| Andaman Fingerroot |
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| File size | 62012 |
| Original date | 10/14/08 8:47 PM |
| Resolution | 652 x 489 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.2mm |
| Exposure time | 1/9s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX L10 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Boesenbergia siphonantha Family: Zingiberaceae (Ginger family)
Synonyms: Kaempferia siphonantha
Synonyms: Kaempferia siphonantha
Andaman Fingerroot is an annual stemless plant with
slender root-fibres. Leaves are 3 in a tuft, with 6 inches long stalk.
Leaves are oblong pointed, membranous, smooth, 4-5 inches long. Leaf
base is unequal sided, sides rounded. Flowers arise singly at the end
of a long slender spike. Bracts are few, narrow, membranous.
Flower-tube protrudes much from the uppse bract. Segments are 0.5
inches, oblong-lanceshaped, greenish. Flowers are lilac, staminodes
oblong, and the lip deeply cut into two. Andaman Fingerroot is endemic
to the Andaman islands.
| Identification credit: Jana Skornickova, Pankaj Kumar | Photographed in Andaman islands. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,