| Assam Dark-Flower |
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| File size | 541208 |
| Original date | 3/30/20 1:07 PM |
| Resolution | 6000 x 4000 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 8.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 200D II |
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Botanical name: Peliosanthes macrophylla var. assamensis Family: Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Assam Dark-Flower is an evergreen, perennial herb, 2-3
ft tall. The genus name Peliosanthes comes from the Greek
pelios, meaning dusky or purple, and anthos, meaning
flower. Flowers are dark colored, with tepals 5.5-6.5 x 3-4
mm. Staminal corona is 3-4 mm long, 3.5-5 mm in diameter, internally
connivent proximally and protruding near the middle. Flowering stem,
including flower-cluster-stalk and inflorescence axis, is up to 35 cm
tall; flower-cluster-stalk 5-16.5 cm long, 2-5 mm thick, inflorescence
axis up to 18 cm long. Stem is 3-4 cm in diameter. Roots are rigid,
semi-woody, profusely branchÂed. Leaves are few to many, over 20.
Assam Dark-Flower is found in semi-evergreen patches of Behali Reserve
Forest of Assam, growing on the forest floor, in NE India, currenly
only known from Assam. Flowering: March-April.
| Identification credit: Dipankar Borah | Photographed in Behali Reserve forest, Assam. |
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