IUCN Red List Status: Endangered (EN) Iphigenia stellata Blatt., J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 32: 734 1928.;
¿ if-uh-juh-NY-uh ? -- ¿ the genus named for ? daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon ... Wiktionary ... derivation not clear stell-AY-tuh -- with spreading, star-like rays ... Dave's Botanary commonly known as: star grass lily • Marathi: गुलाबी भुईचक्र gulabi bhuichakra Endemic to: Western Ghats (of India) As per efi thread:
As suggested ..., following is the complete key: 1. Perianth purple, segments linear - subdulate or elliptic -linear: 2. Stems branched; filaments glabrous...... I. magnifica 2. Stems not branched; filaments hairy ......... I. indica 1. Perianth white or pink segments elliptic or oblanceolate 3. Flowers white or with purplish tinge; perianth lobes oblanceolate .......I.pallida 3. Flowers bright pink; perianth lobes broadly elliptic........ I.stellate Names of Plants in India :: Iphigenia stellata: Iphigenia stellata
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[image: more views on Google Earth]<http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/india/&tags=Iphigeniastellat...> commonly known as: star grass lily • Marathi: गुलाबी भुईचक्र gulabi bhuichakra botanical names: Iphigenia stellata Blatt. ... synonyms: no synonym recorded Kas Week :: DV :: 25 AUG 10 -1213 :: Iphigenia stellata: Kas plateau ... about 4000 ft asl ... one of the 39 World Heritage sites in the Western Ghats of India 25 AUG 10 Iphigenia stellata Blatt. ... (family: Colchicaceae) ¿ if-uh-juh-NY-uh ? -- ¿ the genus named for ? daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon ... Wiktionary ... derivation not clear stell-AY-tuh -- with spreading, star-like rays ... Dave's Botanary commonly known as: star grass lily • Marathi: गुलाबी भुईचक्र gulabi bhuichakra Endemic to: Western Ghats (of India) References: Flowers of India • Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar GLASS Lily pictures made me go down the memory lane and this is what came up... Your macro shots are so superb that the name glass lily seems very apt.., ... Glass lily is such an apt name for this ...reminds me of the translucent life like specimen in glass at two sites: the Corning museum in Corning NY and at the Harvard Museum of Natural history, in Boston Mass .... where the glass specimen flame worked and/or mouth blown by Blaschka father and son pair are on permanent exhibit... they look so very real... they look so real... Botanists going to USA may wish to visit at least one of them... a true pilgrimage.. Back to your specimen.. wonder who called them glass lily... may be some body who had seen these specimen in USA ? the URLs for the two glass flowers exhibits are: 1: http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/on_exhibit.html here just scroll over to where it says glass flowers... 2: http://www.cmog.org/collection/exhibitions/botanical-wonders and a wonderful 7 min video of the history of this magical collection and their makes... http://www.cmog.org/collection/exhibitions/botanical-wonders enjoy ... i do whenever I chance upon it ... now I am not doing anybody a favor really this is for myself as much as for anybody else... writing it here makes it available to all ... including to me and mine ... Agreed ..., superb is very small and Simply superb is even smaller...... its Jabra---- fantabulous.. Kas Week::PKA23: --- Iphigenia stellata: Seen this small herb at Kas, Satara. Bot. name: Iphigenia stellata Family: Liliaceae Kaas is Beautiful - 4 : 6 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (2) Date/Time- 30th Jully 2010, 08.35 a.m. Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Kaas Pathar, Dist. Satara, Maharashtra कास पठार, जि.- सातारा, महाराष्ट्र Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Wild Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Herb member of Liliaceae family ???????/ ... Iphigenia stellata ... guessing by referring Shrikant ji's Futher Flowers of Sahyadri. Iphigenia stellata is nice choice looks quite close.
Iphigenea indica 22 Jun Panchgani : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Iphigenea indica 22 Jun Panchgani Here is a link for little details: http://rareplants.co.uk/product.asp?P_ID=2198&strPageHistory=related Iphigenia stellata as per images herein. Iphigenia stellata, Mahabeleshwar : 12 posts by 7 authors. Attachments (5) Iphigenia stellata third week of June, 2018, Mahabeleshwar was blooming in most open areas along with Habenaria grandifloriformis saw many plants did you by any chance show us your pictures of the Habenaria from this field already? if not, do you have some? I have posted the habenaria being seen in the background they were growing everywhere, such a feast for the eyes References:
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