OK, many many thanks, Chris ji and Garg ji. I will update my notes with *Cyathea gigantea* (Wall. ex Hook.) Holttum ... synonym of *Gymnosphaera gigantea* (Wall. ex Hook.) S.Y.Dong Regards. Dinesh
On Sat, Mar 21, 2026 at 11:46 AM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks a lot, Chris ji > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Chris Fraser-Jenkins > Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 at 01:12 > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:487358] FOR VALIDATION :: ¿ Sphaeropteris > crinita (Hook.) R.M.Tryon ? :: The Nilgiris :: Jan 30, 2026 · 9:37 AM IST > To: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > > > Oh dear, > The sender didn't realise the basic situation - Cyathea species > cannot be identified from distant photos! Not at all! You have to take a > close-up photo of the under-surface of a pinnule, so we can see the hairs > and scales, and the sori. > > The only thing I can see (I think!) in these far-away photos is that the > stipe and rachis appear to be dark and are not densely covered in pale > scales, so it is certainly not in Section Sphaeropteris and is not C. > crinita. > > Although we cannot convingly guess what it is without seeing the sori, I > would imagine they would be in inverted Vs on each pinnule-lobe. So it is > not likely to be anything other than C. gigantea - which is in section > Gymnosphaera. > > You can see splendid C. crinita with all the axes densely covered in white > scales and hairs in the late Father Manickam's old fern garden in the > Sacred Heart College at Shembaganur, Kodaikanal, assuming they have > maintained it. It is quite a different fern. > > Chris Fraser-Jenkins, UK. > > > > > > > > On Friday, 20 March 2026 at 15:16:10 GMT, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Thanks, Dinesh ji > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: *Dinesh Valke* <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 at 19:38 > Subject: [efloraofindia:487358] FOR VALIDATION :: ¿ Sphaeropteris crinita > (Hook.) R.M.Tryon ? :: The Nilgiris :: Jan 30, 2026 · 9:37 AM IST > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > > *FOR VALIDATION ::* > ¿ *Sphaeropteris crinita* (Hook.) R.M.Tryon ? > The Nilgiris :: Jan 30, 2026 · 9:37 AM IST > Avalanche, about 2037 m asl > ------------------------------ > [image: ¿ Sphaeropteris crinita (Hook.) R.M.Tryon ?] > <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/342250366> > [image: ¿ Sphaeropteris crinita (Hook.) R.M.Tryon ?] > <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/342250366> > Regards. > Dinesh > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "eFloraofIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC37OEpMzLAh4yFUZcxEzt6Fu9HJNNE0pftD-HAFvnyu4g%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC37OEpMzLAh4yFUZcxEzt6Fu9HJNNE0pftD-HAFvnyu4g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg, > https://efloraofindia.com/ > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg, > https://efloraofindia.com/ > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC0YnUt%3Def0%2B5MhM%2Bn-_CJYghWebqg%3DtpQfgN-eg7YcfUw%40mail.gmail.com.
