂
🍂 Distribution- Western ghats 🍂
🍂 Endemic status- Endemic to Western ghats 🍂
🍂 Threats- Habitat destruction🍂
🍂Flower Color- Cream-white🍂
🍂Flowering period- January to April🍂

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🌱Botanical Name- Habenaria crinifera Lindl🌱
🌱Common Name- Doll Orchid🌱
🌱Family- Orchidaceae🌱
🌱मराठी नाव- बाहुली अमरी किंवा पुत्तलिका🌱
🌱Herb- Epiphytic Or Terrestrial herb🌱
🌱Habitat- Though mainly terrestrial, this herb is rarely Epiphytic on trees in axis of old branches where humus has accumulated🌱
🌱Ecology- Found in semi evergreen and evergreen forests between 600m and 800m. Occasionally grows as epiphytes on various hosts such as Mangifera indica (L), Syzygium cumini(L) skeels and Terminalia bellirica (Gaerth)Roxb. Rarely found growing as terrestrial.🌱
🌱Status-Rare🌱
🌱Distribution- Southern part of Northern Western Ghats🌱
🌱Flower Colors - White🌱
🌱 Flowering period- August to September🌱

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🌱Botanical Name- Conchidium braccatum (Lindl.) Brieger🌱
🌱Common name- Breeches Eria🌱
🌱Family- Orchidaceae🌱
🌱मराठी नाव- अप्सरा🌱
🌱 Habit- Lithophytic or epiphytic herb🌱
🌱Habitat- Verticles rocks in Evergreen forests🌱
🌱Ecology- Epiphytic or lithophytic fouMnd on perpendicular rocks and tree trunks in open situations usuallly facing the monsoon showers🌱
🌱Distribition- Western ghats🌱
🌱Endemism- Endemic to Western Ghats of India🌱
🌱Flower Colors - White- pink🌱
🌱 Flowering period- June to October🌱

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🌱Botanical Name- Dendrobium aqueum Lindl.🌱
🌱Common name- Devil's Fingers.🌱
🌱Family- Orchidaceae.🌱
🌱मराठी नाव- सैतानाची बोटे.🌱
🌱Habit- Epiphytic herb.🌱
🌱Habitat- Moist deciduous to Evergreen forests*🌱
🌱Ecology- Epiphytic on Amba(Mangifera indica Lindl.), Umber(Ficus racemosa Lindl.), Jambhul(Syzygium cumini (L)Skeels).🌱
🌱Distribution- Western Ghats.🌱
🌱Endemism- Endemic to Western Ghats.🌱
🌱Status- Occasional.🌱
🌱Threats- Road widening, Logging.🌱
🌱Flower Colors - White-Yellow.🌱
🌱Flowering period- September to October.🌱

The Small Indian Civet (Viverricula indica) is a civet native to South and Southeast Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List because of its widespread distribution, widespread habitat use and healthy populations living in agricultural and secondary landscapes of many range states.

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🌱 Botanical Name- *Habenaria longicorniculata J.Graham🌱
Synonyms- Habenaria longicalcarata A.Rich
🌱 Common name- Nectar Orchid
🌱 Family- Orchidaceae🌱
🌱 Habit- Terrestrial herb.🌱
🌱 Habitat- Open grassland🌱
🌱 Flower colour- Greenish-White🌱
🌱 Flowering period- July to September🌱
🌱 Status-Common🌱
🌱 Threats- Modification and destruction of grassland habit.Grazing is a small threat while mining will destroy the tubers and the Orchid's existence of ever 🌱

Botanical name-
Eulophia pratensis.

Common name-
Meadow eulophia.
Meadow eulophia is a terrestrial orchid upto 50cm tall. Typically found in marshy and grassy area along river beds and seasonal water channels. It's Endemic to Western Ghats, nearly threatened species

Flowering period- December to Match

Ajija's Day Gecko is new species of Gecko genus Cnemaspis from Northern Western ghat, Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra, India, by @amitsayyed in 2018.

Scientific name-Cnemaspis ajijae.

Common name- Ajija's Day Gecko.

Type Locality- Beside a dry stream surrounded by dense forest as well as in the human habitation at Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra, India.

Etymology- Specific eithet is a patronym in honor of Mrs. Ajija Sayyad mother of Author @amitsayyed

Scientific name
Bulbophyllum fimbriatum (Lindl). Rchb.f.

Common name-
Fringed orchid, Umbrella orchid, Banana orchid.

मराठी नाव-
छत्री अमरी.

Family-
Orchideaceae.

Endemic to Western Ghats of India.